American Academy in Rome - Andrew W.

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August 2027 Foundedin1894,the American Academyin Romeisaleading Americanoverseascenter for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. Each year, the Academy awards the Rome Prize to approximately 30 artists and scholars who join a dynamic, transdisciplinary residential community on the Academy’s eleven-acre campus on the Janiculum Hill—enriched further by invited Residents and Affiliated and Visiting Artists and Scholars, reaching a community of approximately 100 at any given time.

The Academyisledbythe

President&CEOwhosetsitsdirectionandservesasitschief; fundraiser and public representative. A Chief Operating Officer manages the Academy’s business and administrative functions across Rome and New York.

Mellon Humanities

Professor and the Andrew Heiskell Arts Director report to the Director and, together with the Director, constitute the Academy’s intellectual leadership team in Rome—the primary intellectual resources for the Rome Prize Fellows and the animating force behind the Academy’s scholarly and creative life.

Role The Humanities Professorisamemberofthe

Academy’sintellectualleadershipteam.

The Humanities

Professor works alongside the Director and the Arts Director to shape the Academy’s intellectual vision in Rome. Their primary institutional responsibility is to the Rome Prize Fellows: offering scholarly guidance, facilitating engagement with Rome’s academicandculturalcommunities,andhelping Fellowsmakethemostoftheirtimeatthe Academy.

The Humanities

Professor also carries a distinctive set of institutional responsibilities—overseeing the Academy’s Classical Summer School, its archaeology initiatives, and its learned journal that root the role in the Academy’s long scholarly traditions. For the Humanities Professor to fullyembody the role the Academy needs them to be an active scholar working at the highest level.

Key Responsibilities Serve as a primary intellectual resource for Rome Prize Fellows across the Academy’s humanities disciplines—Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Modern Italian Studies, and Historic Preservation and Conservation—offering scholarly guidance, substantive engagementwith Fellows’work,andmentorshipcalibratedtoeach Fellow’sstage of career and project.

Workinclosepartnershipwiththe Directorandthe Arts





Directortofosterintellectual exchange across disciplines; encourage and facilitate dialogue among Fellows, Residents, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated and Visiting Artists and Scholars. Facilitateintroductionsandsustainedrelationshipsbetween Fellowsandtheir counterpartsin Romanand Italianacademic,cultural,andinstitutionallife—in universities, foreign academies, and the wider scholarly community. Design,organize,andleadsitevisitsandlongertripsinandaround Rome, Italy, and the Mediterranean that deepen Fellows’ engagement with the material, historical, and cultural dimensions of their work.

Mayparticipateintheselectionof Rome Prizeand Italian Fellows,andassistas neededintheselectionof Residents, Affiliatedand Visiting Artistsand Scholars.

Conducttheirownresearchandsetanexampleforthe

Fellowsofwhatalifeofthe mind could look like. As a member of the Academy’s intellectual leadership team, contribute to the designandexecutionofprogrammingthatservestheinstitutionalmissioninclose collaboration with the Director, the Arts Director, and Programs staff. Serveasstaffliaisontothe Humanities Committeeand Publications Committeeof the Board of Trustees, and as primary point of contact for the Managing Editor of the Academy’s learned journal, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome.

Oversee the Academy’s Classical Summer School, working closely with the Classical Summer School Director on program direction, pedagogy, itinerary development, participant selection, and alignment with the Academy’smission.

Overseethe

Academy’sarchaeologyinitiatives,includingthe Norton Van Buren Study Collection, affiliated archaeology projects, and the relationship with the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies.

Community Stewardshipand External

Engagement (10%) Maintainavisibleandengagedpresenceinthelifeoftheresidentialcommunity—at meals, at internal and public events, in communal spaces—as an active participant in the community the Academy exists to sustain.



buildand expandrelationshipswith Italianuniversities,foreignacademies,and other institutions that constitute the Academy's networkofadvisorsand partners.

Qualifications Required A Ph D in a humanities discipline, with a record of published scholarship commensuratewithnationalorinternationalstandinginthefield,andaminimumof five years of experience in one or more of the Academy’s humanities fellowship disciplines. Demonstratedintellectualgenerosityanddisciplinaryrange:theabilityandgenuine desire to engage with scholarly and creative work across fields, and to design and lead programs that extend beyond one’s own area of expertise.

Fluencyinspokenandwritten

Italian;theabilitytooperateeffectivelyin Italian academic, cultural, and civic contexts is essential. Strategicthinkingandorganizationalcapability,withexperiencemanaging programs and working collaboratively across teams.

Flexibilitytoworkoutsidestandardhoursgiventhe

Academy’seveningand weekendprogramming,andwillingnesstotravelbetween Romeand New York. A humanist whose work commands genuine respect—whosepresenceatthe Academylendsintellectualauthoritytothecommunityand whose engagement with Fellows’ projects carries real weight. The curiosity and capacity to engage substantively with work far outside one’s own specialty—to follow the argument of an architect, to ask a good question of a composer, to understandwhataconservatorisworkingthrough.

A genuine orientation toward community and collaboration—someone who finds meaning in supporting the work of others and understands that their role is much about creatingconditionsforexcellenceas producing it themselves. A real connection to Rome—its scholarly landscape, its institutions,itsrhythms—andtheabilitytomovethroughthecity’sacademicand cultural communities as a trusted participant. An authentic belief in what the Academy does and why it matters—inthevalueofsustainedindividualscholarlyandcreativework,in Rome as an irreplaceable context for that work, and in the Academy’s unique role in American cultural life.

Salary range for direct employment is $100,000-$200,000, based on experience and qualifications.

The American

Academy in Rome is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a hiring process that is equitable, inclusive, and free from bias, and to build a gal leadership community that reflects the breadth of the artistic and scholarly traditions we support. #

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