1. travel
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2003-2005
POSTCARD
News from Temple University Rome
Dear Alumni/ae and Friends
of Temple University Rome:
We are pleased to present the latest edition of
Postcard. Spanning two years, this issue summarizes
many of the exciting developments that have taken
place at Temple Rome over the last few semesters.
As you will read, it has been a busy and productive
period. Highlights include the addition of two new
courses, Made in Italy: Inside Italian Design, which
takes students to Milan, and Projecting the Past:
Ancient Rome and Italy through Film. Two of our
international business courses now include faculty-led
course excursions to London and Brussels, and the
creation of an internship program is giving students
hands-on, practical experience to supplement their
classroom experience. Those of you who remember
fondly the long lines stretching out of the computer lab
will read with interest how new technologies are
transforming Temple Rome, with the addition of smart
classrooms, wireless internet, and currently underway, a
digital photo lab to add to our already extensive studio
art facilities and equipment. And this past spring, we
entered the world of blogging, as one of our spring 2005
participants, Penn State student Phil Assetto was
selected by studyabroad.com in a nationwide
competition to be one of three students to inaugurate
their new website, blogabroad.com. We enjoyed
following Phil’s adventures from his first tentative days
in Rome as a newly arrived student seeking out a place
to watch the Eagles in the Superbowl, to the end of his
semester, which coincided with the historic events
surrounding the death of Pope John Paul II and the
election of Pope Benedict XVI.
Looking to the future, Temple Rome’s 40th
anniversary is just around the corner. To celebrate, we
will be organizing a 40th anniversary alumni reunion
trip to Rome, which is tentatively scheduled for early
March, 2007. Planning is underway, but highlights will
include our traditional daytrip to Todi, followed by
pappardelle al cinghiale at the Titignano manor!
More information will be coming your way in a few
months. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy Postcard,
and we invite you to be in touch with either of us with
any comments or questions.
Denise A. Connerty, Director of International
Programs ([email protected])
Kim Strommen, Dean, Temple University Rome
([email protected])
International
Excursions
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BUSINESS
PROGRAM
O
rganized by business instructor, Aldo Patania, students
enrolled in International Business 0394: “Business in the
European Union” now travel to Brussels for a three day academic
excursion to meet with officials of the European Union and NATO,
while students in Finance 0250:
“International Financial Markets” visit
For pictures and
London to meet with officials at major
video clips of the
international banks, the headquarters
Spring ’05 London
of the Financial Times, and the London
excursion go to
Stock Exchange. Closer to home,
www.aldopatania.com
marketing students travel to Perugia,
(go to “Picture
Italy to visit officials at the Nestle
Gallery,” click
chocolate factory, producers of the
on Temple U).
famous Perugina chocolates.
The Spring ’05 London excursion
included meetings with the Director of Counterparty Risk, Ms.
Geraldine Kelly, at ING Headquarters. Ms. Kelly, who is originally
from the Philadelphia area, also explained how she got started in her
career in the international financial sector. At the European Bank for
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STUDENT VOICES
Philip Henry Assetto (Spring ’05), a finance
major from Penn State, shares his experiences
in Italy through an online journal hosted by
BLOGabroad.com. BLOGabroad.com is a new
project launched through Studyabroad.com, an
online resource for education abroad. Phil was
one of three students chosen, among a pool of 100
applicants, to chronicle their experiences through
an online journal. To read more of Phil’s posts from
Temple Rome, go to www.blogabroad.com and
click on “Phil”.
Time to Say Goodbye
APRIL 26, 2005 8:54 AM
W
ell my semester abroad has come
to an end. The last four and a half
months have been eventful that is
for sure. I have savored Roman life, seen
all the sites, learned to navigate the
often confusing city, and have truly made
Rome my home away from home.
Besides the Eternal City, I have seen a
lot of the rest of Italy, from scaling il
Duomo in Florence, to masquerading in
Venice, to relaxing on the beaches of the
Amalfi coast, every place I have gone to
has been amazing in its own way.
Outside Italy, I have had the chance to
see Paris and London, and had a sweet
taste of the Rhineland. Europe has been
all I could have asked for, yet I have
probably seen about 1%. I will have to
return very soon.
My experience in Rome has also
exceeded cultural encounters and tourist
attractions. Rome has gone through some
historic events in 2005 all of which I had
the opportunity to witness firsthand.
