Dr. Ursula Hawlitschka (PhD, 2000; MA Fine Arts Administration, 199x) is Acting Head of Art History for the American University in Rome. She specializes in modern and contemporary art and Art Gallery Management. Her previous positions include teaching Art History in both the U.S. and Italy, as well as researcher and curator positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, and the Temple University Gallery.

Ursula is the founder and director of montoro12 contemporary art in Rome which specializes in international contemporary art (www.montoro12.it).  She has curated a number of art exhibitions, published exhibition catalogs, given lectures on modern and contemporary art, and conducted television interviews with renowned Italian artists. In addition, she has produced a documentary on the Pastificio Cerere in San Lorenzo, the Roman pasta factory repurposed as art studios.