Dear friends,

As the year 2025 draws to an end, we look with gratitude at the months that have gone by.

Life at Notre Dame Rome has been animated by 456 undergraduate and graduate students, 7 postdoctoral fellows, faculty organizers and speakers in over 50 conferences and lectures, and innumerable visitors and friends, all of whom have shared time and knowledge at our center throughout the year.
The articles that follow below represent a small sample of the variety and richness of their contributions.

To each of them and to each of you, dear readers, our sincere wishes for Buone Feste and a peaceful and fruitful New Year,

Director Silvia Dall’Olio and all of Notre Dame Rome 

In December 2025 Notre Dame Rome entered into a formal partnership with Roma Capitale, marking an important step in strengthening academic collaboration, experiential learning, and civic engagement between the University and the City of Rome.

The public conversation between Barbara Jatta, Director of the Vatican Museums, and Claudio Parisi Presicce, Rome Superintendent of Cultural Heritage, closed  a study day dedicated to the 2025 Jubilee.

Participants looking at manuscripts at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV).

Postdoctoral fellows and Vice President for Research Jeff Rhoads during a recent visit to Rome.

The ambitious translation initiative that brings ancient history to a broader audience supports the collaboration between Notre Dame Rome and the Parco Archeologico del Celio and Forma Urbis Museum.

Fellowship sponsored by Notre Dame Rome, the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs.
Applications for AY 2026/2027 open in early 2026.

The Graduate School in partnership with Notre Dame Global and the Center for Italian Studies is offering semester- and year-long dissertation research fellowships at Notre Dame Rome to advanced PhD candidates enrolled in any department of the College of Arts & Letters or the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.

The Rome Associates program brings together a select group of Rome-based scholars whose research and engagement enrich the University’s academic presence in the Eternal City. This year's cohort exemplifies the program’s spirit of interdisciplinary excellence and international collaboration with the appointment of three full professors from Rome-based universities.