I Tatti - The Harvard Univ. Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

The Harvard University Center at Villa I Tatti in Florence, Italy is devoted to advanced study of the Italian Renaissance in all its aspects.

http://itatti.harvard.edu/ Since the first Fellows arrived in 1961, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti has become the foremost research institution in the world for Italian Renaissance art, history, literature, and music. Harvard University inherited Villa I Tatti and its estate outside Florence from the distinguished art historian Bernard Berenson, toge

ther with his vast collection of books, photographs, and works of art. Shortly before his death in 1959, Berenson wrote that his “first and foremost wish is to establish fellowships that will provide leisure and tranquility to sixteen or more promising students … Nothing opens mind and heart like free discussion of gifted maturing individuals, coming together with their own national traditions and differing attitudes and approaches.”

Today, the Center offers fifteen full-year post-doctoral Fellowships annually, as well as several Visiting Fellowships for shorter periods. It provides a tranquil setting where scholars from around the world can exchange ideas and carry out their research. In this way, I Tatti aims to increase our understanding of the Italian Renaissance. The Berenson Library, with holdings of nearly 175,000 volumes, and subscriptions to over 600 scholarly journals, seeks to provide comprehensive coverage of current scholarship on all aspects of the Italian Renaissance. The library includes an extensive and historically important photograph collection, with over 250,000 prints, an archive that documents the lives and work of Bernard and Mary Berenson, and the Morrill Music Library, considered one of the finest in the world for medieval and Renaissance music. The historic house contains a major collection of Renaissance and Asian art, installed much as it was in Berenson’s day. I Tatti also consists of a working farm and a historic garden. Since it was completed in 1915, the Italianate garden designed by Cecil Pinsent has provided inspiration for generations of designers and scholars.

16/06/2026

A quick update: this evening’s seminar, Italy, True, Wayward and Personal: Stories Between Italy and India, will now begin at 6:15pm CEST (rather than 6:00pm as previously announced).

📍 I Tatti & on Zoom

https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/seminar-italy-true-wayward-and-personal-stories-between-italy-and-india

12/06/2026

✨📖 As we approach the close of the academic year, join us on Tuesday 16 for Is Italy True? Wayward and Personal Stories Between Italy and India.
With Kiran Desai.
📍 I Tatti & on Zoom at 18:00 CEST
https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/seminar-italy-true-wayward-and-personal-stories-between-italy-and-india

09/06/2026

🎼 This evening at I Tatti: Cacophony, Monophony and Polyphony: A Musical Journey through Dante’s Commedia.
With Francesco Ciabattoni (Georgetown University / I Tatti).
📍 I Tatti & on Zoom

https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/seminar-cacophony-monophony-and-polyphony-musical-journey-through-dantes-commedia

21/05/2026

This evening’s Thursday Seminar with Ewa Lajer-Burcharth (I Tatti / Harvard University): “Drawing in the World: The Eighteenth-Century Reinvention of the Medium.”

Attend in person or on Zoom:
https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/thursday-seminar-drawing-world-eighteenth-century-reinvention-medium

19/05/2026

Announcing the 2026/2027 I Tatti Fellows and Term Fellows ✨

We look forward to welcoming this new cohort to I Tatti in September.

https://itatti.harvard.edu/news/welcoming-i-tatti-fellows-20262027

04/05/2026

🌍 Tomorrow at I Tatti: 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘢. 1500: 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘱.
With Francesca Fiorani (I Tatti / University of Virginia)
📍 I Tatti & on Zoom at 18:00 CEST

https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/seminar-world-travel-ca-1500-new-insights-cantino-map

10/04/2026

Our next Thursday Seminar will take place on April 16 with Artist in Residence Mathew Hale:

📅 Thursday, April 16
🕕 6:00–7:30 pm CEST
📍 I Tatti & live on Zoom

(This event replaces the previously announced April 16 seminar by Carlo Ginzburg)

https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/thursday-seminar-spontaneous-generation-drawing-after-marion-milner

19/03/2026

This evening at I Tatti: Thursday Seminar Proxy Wooings and Weddings, From Shakespeare to Rubens.
With Ramie Targoff (I Tatti / Brandeis University).
📍 I Tatti & on Zoom at 18:00 CET

https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/thursday-seminar-proxy-wooings-and-weddings-shakespeare-rubens

04/03/2026

Please note: the Thursday Seminar Shakespeare and the Shape of Life with Stephen Greenblatt will take place as originally scheduled tomorrow March 5, 2026, at 6:00–7:30 p.m. CET, at I Tatti and via Zoom.

We look forward to welcoming you!

https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/thursday-seminar-shakespeare-and-shape-life

16/02/2026

🎨 Join us this Thursday for our Thursday Seminar: Putting Together the Exhibit: Henri Matisse. The Stations of the Cross.
With Yve-Alain Bois (I Tatti / Institute for Advanced Study).
📍 I Tatti & on Zoom
🔗 Full details here
https://itatti.harvard.edu/event/thursday-seminar-matisse%E2%80%99s-stations-cross-exhibit

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Ubicazione

Florence

Digitare

Centro di ricerca educativa

Telefono

+39055603251

Sito Web

http://itatti.harvard.edu/

Indirizzo

Via Di Vincigliata 26
Florence
50135

Orario di apertura

Lunedì	09:00 - 18:00
Martedì	09:00 - 18:00
Mercoledì	09:00 - 18:00
Giovedì	09:00 - 18:00
Venerdì	09:00 - 18:00