Situated in the heart of Rome along the Tiber River across from the Castel Sant’ Angelo and the Vatican, the IES Abroad Rome Center is a newly renovated 1920s-era building within walking distance of the Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, and the Vatican.
Features include:
High-quality academic facilities
Auditoriums used for a guest lecture series
Rooftop terrace with city views and community garden
Dott. Ponti is an archaeologist specialized in Imperial Roman architecture. After earning a BA in Classics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dott. Ponti obtained a Laurea in archaeology from the University of Rome. He has worked on a number of archaeological excavations in the Mediterranean, including Troy, Aphrodisias and Leptis Magna. His studies and research focus on the use of marble in Roman construction, the ancient marble trade, quarrying and carving techniques. Dott. Ponti has worked on a number of excavations in Rome, including the Palatine Hill and the Imperial Fora. He has done research for the Department of Antiquities on a number of conservation projects including the Ara Pacis, the Column of Trajan and the Arch of Constantine. He is currently directing an excavation at the Villa of Maxentius on the Via Appia, as well as conducting architectural studies at Leptis Magna, Libya, with the Università di Rome Tre. Dott. Ponti has taught at the Istituto Centrale del Restauro of the Department of Antiquities and is currently Archaeology Advisor of the American Academy in Rome. He has been teaching archaeology courses at IES since 2004. Since 2007 he is Academic Dean of the IES Abroad Rome Center.
IES Abroad Staff
Giovanna Cucciniello Assistant Director
Simona Di Giustino Internship Coordinator
Arianna Gaffi Student Services Coordinator
TBA Academic Dean
Silvana Sodini Health & Safety Advisor
Luisa Taffara Administration Manager
Faculty
Christopher Altieri Religious Studies PhD – Philosophy, Pontifical Gregorian University
Monica Bandella Italian Language PhD - Italian Studies, University of Salzburg
Giulia Bottero, Italian Language Ph.D in Foreign Languages, Università di Venezia, Ca' Foscari.
Barbara Briganti, Art History Professor of History of Garden Architecture at the Facoltà di Architettura "Valle Giulia"
Maddalena Cardarelli, Italian Language Lettere all'università di Roma I, " La Sapienza"
Barbara Castaldo Literature and Anthropology PhD - Italian Studies, New York University
Stefano Castellani Photography Ma- Latin Epigraphy, La Sapienza University of Rome
Alessandro Coppola Urban Studies PhD - Urban Studies, University of Roma Tre
Efisio Espa, Economics Degree in Economics, University of Siena
Laura Fasanaro, International Relations Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Florence
Anna Ferrari Aggradi, Italian Language Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Roma La Sapienza; DITALS Certificate for Teaching of Italian as a Foreign Lanague from the University of Siena
Daniele Fiorentino, History Ph.D. in U.S. History, University of Kansas; Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Rome I “La Sapienza”
Valentina Follo Roman History PhD candidate, Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, University of Pennsylvania
Federica Giacomini, Art History MA in Art History, University of Rome I “La Sapienza”; Ph.D. in Art History and Conservation, University of Tuscia
Lori King Religious Studies PhD - Sacred Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University
Philip Larrey, Religious Studies Ph.D. in Philosophy, Pontifical Gregorian University; S.T.B (BA in Theology), Pontifical University of St. Thomas
Elisabetta Lodoli, Film Studies M.A., California Institute of the Arts
Marta Marchetti, Theater/Literature Ph.D. in Theater, Université de Paris VII and the University of Siena
Claudia Mariotti Political Science PhD – Political Sociology, University of Roma Tre
Registilla Aloisi Masella, Italian Language Degree in Translation for French and English; Specialization certificate from DILIT in Teaching Italian as a Second Language; Oral Proficiency in Italian from ACTFEL
Renato Moro, History Ph.D. in History, University of Rome I "La Sapienza" Provost, University of Rome III
Giulia Parte, Italian Language Degree in Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne
Gianni Ponti, Art History BA in Classics, UNC; Graduate Degree in Archaeology, Università di Roma 2
Pier Paolo Racioppi, Art History Ph.D. in Medieval and Modern Art History, University of Rome I "La Sapienza"
Mattia Toaldo, Political Science University Degree in Political Sciences at the University of Rome, Roma 3
Silvia Zanazzi Internship Seminar Phd candidate - Educational Research, La Sapienza University of Rome
IES Abroad Rome
Features include:
Acting Director, IES Abroad Rome
Dott. Gianni Ponti
Dott. Ponti is an archaeologist specialized in Imperial Roman architecture. After earning a BA in Classics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dott. Ponti obtained a Laurea in archaeology from the University of Rome. He has worked on a number of archaeological excavations in the Mediterranean, including Troy, Aphrodisias and Leptis Magna. His studies and research focus on the use of marble in Roman construction, the ancient marble trade, quarrying and carving techniques. Dott. Ponti has worked on a number of excavations in Rome, including the Palatine Hill and the Imperial Fora. He has done research for the Department of Antiquities on a number of conservation projects including the Ara Pacis, the Column of Trajan and the Arch of Constantine. He is currently directing an excavation at the Villa of Maxentius on the Via Appia, as well as conducting architectural studies at Leptis Magna, Libya, with the Università di Rome Tre. Dott. Ponti has taught at the Istituto Centrale del Restauro of the Department of Antiquities and is currently Archaeology Advisor of the American Academy in Rome. He has been teaching archaeology courses at IES since 2004. Since 2007 he is Academic Dean of the IES Abroad Rome Center.