The kidnapping of Giuliana Sgrena, the
tragic death of hostage
negotiator Calipari, the
passing of Pope John Paul II,
the subsequent conclave,
and the election of Benedict
XVI, and the decline of the majority
Berlusconi government; all of this has
occurred since January. I have been
exposed to history in a way that I never
could have imagined, but that is just the
way things are in Rome. You can’t escape
it. Around every corner whispers the
heroes, legends, villains, triumphs, and
tragedies of the past. Some were
cemented in time thousands of years
ago, others just last week.
The current events in Rome are
simply examples of the times we live in.
Things change today at amazing speeds.
As information exchanges quicker than
the blink of an eye and transportation
becomes more affordable, the world is
transforming itself, in many places, faster
than ever. From global markets, global
networks, global alliances, and a global
war on terror, single events shape the
entire planet like never before. A global
perspective is very necessary to
understand these changes. So my final
suggestion to my readers is to go out
and get this worldly view, even if it’s
only one other country and fraction of a
continent like I have been able to do.
The world is an amazing place. See as
much of it as you can firsthand.
Ciao da Roma,
la citta bellissima,
Don Filippo
POSTCARD is published by Temple University International Programs. Editors: Denise A. Connerty and Kim Strommen
200 Tuttleman Learning Center, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Tel: 215/204-0720 Fax: 215/204-0729 email: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/
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NEW
Internship PROGRAM
WHAT DOES ROME EVOKE IN MOST PEOPLE’S
MINDS? ART, DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, AND
FASHION. Little consideration is given to the fact that
the Eternal City is home to three major UN agencies
(FAO, WFP and IFAD), a series of NGOs and a number
of international companies that are actively operating in
the Mediterranean Basin and inside the European Union.
Italy is an historic crossroads very much at the heart of the
Mediterranean Region and enjoys close proximity to the
more developed nations of northern Africa as well as to
the Gulf area. It is also a founding member country of the
European Union and provides a unique opportunity to do
business in a relatively politicized environment where
media tycoons can become prime ministers.
Temple University Rome now offers students the
opportunity to take advantage of all of these aspects through
an internship program in a city which serves as a hub in the
global business world. Developed
and supervised by business
instructor, Aldo Patania, students
can now experience business
Italian-style and stand ready to do
business in the EU environment
as well as in most emerging
markets. Some participating
organizations and companies
include the World Food Program,
Italian Ministry for Economics,
Erin Crist,
AGORA’ 2000 Economic
Temple/International
Research Center, and the
Business and Marketing:
International Development Law
“This internship has been
extremely beneficial for
Organization.
Temple students Jack Cesareo me, as it has allowed the
hands-on experience
and Erin Crist pioneered the
within an international
program in Spring ’05.
organization. Through
this experience I have
acquired many new
interests in organizational
work and gained much
exposure of their
important role in current
world situations.”
Jack Cesareo, Temple/International Business: “This
internship (at the International Juridical Organization
for Environment and Development) really opened my
eyes and gave me great insight on Italian and European
culture, experience I could not have received in the
classroom, and instilled more confidence than I could
have imagined.”
HIGH TECH IN ROME
Temple Rome alums who remember standing in line to
use our computer lab may be especially interested to learn
that we have made some very big technological advances.
The most obvious is that now instead of the crowd in our
computer lab, the school is full of students working on their
laptops with wireless connections to the internet. In fact,
the entire school library, studios, classrooms, and public
spaces are covered by our wireless internet. The result is
that over half of our students now bring their laptop
computers to Rome. That’s over 100 students who are able
to access internet and email anywhere in the school without
a wait!
The computer lab itself has been over-hauled with new
flat screen computers and the addition of a second internet
line as a back-up, so the internet service is now faster and
more dependable.
In the classrooms, ceiling mounted video projectors,
DVD and VHS players, computers, and new sound systems
have been added to allow our faculty to use power point
presentations and digital images, instead of slides. Long
term, we plan to digitalize our entire slide library, which will
make our slide projectors a thing of the past.
In addition to these advances, it’s been just a few years
since our library went on-line with the conversion of our
card catalogue to computer files. Students in Rome are able
to search Temple’s Diamond Line and are connected to the
larger University library system in Philadelphia and on-line
reference materials. Now that we have a faster and more
reliable internet connection, and more students connected
to the internet with their laptops, we are able to take full
advantage of our electronic library resources.
For the latest improvement, we are adding a digital lab
to our photography program for Fall ’05.
