NATIONAL PHD IN PEACE STUDIES

Research: Art as Diplomacy: Italian Exhibitions Abroad (1945–1960) and the International Repositioning of Republican Italy

PhD candidate in Peace Studies, curriculum Literatures, Arts, Philosophies, and Imaginaries of Peace, at Sapienza University of Rome, with a project entitled “Art as Diplomacy: Italian Exhibitions Abroad (1945–1960) and the International Repositioning of Republican Italy” (L-ART/04). Art historian with a background in Contemporary Art History and Critical Museology, both completed with honours between Sapienza University of Rome—where in 2019 she earned her BA in Art History and Heritage Studies (L-1)—and the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, where in 2021 she earned her MA in Arts, Museology & Curatorship, an English- and French-taught curriculum within the Visual Arts program (LM-89). In 2025, she graduated with honours from the Postgraduate School in Art History and Heritage at Sapienza University of Rome, where she ranked first and was awarded the merit-based scholarship for the best students offered by the Sapienza Foundation. Since 2025, she serves as "Cultore della materia" (Teaching and Research Assistant) in Museology (L-ART/04) at Sapienza University of Rome. She has collaborated with prestigious institutions such as the Vatican Museums, the Italian Ministry of Culture, and Palazzo Reale in Milan, working across fields ranging from art-historical and archival research to the organization and management of exhibitions and art catalogues.