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William Tronzo is a Professor of Teaching at the University of California, San Diego, with a Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research focuses on the art and architecture of the Mediterranean world from Late Antiquity to the early Renaissance, hybrid cultural intersections in medieval Italy, and the relationship between historical landscapes and social networks. He has led major projects funded by the NEH and Getty Foundation, exploring medieval Southern Italy and the Mediterranean.
- Co-directed NEH-funded research on medieval Southern Italy’s architecture and urbanism.
- Directed a Getty Foundation-supported program on the medieval Mediterranean at the American Academy in Rome.
His publications include a groundbreaking monograph on Palermo’s Cappella Palatina and *Petrarch’s two gardens*, awarded the David R. Coffin Prize. Current research emphasizes intermediality, collecting practices, and landscape as cultural mediators.
Tronzo has held prestigious fellowships at institutions including the American Academy in Rome, Dumbarton Oaks, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His work bridges art history with interdisciplinary methodologies, addressing historiography and visual culture’s social dimensions.