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Internationally acclaimed artist, writer, and poet, Barbara ChaseRiboud, met with students at the Galleria Giulia in central Rome to
discuss her latest work. A graduate of Temple University’s Tyler
School of Art, she won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for best novel
by an American Woman for Sally Hemings, and was awarded the Carl
Sandburg Poetry Prize for Best American Poet in 1989. Venues for
one-person shows include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;
and the Musee d’Art Moderne de Paris. Barbara Chase-Riboud has been
knighted by the French Government, and was awarded an honorary
doctorate from Temple University in 1981.
Ali Assaf, a multi-media artist who moved to Rome
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from Basra, Iraq, spoke to students about his work and the
influence of his Iraqi roots and Arabic culture, with a long
discussion on events in the Middle East.
The all-day excursion to the medieval
hilltown of Todi, followed by a long multicourse Umbrian lunch — including
papardelle al sugo di cinghiale — at the
Titignano Manor, is the traditional end of
Orientation Week. Pictured below, Fall ’03
students await the antipasto, which is
served all’aperto before moving into the
manor. Another tradition — classes start
the next day!
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The Fall ’03 exhibition
schedule got off to an
impressive start with
“Planespotting,” which
displayed large-scale
aeronautical posters from
1910-1943 from the Massimo
& Cirulli Archive in New York
City. Also exhibited were
drawings by the futurist artists
Mario Sironi and Bruno Munari
from the collection of the Museo
Aeronautico Caproni
di Taliedo in Trento, Italy.
Many thanks to the Contessa
Maria Fede Caproni for her
enthusiastic support!
The Year in
Pictures
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The Rome Marathon, which winds its way around the Colosseum, by the
Spanish Steps, and many other historic sites (it even passes by Temple
Rome!) is the world’s most spectacular marathon course. Runners from
around the world, including our own Alice Abreu, Professor, Temple
Law School, and Temple Rome Summer Law Director, join in. For this
year’s event, Alice travelled to Rome from Harvard University, where she
is the William K. Jacobs, Jr. Visiting Professor of Law. Congratulations
Alice — also for finishing the marathon!
The Visiting Artist Lecture Series,
organized by Kristen Jones (left) presented
Beverly Pepper, internationally acclaimed
for her monumental outdoor sculpture. It
was in Rome, early in her career, that
Beverly Pepper began to concentrate on
sculpture, and began working in the great
Italian foundries.
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Mario Teleri, head of
printmaking, organized
“PRINTS!,” an
exhibition of prints by
graduate students from
Temple University’s Tyler
School of Art, The Rhode
Island School of Design,
and Indiana University.
The exhibit travelled in
the U.S. to RISD and
Indiana University.
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Each semester, Temple organizes a Parents Week for family and friends of
students. The one-week visit, normally held just after mid-semester, includes
tours of Rome and Florence, a reception at Temple Rome, and the opportunity
to sit in on classes and experience learning on site in the Eternal City.
For more than forty years, filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio
Taviani have created films that have been acclaimed in Italy
and abroad and they are the recipients of the “Palma d’oro”
of the Cannes Film Festival, among other awards. The
Taviani brothers presented Night of the Shooting Stars
(1982), along with Claudio Bigagli, one of Italy’s best known
actors, as part of the “Art and Culture in Italy Lecture
Series.” Pictured with the Taviani brothers is Pia Candinas,
program organizer.
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ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
Each year former students and Temple faculty, staff and friends visit
Temple Rome. Some of those we’ve greeted recently include:
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Linda Colarusso (Hamilton
College, ’77-78) and Greg
Costello (Tyler, ’77-78) met
on the program back in the
late 70’s and were later
married. They were in Rome
for a vacation and wanted
their daughter, Phoebe, to see
the school where her parents
met. Linda and Greg reside
in New York City.
Denise Barry (Temple,
Fl ’00) and Michael
Thompson (Temple,
Sp ’01) were married in
Chiesa S’Anna, Vatican
City. “We had to come back
to show our family how
wonderful Rome is and how
much our experiences
meant to us.” Denise and
Michael are both graduates
of Temple’s Architecture
program.
Mercedes Mustico
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(Tyler, ’97-98) “I miss
Rome so much. This
school and the experiences
it brought me have made a
permanent and wonderful
change in my life.”
Currently teaching art in
the Philadelphia area,
Mercedes says “Ciao Tutti”
to all her Temple Rome
classmates.
