skimbell@exedramc.com
+39 366 190 7984
Palazzo Francica Nava, Siracusa

Susi Kimbell, MA, MA

Resident director

Art historian and paintings conservator by training, but explorer of Sicily by vocation, Susi has been involved in the many facets of study-abroad programs since 2002, from teaching in the classroom and on sites around the island, to all aspects of student life, from emergency response to theatrical events!  

Biography

After graduating in History of Art and Italian, and completing a post-graduate course in Painting Conservation in the UK, Susi moved to Sicily in 1991. In 2002, she began work as a lecturer at the Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences, which then became the Arcadia University Center in Sicily. Alongside her activity as a lecturer in art history and Sicilian culture, Susi began to deal with other aspects of student life, from extra-curricular activities, volunteer work, intercultural dialogue to health and housing. In 2015, when the Arcadia University center closed, she with some former colleagues created the Sicily Center for International Education, promoted by EXEDRA Associazione Culturale, a long-standing organiser of cultural activity. This center for study-abroad programs has recently been renamed the EXEDRA Mediterranean Center, and Susi is now the resident director. She continues to learn about study-abroad from the students who come to Siracusa every year and through professional development courses which she attends regularly.

Susi has always had an interest in education and has taught English in Sicily since 1991, both privately and in various public and private schools. She is currently adjunct professor of English at the ITS Fondazione Archimede in Siracusa, working to improve the language skills of young people about to go into the tourist trade. She enjoys the challenge of translation, especially texts concerning art, history, archaeology and Sicily in general, and her interest in cultural heritage sees her helping as a volunteer for the FAI, Fondo Ambiente Italiano, guiding and promoting unfamiliar corners of Siracusa and the province. Her ‘therapy’ is music and she plays cello regularly in local groups – but equally therapeutic is a night of Scottish ceilidh dancing, often organised for local festivities to celebrate intercultural exchange. 

Education

  • MA. History of Art and Italian, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  • MA. Conservation of Paintings, Gateshead Polytechnic, University of Northumbria, UK
  • Member of the International Alumni Association
  • Member of the Forum on Education Abroad

Publications

  • Le Sicilie , Erre Produzioni - all English translations
  • A guide to Syracuse. C. Voza, L. Rubino, Erre Produzioni, Syracuse 2004
  • English Translations for Applications for Inscription in the Unesco World Heritage ListSyracuse and the Rock Necropoles of Pantalica Request for Integration of Site of ‘The Late Baroque Cities of the Val di Noto’ to include the city of Acireale Mazzarino and the Late Baroque in central-southern Sicily Mission Report for the Socotra Arcipelago, Yemen
  • Translations for Archivio Storico Siracusano, Società Siracusana di Storia Patria
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