AAR Welcomes 2023–24 Rome Prize Winners and Italian Fellows

https://www.aarome.org/news/features/aar-welcomes-2023-24-rome-prize-winners-italian-fellows
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Applications Open for the 2024 Rome Prize Competition

https://www.aarome.org/news/features/applications-open-2024-rome-prize-competition
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https://www.aarome.org/news/features/peter-n-miller-named-new-aar-president

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Rome Prize

Time and Space to Think and Work

For over a century, the Rome Prize has supported innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the prize is awarded to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their careers.

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Meet the Fellows

Rome Prize FellowsItalian FellowsAffiliated Fellows
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Mike Cloud

Visual Arts
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Christopher Bonura

Medieval Studies
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Shruti Swamy

Literature
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Dov Honick

Medieval Studies
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Anne L. Williams

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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Dread Scott

Visual Arts
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Kate Soper

Musical Composition
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Aaron Cayer

Historic Preservation & Conservation
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Elizabeth Whelan

Design
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Erica Moretti

Modern Italian Studies
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Jessica L. Harris

Modern Italian Studies
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César A. Lopez

Architecture
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Estefania Puerta Grisales

Visual Arts
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Kate Meng Brassel

Ancient Studies
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Erica Hunt

Literature
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Lauren Stimson

Landscape Architecture
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Emily B. Frank

Historic Preservation & Conservation
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Katie Kitamura

Literature
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Gabriella L. Johnson

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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Sara L. Petrilli-Jones

Modern Italian Studies
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Elif Batuman

Literature
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Miranda E. Mote

Landscape Architecture
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Zachary Fabri

Visual Arts
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David Weeks

Design
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Fatma Bucak

Visual Arts
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Ajay Manthripragada

Architecture
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Christopher Erdman

Ancient Studies
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Baldwin Giang

Musical Composition
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Anthony Vine

Musical Composition
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Jeanine Oleson

Visual Arts