Jill Sarapata (Tyler, Sp ’96)
With great timing, Jill’s
return visit coincided with
our Fall ’03 new students’
orientation, so she joined us
in Todi (pictured in
background) and for “the
lunch” in Titignano. “I
remember my four months
spent studying at Temple
Rome as the best time of my
life and always urge students
to study abroad. Going on
the Todi excursion again has
brought back so many
memories.” Since Jill’s visit
she has relocated to Rome.
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Mili Steele, (U. of Virginia,
’97-98) Mili reports that her
study abroad experience had
a big impact on her ambition
to teach. She is now in the
field and working as an
academic tour director. She
was in Rome with a group of
students teaching her favorite
subject — Rome!
Susan Chrysler White
taught painting and drawing
at Temple Rome during the
1986-87 academic year. She
is now on the art faculty at
the University of Iowa.
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Bethany (Lenhart)
Economos (Tyler,
’99-00) returns to
the printmaking
studio where she
took classes with
Mario Teleri.
Linda Graziano Gasson
(University of Maryland, Sp ’85)
describes her study abroad
experience as “one of the best
years of my life!” She also attended
Temple’s communication program
in London.
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Andrew Pletcher ➤
(Temple, Fl ’ 01) visits the
architecture studio where
he spent many hours
during his semester in
Rome. He currently
works as an architect in
the Philadelphia area.
Casey Clavin (Tyler, ’78-79) received
her MFA from Tyler and worked with
Rockie Toner during her year in
Rome. She continues to have an
Italian connection as the
Communications Chair of Prancing
Horse Magazine, Ferrari Club of
America! Casey attended our 30th
Anniversary back in ’97, and plans to
attend our 40th.
Rhea Gingrow, (Temple, Sp ’97, left)
and Deborah Seitz (Temple Sp ’97). Rhea
returned for her wedding so that she could
be married “in the most beautiful City on
earth!” and her good friend Deborah was
along as the witness. It was the first time
back since their student days. Deborah
works in Philadelphia as an architectural
designer. Rhea says that “walking around
Rome in my wedding dress is something
I will never forget”.
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Sean Stoops (Tyler,
Fl ’91) lives in
Philadelphia and is
involved in the arts
with positions at the
Asian Arts Initiative
and the gallery at the
Moore College of Art.
Young Sook Kim
(Tyler, ’87-88). Since her student
days at Temple Rome, Young Sook
has lived in Todi, and continues to
spend time between Italy and the
US. During the Fall ’03 semester
she had exhibitions of her work in
Berlin, Perugia, and New York City.
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Temple Rome Scholarships
Make the Difference
T
housands of students have passed
through the Villa Caproni to study
and live in Rome since the founding of
Temple University Rome in 1966. It is
rewarding to hear, time and again, how
enriching the experience was. In fact,
our alumni point to their time at Temple
Rome as a once-in-a-lifetime experience
— and a turning point that changed
their lives.
Today, we are pleased that more
students than ever are able to take
advantage of this experience, including
those with financial need. Through the
generous contributions of alumni and
friends we have established scholarships
that help with tuition, and the extra costs
involved with travel and life in Rome
that can deter some students from
attending.
In the 2004-2005 academic year,
International Programs awarded 29
scholarships, ranging in amount from
DICCI…COSA FAI?
As Temple Rome alumni, we are
fortunate to be part of a unique community forged solely from our common
experiences abroad. On occasion, we
receive updates about our comrades
and the exciting ventures they’ve
undertaken, often influenced by their
sojourn in Rome. Some have moved
back to Italy for work, education,
adventure, or love, and others are in
the U.S. and elsewhere pursuing their
passions through various outlets. This
alumni network not only consists of
the life-long friendships we’ve made,
but may include the owner of your
favorite Italian BYOB or new client or
colleague. Tell us…what are you doing
now? Send us your news and photos to
be included in future issues of
POSTCARD. Continue to keep us
posted by e-mailing or mailing us at:
International Programs
Attn: POSTCARD
200 Tuttleman Learning Center
1809 N. 13th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
[email protected]
$500 to $2,500. You may hear your own
experiences reflected in the comments
of past Rome scholarship recipients:
Ken Hill, Painting and Art Education,
Temple Rome Spring 05:
“The experience pushed me out of
my comfort zone and into the world.
