The Georgetown Representative Office in Rome, led by Dr. Debora Tonelli, supports academic collaborations and coordinates outreach to the Vatican and other institutions based in Rome and Italy. The office is located in the Villa Malta, home to the leading Jesuit journal, La Civiltà Cattolica, which is led by Rev. Antonio Spadaro, S.J.
Since the creation of the office in 2019, Georgetown has collaborated with La Civiltà Cattolica on a variety of initiatives, including the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda Project, the China Forum for Civilizational Dialogue, the Questioni di Civiltà (Questions of Civilization) seminar series, and a conference to mark the centennial of Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Key Georgetown partners in Rome include the dicasteries for Integral Human Development, Culture and Education, and Interreligious Dialogue, as well as Gregorian University and the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies.