Faculty

Follo, Valentina

About

Valentina Follo graduated summa cum laude in classical archaeology at La Sapienza, Università di Roma, and studied at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany before pursuing her master’s in pedagogy of antiquity from the University of Ferrara. She then obtained her PhD in art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, with a dissertation on Mussolini's interest in the Augustan legacy. Dr. Follo has received several research grants and fellowships, including those from the Getty Foundation and the Bavarian State’s Ministry of Education and Culture. She is curator of the Norton-Van Buren Archaeological Study Collection & Manager of the Classical Summer School at the American Academy in Rome and has published on both the reaffirmation and the repudiation of ancient Greco-Roman models in early modern and contemporary art and architectural practices.

Degrees

• PhD in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 
• MA, Pedagogy of Antiquity, Università degli Studi di Ferrara
• MA summa cum laude in Classical Archaeology - Università La Sapienza Roma

Research Interests

• Early modern, Fascist, and contemporary appropriation of ancient practices, particularly the reuse, adaptation, and emulation of Greco-Roman institutional, artistic, and architectural models
• Cultural heritage legislation of post-unification Italy, with special emphasis on the antiquities market between the United States and Italy
• Museum studies & management