Past Events

In this centennial year of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (CISH), the International Prize for History is awarded to Anthony Grafton, 2004 Resident and Trustee Emeritus of the American Academy in Rome, and Henry Putnam University Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Please join us for a lecture by the prize's 2026 laureate.

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners and Italian Fellows present their work to each other. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which the American Academy in Rome commuity, Rome Prize winners and Italian Fellows present their work to each other. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Romaeuropa Festival and the American Academy in Rome present the Italian premiere of Field of Vision, a work for 36 percussionists by American composer Michael Gordon, Paul Fromm Resident in Composition at the American Academy in Rome, performed by Blow Up Percussion. Field of Vision is conceived as a spatial, three-dimensional sonic experience in which the music moves through space, immersing both performers and listeners in an almost meditative mode of perception.

“What makes us live longer, better, and happier but is visible only to a few, and inexplicable even to those few?” This modern Sphinx’s riddle has but one answer: research.

This is the third in a series of five lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly by the American Academy in Rome and the British School at Rome over the academic year 2025–26. Through five evening lectures, speakers will present new research on environments of ancient and post-Classical Rome and Italy. Changing technologies of research provide new answers to questions about the experience and effect of landscape and climate. These lectures showcase the ways in which environmental considerations recast our study of the past.

The American Academy in Rome invites the public to experience the work of its Rome Prize and Italian Fellows during Open Studios 2026. This special event offers a rare opportunity to step inside their studios, discover the McKim, Mead & White Building and take part in performances.

The annual McKim Medal Gala honors individuals whose work internationally, most particularly in Italy and in the United States, has contributed significantly to the arts and humanities.

The American Academy in Rome will showcase the work of its Rome Prize Fellows in the humanities with the second annual Open Stacks: Scholars’ Presentations. The event will feature a variety of short talks highlighting the research that the Fellows have undertaken during the year, providing insights into their evidence, research questions, and methodologies. Themes uniting the work they present are Knowledge Across Geographies and Race Across Time.