Deadline: November 1, annually (Application must be sent to American Academy in Rome)

McKim, Mead & White Building, American Academy in Rome; Photograph by Robert Reck, 2001. (Courtesy of the American Academy in Rome)

Amount: $10,000

Purpose: A pre- or post-doctoral fellowship for study of archaeology and classical studies has been established by the Institute at the American Academy in Rome. This fellowship, with other funds from the American Academy in Rome, will support a Rome Prize Fellowship. For information and application forms, candidates should write to:

American Academy in Rome
7 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022

Requirements: Applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. The AAR receives all applications. At the conclusion of the fellowship tenure, recipients must submit a report to the Chair of the AIA Fellowships Committee and the President of the AAR.

Current Recipient

The Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Emblem of Power

Lauren M. Kinnee, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
The Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Emblem of Power

The 2009 recipient of the Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship is Lauren Kinnee, currently a Ph.D. candidate in Greek & Roman Art & Archaeology with the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU. Her dissertation topic is the development of the trophy, particularly its adoption by and use in Roman art. The Fellowship award will allow Ms. Kinnee to travel to Rome and other locations to examine the particular objects dealt with in her dissertation, and to discover other significant artworks which will further inform her research. She also intends to conduct library research at the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library and Fototeca of the American Academy in Rome, and hopes to examine the Fototeca of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in Rome.

Past Recipients

Illustration of building of foundations of Capitoline Temple (from Capitoline Museums)

John N.N. Hopkins
The Topographical Transformation of Archaic Rome: A New Interpretation of Architecture and Geography in the Early City

The 2007 and 2008 recipient of the Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship is John N.N. Hopkins. Mr. Hopkins is a doctoral student with the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. His dissertation work analyzes topographical changes in Rome between the 7th and 5th centuries B.C., including the foundation for the Roman Forum, construction of first roads, drainage systems, and numerous temples and monuments. Of particular interest is the question of why the Romans were interested in making these transformations, and how they were able to facilitate them. Mr. Hopkins was awarded a 2-year Rome Prize by the American Academy in Rome.

Lisa Mignone, Columbia University
Fare l’Aventino: A Social and Urban History of the Aventine in the Roman Republic
Lisa Mignone is conducting a reexamination of the Aventine Hill in Rome, including an in-depth analysis of its topography, politics, infrastructure, and social development in the context of the city as a whole. Her research at the AAR will be rooted in primary sources, both textual and archaeological.