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Fellows’ Seminar 3: On Books and Collections of Ancient Rome, Early Modern Europe, and Fascist and Colonial Italy

ottavi/perilli/goia
October 26, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
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Library, Italian Academy (1161 Amsterdam Av, NYC 10027). In-person only

Our Fellows’ seminars are now open to the public! 
Fascinating topics from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences

Welcoming Remarks: 
Barbara Faedda  
Interim Director, Italian Academy

Moderator: 
Meredith Gamer 
Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University 

Fellows: 
Alice Ottazzi
University of Turin (Italy)
In others’ hands: retouching and manipulating works on paper in 
Early Modern Europe 
Gerda Henkel Foundation Fellow in the History of Art 

Marta Maria Perilli
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy) 
Hidden libraries: theoretical and socio-cultural approaches to book 
collections in Ancient Rome 

Valentina Gioia Levy
Accademia Italiana (Italy)
Curating dissonance: Fascist and colonial afterlives in Italian heritage across public space, museum narratives, and digital counter-archives 
Weinberg Fellow in Architectural History and Preservation

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Doors open at 3:30pm. Registration does not guarantee a seat; registrants are seated first-come, first served.
This event is in-person only.