Director-Training and Development

Supervises:AndrewW.MellonHumanitiesProfessor;AndrewHeiskellArtsDirector;Drue Heinz Librarian and Head of Collections; and Deputy Director for Fellowships and Programs

Term:Three-yearappointment,renewable.StartdateAugust 2027

Foundedin1894,theAmericanAcademyinRomeisaleadingAmericanoverseascenter 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.

TheAcademyisledbythePresident&CEO,whosetsitsdirectionandservesasitschief fundraiser and public representative. A Chief Operating Officer manages the Academy's business and administrative functions across Rome and New York. The Director is responsible for the daily intellectual and communal life of the residential community. The Andrew Heiskell Arts Director and Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor 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
TheDirectoristheon-campusfigureresponsibleformanagingtheday-to-dayintellectualandcommunity lifeoftheAmericanAcademyinRome.Thisisarolevelforamanartistorscholarofgenuine distinctionwhobyisismodginginexperience, a community builder. The Director leads an intellectual team consisting of the Mellon Humanities Professor, Heiskell Arts Director, and Drue Heinz Librarian and Head of Collections.

The Director gives shape and texture to the residential community through programming and also through attention to the work of those in the community. The Director must be someone who understands that theconditionsinwhichcreativeandscholarlyworkunfolds are themselves a form of institutional authorship. The Director works closely with the Deputy Director for Fellowships and Programs on implementation and budget.

Asheadofthecommunity,theDirectorisalsoaconnector,soundingboard,and promotor of all the fellows'work.Thesefunctionsaretwosidesofthesamecoinbecause community creates trust; trust encourages risk-taking; and risk-takingproducesthe breakthroughs the Academy exists to generate.

TheDirectoristheAcademy'spublicfaceinRome:anintellectualandculturaldiplomat who represents the institution in the city's artistic, academic, and civic life.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary intellectual resource for Rome Prize Fellows across the full rangeoftheAcademy'sfellowshipdisciplinesinthehumanities(Ancient,Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern and, Modern Italian Studies, as well as Conservation and Historic Preservation) and in the arts (Architecture, Design, Landscape Architecture, Literature, Musical Composition, and Visual Art), offering substantive engagement with Fellows' work and the intellectual generosity that makes the Academy's residential experience distinctive.

WorkinclosepartnershipwiththeHumanitiesProfessorandArtsDirectortoensure that the scholarly and creative life of the community reflects the Academy's commitment to transdisciplinary excellence; stimulate dialogue and exchange among Fellows, Residents, and guests across disciplines.

Enrich Fellows' experience of Rome through introductions to the city's artistic and scholarlycommunitiesandmaintainanactiveintellectualorcreativepracticewithin the constraints of the role.

Setanexampletothecommunityofwhatthelifeofthemindlookslike.

InconsultationwiththePresident,shapeandexecutetheAcademy'sintellectual programminginRome, ensuring events reflect the Academy's transdisciplinary identity and the creative energy of each year's residential community.

ServeasamemberoftheBoardofTrusteesinanexofficiocapacity,contributing to governance discussions on mattersofintellectual life,fellowship programming, and campus community.

Community Stewardship

Sustain the quality of communal life as a core institutional responsibility: attend mealswiththeresidentialcommunitywheneverpossible;bepresentateveningand weekend programs; and be available to FellowsandResidentsintheinformalways that matter most in a residential community.

Foster an environmentofintellectual generosity,mutual respect,and creative risk-taking,upholdingtheAcademy'svaluesofexcellencewithoutelitism,collaboration across disciplines, and responsibility to the broader public.

Entertain frequently and graciously, hosting Fellows, scholars, artists, Trustees, donors,institutionalpartners,anddignitaries,whilealsosharingon-calldutieswith staff, responding to emergencies as needed.

ExternalEngagementandInstitutional Representati