The American Academy in Rome (http://www.aarome.org) is one of the leading American overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the fine arts and the humanities. Through its annual Rome Prize fellowship program, the Academy supports up to thirty individuals working in archaeology, architecture, classical studies, design arts, historic preservation and conservation, history of art, landscape architecture, literature, modern Italian studies, musical composition, post-classical humanistic studies and visual arts.

The mission of the publications program at the American Academy in Rome is to further the intellectual goals of the institution by disseminating the highest quality scholarly work in the arts and humanities, particularly in those fields traditionally represented by the Academy.