Visiting Lecturer from Rome joins the University of Kent, School of Arts

The University of Kent has conferred Visiting Lecturer status on Dr Claudia La Malfa.

History of Art at Kent is delighted to welcome Dr Claudia La Malfa.

After studying at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, and completing her PhD at the Warburg Institute in London, Dr La Malfa has taught at the Universities of St Andrew’s, Bologna and at the American University of Rome. She lives in Rome and teaches for Kent in the History of Art (Canterbury and Rome) MA programme.

Dr La Malfa’s principal interests are in painting and sculpture in 15th and 16th century Rome with a focus on grotesque decoration, on ancient and modern sculpture, and drawing. In 2016 she will teach Discovering Rome in Rome with Prof. Tom Henry; and her appointment is for the next three years.