IES Abroad Staff
Giovanna Cucciniello
Assistant Director
Simona Di Giustino
Internship Coordinator
Arianna Gaffi
Student Services Coordinator
TBA
Academic Dean
Silvana Sodini
Health & Safety Advisor
Luisa Taffara
Administration Manager
Faculty
Christopher Altieri
Religious Studies
PhD – Philosophy, Pontifical Gregorian University
Monica Bandella
Italian Language
PhD - Italian Studies, University of Salzburg
Giulia Bottero,
Italian Language
Ph.D in Foreign Languages, Università di Venezia, Ca' Foscari.
Barbara Briganti,
Art History
Professor of History of Garden Architecture at the Facoltà di Architettura "Valle Giulia"
Maddalena Cardarelli,
Italian Language
Lettere all'università di Roma I, " La Sapienza"
Barbara Castaldo
Literature and Anthropology
PhD - Italian Studies, New York University
Stefano Castellani
Photography
Ma- Latin Epigraphy, La Sapienza University of Rome
Alessandro Coppola
Urban Studies
PhD - Urban Studies, University of Roma Tre
Efisio Espa,
Economics
Degree in Economics, University of Siena
Laura Fasanaro,
International Relations
Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Florence
Anna Ferrari Aggradi,
Italian Language
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Roma La Sapienza; DITALS Certificate for Teaching of Italian as a Foreign Lanague from the University of Siena
Daniele Fiorentino,
History
Ph.D. in U.S. History, University of Kansas; Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Rome I “La Sapienza”
Valentina Follo
Roman History
PhD candidate, Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, University of Pennsylvania
Federica Giacomini,
Art History
MA in Art History, University of Rome I “La Sapienza”; Ph.D. in Art History and Conservation, University of Tuscia
Lori King
Religious Studies
PhD - Sacred Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University
Philip Larrey,
Religious Studies
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Pontifical Gregorian University; S.T.B (BA in Theology), Pontifical University of St. Thomas
Elisabetta Lodoli,
Film Studies
M.A., California Institute of the Arts
Marta Marchetti,
Theater/Literature
Ph.D. in Theater, Université de Paris VII and the University of Siena
Claudia Mariotti
Political Science
PhD – Political Sociology, University of Roma Tre
Registilla Aloisi Masella,
Italian Language
Degree in Translation for French and English; Specialization certificate from DILIT in Teaching Italian as a Second Language; Oral Proficiency in Italian from ACTFEL
Renato Moro,
History
Ph.D. in History, University of Rome I "La Sapienza"
Provost, University of Rome III
Giulia Parte,
Italian Language
Degree in Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne
Gianni Ponti,
Art History
BA in Classics, UNC; Graduate Degree in Archaeology, Università di Roma 2
Pier Paolo Racioppi,
Art History
Ph.D. in Medieval and Modern Art History, University of Rome I "La Sapienza"
Mattia Toaldo,
Political Science
University Degree in Political Sciences at the University of Rome, Roma 3
Silvia Zanazzi
Internship Seminar
Phd candidate - Educational Research, La Sapienza University of Rome