Before the trip I had never flown in a
plane, never held a conversation in
another language, and never relied on
public transportation. Throughout the
experience I was often frustrated,
nervous, and uncomfortable, but the
rewards were plentiful. It made
me realize how many things I have
missed out on in the past by sticking to
what is familiar, safe, and easy (…)”.
Galena Mosovich, Broadcast
Journalism, Temple Rome Spring 05:
“As a broadcast journalism major,
communication is my forte, but I am
embarrassed to admit that prior to this
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY,
ROME CAMPUS???
You may have noticed that
there is something different about
Temple University Rome, other
than what we’ve told you so far: a
new logo! Temple University has
unveiled new graphic identity
standards. These will, as Temple
President David Adamany says,
“help us capitalize on the tremendous reputation associated with
our name and the Temple T.”
The Temple Rome logo got a face
lift and although it reads “Rome
Campus”, we will continue to
refer to it as Temple University
Rome.
experience I could not speak another
language. Temple Rome has enhanced
my skills to communicate with a broader
range of people, which will give me an
advantage when I enter the work force
this summer.” Galena also comments on
the interdisciplinary nature of the
students and academic opportunities at
Temple Rome, saying that, “The artists
in my program also made an impact on
my perception; they revealed a new way
of looking at the world. My photography
skills improved greatly as a result.”
Nicole Franchetti, Accounting, Temple
Rome Spring 05:
“I learned (…) that while Americans
tend to measure happiness in terms
of accumulation of material goods and
monetary wealth, Italians hold quite
a different view on exactly what
constitutes a happy life style. The
supermarkets are not filled with aisles
and aisles of junk food and the streets are
not flooded with pharmaceutical chain
stores. There is no such thing as a 24-7
convenience store, fast-food delivery
service, “fast” service of any kind, (…)
“caution wet floor” signs, Best Buy,
Walmart, or a venti iced mocha latte from
Starbucks. It turns out we can survive
without these luxuries that are not
essential to our happiness and I actually
learned to love the simpler, more relaxed
Italian way of life.”
Gayle Schooley, Art History/History,
Temple Rome Academic Year 20042005:
“By December there was no way I
could have been ready to go home. I was
just beginning to adjust to Rome, using
my Italian whenever possible, giving
tourists—and even Italians—directions
around the city…it was like Rome had
become my home.”
If you would like to help make the
Rome experience financially feasible
for future Temple Rome students,
International Programs welcomes
donations to the Friends of Temple
Rome Scholarship fund (checks made
payable to Temple University).
Contributions are tax-deductible and
should be sent to International
Programs, Temple University, 1809 N.
13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122.
Thank you for your support!
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FACULTY
ACTIVITIES
Federigo Argentieri, History &
Political Science
Book review published in Journal of Cold
War Studies (MIT Press), vol. 5 n. 3,
Summer 2003. Lecture on “Ukraine’s
Place in the New Europe: Is There One?”
Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute.
Discussant in the panel on the 70th
anniversary of the Great Ukrainian Famine
at the American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies’ convention
in Toronto. Defense of doctoral
dissertation in 20th century Hungarian
History at Loránd Eötvös University,
Budapest, Title: “The Hungarian Source.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and its
impact on Western European Intellectuals
and Political Parties – Great Britain, France
and Italy”. Co-editor and author of the
introduction to the Italian version of
Robert Comquest’s “The Harvest of
Sorrow- Soviet Collectivization and the
Terror Famine”, Rome, Edizioni Liberal.
Lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute in
Berlin on “The Impossible Bipartisanship
in Italy’s Foreign Policy”. Participant in
the European Social Science History
Conference. “European Party Patterns and
Berlusconi’s Italy” presented at Humboldt
University, Berlin. Translator and co-editor
of István Bibó’s “Il problema storico
dell’indipendenza ungherese”, Venezia,
Marsilio. Lecture on “Mario Toscano”,
Istituto Diplomatico, Rome, on Eastern
Europe in the 25-odd EU. Essays &
Articles: Varsavia, il sole non sorge più ad
Est, in “Ideazione”; Note di viaggio nella
“Nuova Europa”, in “Testimonianze”; La
grande bugia di Mr. Duranty, in “Liberal”.
Book Reviews: Un’eredità da non perdere,
in “Reset” n. 85, settembre-ottobre 2004; I
segreti di Praga, in “Ideazione” n. 5,
settembre-ottobre 2004; Academia and
State Socialism, in “Journal of Cold War
Studies”, vol. 6:3, Summer 2004.
