In autumn 2025, the Italian Academy opened up the Fellows’ seminars to the public. These were the presentations in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences
Oct 1: Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz. "In impoverished Germany in 1927, massive government funding flowed into a unique building project. Why?" On the transformation of the villa: the example of the Thieleck estate in Berlin (1927–1931).
Moderator Jorge Otero-Pailos, Columbia GSAPP.
Oct 9: "AI, imitation, and the arts of space" Mario Carpo on why AI’s rise means we must learn again what imitation is and how we can deal with it...and John Kulvicki on understanding the many arts of space—statues and trinkets and films and more.
Moderator: Paul Linton, NOMIS Foundation Fellow, Italian Academy; PSSN (2022–25), Columbia.
Oct 21: "Looking Afresh: Photocopies and Other Image Reproductions that Permit New Methodologies"
Judith Delfiner, Against the grain: women artists and office technologies
Claudia Wedepohl, The story of Aby Warburg’s Bilderatlas Mnemosyne
Moderator: Alexander Alberro, Virginia Bloedel Wright '51 Professor of Art History, Barnard College
Oct 23: "Finding the Names: Artists and Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, and Ink."
Stefano de Bosio, Gerda Henkel Foundation Fellow in the History of Art, Like butterfly wings: image doubling in Early Modern displays and visual culture
Marianna Mancini, Weinberg Fellow in Architectural History and Preservation, Builders of modern Rome: secondary craftsmen and the development of Roman architectural language in the 16th century
Simone Picchianti, Fashioning in gold and steel: the science and art of Giuliano Ferraccini, Medici swordsmith
Moderator: Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History and Director of the Center for Science and Society, Columbia University
Oct 30: "How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli, Alexander Bodini Fellow in Developmental and Adolescent Psychiatry, The neural geometry of emotions: cognitive implications and individual variability
Moderator: Stefano Fusi, Professor of Neuroscience and Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University
Dec 4 "Dancing in the Dark (Matter): How Astrophysical Environments Shape Black Hole Encounters."
Andrea Maselli, Binary black hole systems as particle physics laboratories in dark matter environments
Moderator: Elena Aprile, Director, Italian Academy & Centennial Professor of Physics, Columbia University