Map of the historic center of Rome

Loved getting to know this group from UChicago Graham school. #uchicagograhamschool #romeinstituteofliberalarts

Our UChicago Graham school trip included a few fantastic days in Naples, Pompeii, and Herculaneum with our guide Felicia D’Amora who combined impressive historical knowledge of Pompeii with the personal passion for her ancient hometown. We all really appreciated both her intense dedication and her insights. (And she helped us find our way to some unbelievable meals at restaurants perched over the ruins, in the vineyard of a local winery, and in a beautiful 18th century building in the “modern” part of Pompeii.) Many thanks to her for everything!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼#romeinstituteofliberalarts #uchicagograhamschool #tourpompei_felix #boscodemediciwinery #mercatopompeiano

With the University of Chicago Graham School in Rome and Tivoli. Fantastic community of thoughtful people, awake to everything and ready for Rome in the deep sense, having already read and discussed a lot of ancient texts together for many years. We went by Caesar’s temple on the idea of March and the Pantheon at noon on equinox (but it was cloudy 😢), and of course some great meals. #romeinstituteoiberalarts #grahamschool #uchicago #basicprogram

Lunch break at the Capitol. #romeinstituteofliberalarts

Beautiful day at the forum today, looking around in advance of a visit we will do there with the University of Chicago Graham School. Many new spaces have been opened up to the public this year. The forum is a great historical point of reference, but is beautiful because of the way it activates the imagination. #romeinstituteofliberalarts #grahamschool #uchicago

Close to the end of our trip here, we did a Tintoretto lecture and went to Scuola San Rocco and then stopped by Basilica dei Frari since we were in the neighborhood. Just these two places today were so overwhelming. Not ready to leave. #romeinstututeofliberalarts #smc @smcjanterm

Two day sailing trip on the Venetian lagoon! Wonderful experience and very fun. The students learned how to sail as they learned about how the lagoon shaped Venice’s history. Thanks to our skippers from the IOD Enjoy sailing school in Chioggia. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #romeinstituteofliberalarts #smc @smcjanterm

After spending last week reading Italo Svevo we had a wonderful windy day in Trieste! The Revoltella museum, delicious food and wine at lunch, the Byzantine church, and hours in various beautiful cafes where Svevo and Joyce would have hung out. Very fun group of students! Love my job. #romeinstituteofliberalarts @smcjanterm

Left Venice at the crack of dawn for the sentiero Rilke in Duino where we read some Rilke before heading to Trieste. Beautiful hike along the cliffs over the castle. #romeinstituteofliberalarts @smcjanterm