INTERNATIONAL EXCURSIONS ADD TO
BUSINESS PROGRAM continued from page one
Reconstruction
and Development
the class met with
Mr. Mark Sullivan,
US Executive
Director, inside
the imposing
boardroom of
EBRD and had a
tour of the
presidential floor.
At the Financial
Times students met with FT Chief
Reporter Stephen Fidler, followed by
an excursion to the headquarters of the
International Maritime Organization,
the only UN agency present in
London, where Mr Lee Adamson
(Public Information Manager)
illustrated the mandate and range of
operations of the IMO.
The class also enjoyed a lunch in
the bustling Liverpool Street train
station, and had the opportunity to
walk through the city to get a sense of
its vitality during a normal workday.
Students saw the headquarters of some
of the leading commercial banks in the
world: the Lloyd’s building, the outdoor
Leadenhall Market, where the bankers
were enjoying a pint of Guinness beer;
the Royal Exchange; the Old Lady
(read, the Central Bank of England),
the Stock Exchange, Lombard Street,
and many other hallmarks of London.
Margaret Brucia, Classics
Published: The Civilized Shopper’s Guide
to Rome by Pamela Keech & Margaret
Brucia. New York: The Little Bookroom,
2004 (ISBN 1-892145-28-6).
Frank Dabell, Art History
Author of entries on Della Robbia, Mino
da Fiesole, and Giovanni Francesco Rustici
in The Encyclopedia of Sculpture, NY
& London, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
Contributed to the catalogue of Spellbound
by Rome. The Anglo-American Community
in Rome (1890-1914), an exhibition held
at the American Academy and other
venues, February-April 2005. He is
currently writing a book on Piero della
Francesca, to be published in 2006.
Anna Di Noto, Architecture
Restoration of S. Francesco convent,
commission of Municipality of Palombara
Sabina, Rome, Italy. Restoration of the
“Pian della Civita”archaelogical park,
commission of the Municipality of Artena,
Rome (in collaboration with Luca
Montuori and consulenza Jan Gadeyne,
archaeologist). Pievi, paesaggi, pittori
(parishes, landscape, painters) “Progetto
di fattibilità” (featible project) in the area
of National Park Monti Sibillini (Marche),
Italy (in collaboration with Francesca
Montuori).
Cristiana Filippini, Art History
Presented “La Madonna Lignea di
Santa Maria del Mutino”, Conference
on L’Abbazia di Santa Maria del Mutino,
Piandimeleto, Pesaro. Articles: “La
Madonna lignea di Santa Maria del
Mutino.” in L’abbazia di Santa Maria
del Mutino, ed. Tommaso di Carpegna
Falconieri. San Leo: Società di Studi
Storici per il Montefeltro, 2004, 109-116.
“Functions of Pictorial Narratives and
Liturgical Spaces: The Frescoes of the
Life of the Titular Saint in the Early
Christian Basilica of San Clemente in
Rome.” In Shaping Sacred Space and
Institutional Identity in Romanesque
Mural Painting, ed. Thomas Dale with
John Mitchell. London: Pindar, 2004,
122-138. Papers: “La leggenda di
Sant’Alessio in San Clemente a Roma:
genesi e funzione di una narrativa pittorica
al momento della Riforma Greogoriana,”
Rome et le réforme grégorienne, Université
de Lausanne, December 10-11, 2004.
“Painters’ Workshops in Medieval
Rome,” International Medieval Congress,
International Medieval Institute,
University of Leeds, July 12-15, 2004.
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“ProDesign” held in October during
Promosedia (Udine) with her Tilt
armchairs. Her completed collection for
the firm l’acollection will be presented
this November in Rimini. Curated an
exhibit of Temple student drawings at the
Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli.
Martha Madigan, Visual Arts
Group Exhibitions: “Main Line Collects:
Distinctive Choices”, Main Line Art
Center, Haverford, PA; “Photography as
Fine Art”, Susquehanna Art Museum,
Harrisburg, PA; “Picturing Difference:
Gender and Representation in
Contemporary Photography”, Washington
State University Museum of Art, Pullman,
WA. Public Commisions: Philadelphia
Eagles Football Stadium Murals,
Philadelphia, PA; PS/1S #499, (Public
Elementary School), Department of
Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
Temple Rome faculty
Jan Gadeyne, Art History, Classics
Received a grant from the Boston
Foundation for the excavations project at
the Roman villa in Artena, Itlay, and codirected the works. Papers delivered:
“Gaul, Rome and the ‘Fall’ of the Roman
Empire”, at the Orde van den Prince,
Nice, France; “Recent excavations in the
Imperial Forums in Rome”, Dept. of
Archaeology of the KUL (Catholic
University of Louvain); “From Pompeius
the Great to Robrecht of Flanders: the
urban history an topography before S.
