faculty

·   Advisory Committee
·   Undergraduate Teaching Faculty
·   Art Historians

·   Advisory Committee

     The advisory committee is composed of people whose work in some way helped shape or inspire RILA. Their roles in RILA are various and vary from year to year: some members will visit the institute to give guest lectures to undergraduates and run retreats for adults, others advise on the administration of the program, or in some other way advance RILA's mission.

Leonard Barkan, Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Princeton University
Martin Brody, Andrew Heiskell Arts Director, American Academy in Rome
Teresa Calvano, President Emeritus of ANISA - Italian National Association of the Teachers of Art History
Michael Cole, Professor of History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor of the Humanities for Italian, Yale University
Robert Pippin, Chair of the Committee on Social Thought, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago
Mark Strand, Former Poet Laureate of the U.S., Professor of English, Columbia University
Claudio Strinati, Superintendent of Museums, Rome, Italian Ministry of Culture
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·   Undergraduate Teaching Faculty

     RILA seminar leaders are experienced professors in great books programs, mainly from St. John's College, Annapolis.

Gary Borjesson, St. John's College, Annapolis
Eva Brann, St. John's College, Annapolis
Chester Burke, St. John's College, Annapolis
Catherine Haigney, St. John's College, Annapolis
Katherine Heines, St. John's College, Annapolis
Tom May, St. John's College, Annapolis
Gabriel Pihas, St. John's College, Annapolis
Jay Smith, St. John's College, Santa Fe
Walter Sterling, St. John's College, Santa Fe
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·   Art Historians

     The art historians we work with are Roman natives, possessing not only art historical expertise, but also invaluable experience with the logistical questions regarding art historical outings in Rome. They are personally selected for RILA by the President of the Italian National Association of Teachers of Art History (ANISA). Here are some whom we have worked with in the past:

     Irene Baldriga
     Ph.D. from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Favorite fields of research are Renaissance and Baroque art, the history of collecting and patronage, and the relation between art and science in early modern Europe. In 1999 Irene discovered an unknown statue by Michelangelo (Burlington Magazine, December 2000).

     Gian Paolo Castelli
     Staff Art Historian in the Regional Office of Museums (Lazio). After receiving his degree in Classics, Mr. Castelli went on to specialize in Etruscan, Greek and Roman art. Also knowledgeable about the history of art in the province of Rome from the medieval to the contemporary period.

     Micol Forti
     PhD from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Director of the Vatican Museum Contemporary Art Collection, teaches at the University of Rome, La Sapienza. Interests in Renaissance as well as contemporary art and art theory.
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