Italian Academy for Advanced Studies

**About the Academy** - Advanced research across the disciplines - Public conferences on urgent academic, cultural, and scientific topics - **500 Fellows** over two decades - Fellowship Program with **21-25 residential scholars** each year - Fellows have come from Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey - Fellows are invited to contribute to the work of **Columbia departments** including Anthropology, Art History and Archaeology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, English and Comparative Literature, French, Germanic Languages, History, Italian, Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Mathematics, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Religion, and Sociology, and in the **Schools** of Law, Business, Engineering, Architecture, and in the Earth Institute. **Neuroscience researchers at the Academy** work in Psychiatry, Psychology, Biology labs and centers at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center; at the New York State Psychiatric Institute; and the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute **The Academy** The Academy's Director (currently on leave) is [**Elena Aprile**](https://www.physics.columbia.edu/content/elena-aprile), Columbia's Centennial Professor of Physics and head of the [**Aprile Group**](https://xenon.astro.columbia.edu/) at the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory. The Academy is a premier global center for research in the humanities and sciences, founded in 1991 on the basis of an agreement between Columbia University and the Republic of Italy. Its chief commitment is to promote groundbreaking cross-disciplinary work while addressing international social issues. **Fellowship program** As the core of the Academy's work, the [**Fellowship Program**](https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/content/fellowship-program "Fellowship Program") invites scholars to dedicate one or two semesters to research. Each group has a balance of postdoctoral researchers, mid-career scholars, and full professors; they are chosen by a jury of experts in the relevant fields. **Other initiatives** - The **Arts, Humanities, and Neuroscience** Project has for over 20 years hosted resident scientists and regularly presented conferences on cutting-edge research. - The **International Observatory for Cultural Heritage** is the home of the Weinberg Fellowships as well as the Sardinia Cultural Heritage project and other research initiatives and symposia. - The **Weinberg Fellowships** project awards four fellowships each year for the study of architectural history and preservation. - The **Sardinia Cultural Heritage** project is a three-year program (recently renewed with further funding for another three years) centered on Sardinian history and culture. - The **NOMIS Project on Migrations and Mobility** explores the transition from foraging to farming. - The **Holocaust Remembrance** series and the **Women's History Month** series are annual initiatives (in January and March, respectively) designed as academic events and interviews. - Since 2006, the **Alexander Bodini Foundation** has offered Fellowships in adolescent psychiatry and supported occasional year-long initiatives in the social sciences. - Cultural programs include a **concert series** bringing world-class Italian music to New York; the **Premio New York**, a prize for emerging Italian artists; and public art **exhibitions** throughout the year.