Visiting Fellowship
The Charles and Joan Alberto Institute at Seton Hall University is pleased to announce the availability of one Visiting Fellowship for the Spring semester of the 2026-27 academic year. This fellowship aims at providing young scholars in Italian Studies with the opportunity to live and do research for a period up to one month in the New York/New Jersey area and to be part of the Italian Studies community at Seton Hall University. We welcome candidates from any countries and specializing in any area of Italian Studies.
Seton Hall University is in South Orange, New Jersey, not far from major libraries in New York City and Princeton University. During their visit, the selected candidate will be asked to give a public lecture at the Alberto Institute, two lectures to undergraduate students, and participate to the life of our Italian Studies Program. Candidates must be fluent in both English and Italian.
The fellowship will cover both travel, health insurance, and lodging expenses (flight or train transportation from the city/country of origin and housing for one month) and will provide office space in the Walsh library, which is the home of the Valente Collection, the second largest Italian Studies book collection in New Jersey.
Those who are interested in applying should send in one single PDF file:
- their curriculum vitae
- a two-page (max) summary of a research project for which they would need to be in
this
geographic area - indication of preferred dates within the following period: March 7-April 24, 2027.
- proposed topics for one lecture to be delivered at our Institute (in English), and for two lectures to undergraduate students of Italian
- two academic references who will be contacted in case the candidate is selected for final interviews.
The Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute was founded in 2003 with the mission of coordinating Seton Hall University's many activities relating to Italian and Italian American history and culture, to sponsor cultural events and to promote curriculum development and community outreach. Our visiting fellowship has been established to promote scholarly exchanges and further develop the scope of academic activities offered in Italian Studies at Seton Hall University.
For more information, please visit the Institute's website.
Applications should be sent to Gabriella Romani, Ph.D., director of the Alberto Italian Studies Institute, at [email protected] by Friday, November 13, 2026. A selection of finalists will be contacted for an informal interview (on Zoom) by the beginning of December 2026. Final candidate will be announced soon after.
Spring 2025 Visiting Fellow
Antonella Valoroso is the Visiting Fellow for the Spring 2025 presenting a research
project titled: “Italian American Cultural Diplomacy in New York: The Verrazzano Bridge
and the Garibaldi- Meucci Museum,” which explores trends in transatlantic diplomacy,
identity formation and heritage preservation during the construction of the Verrazzano
Bridge and the refurbishment of the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum during the 1950s and 1960s.
She is a Senior Researcher at the Sorbello Foundation and the author of Adelaide Ristori e lo specchio della scrittura. Messinscena delle memorie di una diva dell’Ottocento, a book on which she will deliver a lecture at the Alberto Institute.