Giuliano dei Fiamminghi”, Flemish
Cultural Circle in Rome; “Recent
archaeological work in Rome: the Imperial
Forums”, Florence Campus of Georgetown
University; “Live or Let Die — Recent
excavations in Rome”, Flemish Society of
Archaeological Research. Appeared on the
Discovery television channel as a presenter
for the “The Seven Wonders of Ancient
Rome” episode. Article: “ La villa
romana del Piano della Civita ad Artena”
(with Cécile Brouillard) in RASMUS
BRANDT J., DUPRE RAVENTOS X.,
GHINI Giuseppina (edd.), Lazio e Sabina
1, Atti del Convegno, Roma, 28-30 gennaio
2002, Rome, 2003, p. 61-64.
Anita Guerra, Drawing & Painting
Presented seven paintings in a group
exhibit of Cuban artists at the Basel Art,
Miami Design District, Miami, Florida.
Completed a portrait commission of Judge
Vincenzo Buscema, former President of
the Italian State Counsel (Consiglio di
Stato Italiano) for SEMEION Research
Center, Trigoria, Italy.
Kristin Jones, Drawing
Kristin Jones continues her pursuit to
establish a contemporary arts festival
celebrating the Tiber River. In January ’04
the ‘Piazza Tevere’ was adopted by the
Rome City Planning as the cornerstone
for the river revival. The festival Jones
envisions entitled TEVERETERNO
(www.tevereterno.it) is a multidisciplinary
invitation to collaborate on spectacular
events on the river and in the water.
GRAVITY, a proposal for the Pantheon
to celebrate the restoration of the dome,
was presented to the Rome Chamber of
Commerce who have endorsed the project
to be realized when the restoration is
completed.
Katherine Krizek, Drawing
Formed two partnerships, SKL Design
(with Architects Stefano Stefani and
Luca Leonori), an industrial design studio
specializing in furniture, and Studio 4
Design (with graphic designer Daria
Violani) focusing on the graphic arts.
Currently collaborating on design projects
with Covo, Acerbis International, and
Guzzini. Delivered a lecture at the Rhode
Island School of Design Rome Honors
Program. Participated in the exhibition
Roberto Maninno, Sculpture
Group Exhibitions: Annual Exhibition at
Papier Wespe Gallery, Vien, Austria; “Libri
d’Artista”, Palazzo Toffoli, Pordenone,
Italy. Participated in “Energy Paper” a
papermaking workshop at Papier Waspe,
Wien, Austria. Third Biennal of Artist’s
Books, Biblioteca Centrale, Cassino, Italy;
“Arte da indossare - Studio Arte Fuori
Centro”, Rome, Italy; Robert C. Williams
American Museum of Papermaking, Latest
Handpapermaking Portfolio Exhibition;
Fifth Biennal of Paper Art, Rijswijk
Museum, The Netherlands. Installation at
the Jeonjiou Museum of Fine Art - Plant
Paper Show, Jeonjiou, Korea.
Handpapermaking Magazine Annual
Porfolio: Innovative Printmaking on
Handmade Paper. Presented a lecture on
hand papermaking techniques at XVII
IAPMA Congress, Banff Art Center,
Alberta, Canada.
Genell Miller, Drawing
Received Temple University Rome
professional development funding to
complete a series of prints with Master
printer George Bartko on Vinalhaven,
Maine. Two person exhibition at Lydon
Fine Art, Chicago Illinois.
Aldo Patania, International Business
Appointed MBA Program Leader for the
University of Malta at its Link Campus in
Rome. Organized academic excursions to
the Commission of the European Union
and NATO in Brussels and various
financial institutions in London.
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Lisa Pieraccini, Classics
Session chair at the Symposium Cumanum:
“The Etruscan Presence in Magna
Greacia” at the Villa Virgiliana in Cuma,
and published a review of the conference
in “Etruscan News” vol. 3 winter 2004.
