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Tel: +39 055-2645910
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Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
Via della Vigna Nuova, 18
Florence, Italy 50123

The Faculty at the Institute at Palazzo Rucellai

ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY 
Pierluca Birindelli 
Ph.D., University of Florence


ARCHITECTURE
 
Carlo Achilli 
Laurea, University of Rome 
Master II lvl in Pianificazione, Conservazione e Gestione dei Centri Storici Minori e dei Sistemi Paesistico - Ambientali, University of Rome
Licensed Architect 

Silvia Catitti 
Ph.D., University of Rome 
Licensed Architect 

Franco Pisani 
Laurea, University of Florence 
Licensed Architect 

Daniela Sinicropi
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florence
Licensed Architect


ART HISTORY 
Michael Kwakkelstein 
Ph.D., University of Leiden
The Netherlands 

Francesca Marini 
Ph.D., University of Florence

Bette Talvacchia 
(visiting Fall & Spring terms)
Ph.D., Stanford University

Anatole Tchikine
(on leave)
Ph.D., University of Dublin


HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE
Erika Bianchi 
Ph.D., University of Florence 

Peter Fischer 
Ph.D., European University Institute
Florence 

Carolina Megale
Ph.D., University of Florence

Simone Paoli
Ph.D., University of Florence 

Simon Young
Ph.D., Istituto di Studi Umanistici
Florence

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 
Francesca Marini 
Ph.D., University of Florence

Rodolfo Rivas 
(visiting Fall terms)
M.B.A., University of Connecticut


INTERDISCIPLINARY - ITALIAN STUDIES

Serena Baldini 
Laurea, University of Florence 
Master in Didattica della Lingua e della Cultura Italiana, Università Ca' Foscari, Venice 

Diego Bertelli
Ph.D., Yale University

David Marini 
Laurea, University of Florence 
M.A., University of Connecticut 
Certificate for Teaching Italian as a Foreign
Language - DITALS, Università per Stranieri
di Siena


PSYCHOLOGY
Sarah L. Barker 
(on leave)
D. Psych., RMIT University, Australia  

Christian Tarchi
Ph.D., University of Florence


STUDIO ARTS
Tiziano Lucchesi 
M.F.A., Academy of Fine Arts, Florence  

Gloria Marco Munuera
Ph.D., RMIT University, Melbourne


RENAISSANCE THEN and NOW - An Interdisciplinary Program
Antonio Artese, piano  
D.M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara

Lina Bahn, violin/viola
D.M.A., Indiana University

Judith Glyde, cello
M.M., Manhattan School of Music

SoYoung Lee, piano/entrepreneurship workshop
D.M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara

Massimo Lonardi, lute - Master class
Maestro, Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano

Nicolò Spera, classical guitar
Maestro, Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano

Jeremy Smith
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara