Elizabeth Rodini

My current book project, On the Street of the Hidden Shops, is a metaphoric archaeology of a single block in central Rome, from its geologic foundations to the present. History lies thick here, a museum atop a convent atop an ancient theater; layered in are the traces of artisans and poets, pilgrims and saints, a communist coffee bar, a political assassination, and a fascist deportation. By digging down deep, this creative work of historical narration seeks new ways of understanding the places we think we already know. Forthcoming through University of Chicago Press.

"Regeneration." The American Academy in Rome, 2022

“Imitation as a Mercantile Strategy: The Case of Damascene Ware,” in Typical Venice? The Art of Commodities, 13th-16th Centuries, ed. Ella Beaucamp and Philippe Cordez (Turhout: Brepols Publishers, 2020): 107–119

“Containing Collections: On The Social Meanings of Damascened Metalwork in Early Modern Venice,” in Islamic Art and Architecture in Italy: Between Tradition and Innovation, ed. Silvia Armando (Rome: American Academy in Rome)