Article “Home is Where the Hearth Is”
was accepted for publication in the
journal, Ancient West and East. Articles:
“Impressions of Bellerophon and the
Chimaera at Caere” forthcoming in a
Festschrift dedicated to David and
Francesca Ridgway; “Home is Where the
Hearth Is: Caeretan Braziers” forthcoming
in Ancient West and East.
Anna Tuck-Scala, Art History
Successfully defended her Ph.D.
dissertation at The Pennsylvania State
University: “The Documented Paintings
and Life of Andrea Vaccaro (1604-1670)”
in August 2003.
Catherine Ramsey Portolano,
Italian Language
Article “Neera the verist woman writer”
was published in the North American
Italian Studies journal Italica, volume 81,
Autumn 2004, pp351-366.
Kevin Walz, Drawing
Recent project is featured as the cover
story for the magazine, “Interior Design”,
September, 2005. “Insomnia” one-person
exhibition at Cenci Gallery, Rhode Island
School of Design, Rome, Italy.
Gregory Smith, Social Sciences.
Research project on Marsica, a district of
central Italy, continues with a survey on
dialect conservation among school-age
children, and work continues on a book
concerning the impact of globalization on
this part of the Italian peninsula.
Organized a conference on the topic of
globalization in Marsica, Celano, Italy.
Continues with many projects linked to
his studies of the Italian national territory.
A new development concerns his
involvement with a group of entrepreneurs
from Italy’s northeast who wish to help
their territory meet the challenges of the
global era. Prof. Smith facilitated linkage
with the British Chartered Institute of
Marketing in a multilevel effort to assess
the potentialities of the northeast, and
determine opportunities for building
capacities required to remain competitive
in the new millennium. The idea of the
competitive challenges facing the territory
was at the center of various meetings
organized with local authorities and
entrepreneurs throughout the country,
and detailed research of community
process in the city of Rome.
Mario Teleri, Printmaking
Group Exhibition: “Imagini della Terra di
Siena”, Chiesa SS ma Annunziata, Cetona,
Italy. One-person exhibition: “Luci
Veneziane”, Galleria Il Quadroato
di Omega, Rome, Italy. Participated in
the Convegno Nazionale sulla Stampa
D’Arte, Instituto Centrale Patologia del
Libro, Rome, Italy; Papermaking and
Bookbinding Workshop, Atelier
Weissenbach, Cetona, Italy. Artist in
Residence at Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy.
Jusitn Vitiello, Italian Studies
Edited with M.A. Vigilante Mannino,
Breaking Open: Reflections on Italian
American Women’s Writing (with two
essays published there in), Purdue
University Press, 2003. Published Suicidio
di un Poeta Etnico / Suicide of an Ethnic
Poet, Confine, Rome, 2004.
Stanley Whitney, Painting and Drawing
One-person exhibitions: Christine Konig
Gallery, Vienna, Austria, catalogue essay
by Raphael Rubinstein; A.A.M.
Architettura Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy,
with catalogue. Group exhibitions:
“Master’s of the Obvious” Mary Heilman,
Jill Mosser, Stanley Whitney, curator Roger
Boyce at UMass., catalogue by Nancy
Princenthal; A.A. M. Architettura Arte
Moderna, Rome, Italy; Basel Art Fair with
Christine Konig Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
Invited to be part of the American
Delegation at the Dakar Biennial, Dakar,
Senegal, to participate in a dialogue with
Senegalese artist and critic Alhadji Sy, and
to present a lecture on recent paintings.
Study at Temple Rome
A FAMILY TRADITION
Giulia Fiorile, (Temple, ’03-04,
center) followed in her brother
James’ footsteps who, as a student
from the University of Pennsylvania,
studied at Temple Rome in ’99-00.
Their mother, Joan Byrne Fiorile,
(Temple, right), was also a Temple
Rome student in ’75-76, during
which time she and her husband Jim
(left) lived in an apartment in the
Villa Caproni. The entire family
speaks Italian at home in the US,
which gave Giulia the experience
needed to tutor Italian language
during her year in Rome.
Lisa Colone, (University of Virginia,
Sp ’96, left) returned to visit her
sister Christina Colone, a Boston
College student who was enrolled at
Temple Rome during the Spring ’04
semester.
William Michael Larson (Temple, Sp ’04)
and his mother Catherine Jansen-Larson
(Tyler, ’71) who also studied at the
Academia di Belli Arti in 1970 before
enrolling at Temple Rome for her Master of
Fine Arts program.
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