Lena Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, the Ucross Foundation, Fundación Valparaíso, the Andorran Ministry of Culture, the American Academy in Berlin, where she was nominated for the Distinguished Visitor Fellowship, the European Law and Governance School, the Clews Foundation, where she will serve as faculty at their Chateau La Napoule Retreat Series in the south of France, and many other leading institutions in the U.S. and abroad. 

A prolific educator and public speaker, Dr. Darling has also lectured (or is scheduled to lecture) at Yale University, the American University of Rome, Stanford University, the Leopardi Writers Conference in Recanati, Italy, the Leysin American School in Switzerland, the Universidade do Porto, Columbia University in the City of New York, the New School, the University of Cyprus, the Prague Summer Program for Writers, the University of Zadar, the University of Montenegro, the University of Pécs in Hungary, the University of Bangka Belitung in Indonesia, the San Miguel Writers Conference & Literary Festival, and the Ionian Center for the Arts & Culture, where she is now permanent faculty.  

Dr. Darling lives in Croatia, spends her summers teaching in Greece, on the islands of Andros and Kefalonia respectively, and her winters in San Michele on the Amalfi Coast.

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