Past Events

October 7, 2025
Information Session

Rome Prize Information Session: Online

2025 Rome Prize Information Session

Please join us on Tuesday, October 7 for an online Rome Prize Information Session, taking place on Zoom. All prospective Rome Prize applicants are welcome.

October 6, 2025
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Design as a Process

2025-26 Fellow Shoptalks

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

September 17, 2025
Rome
Lecture/Conversation

Jen Baird & Sophie Hay – Archaeology and Photography

Two archaeologists who have examined the use of photography in early archaeology will discuss how the technology prompted new ways of thinking about evidence in the study of the human past.

September 9, 2025
Presidential Lecture

Peter N. Miller – What Does it Mean to Think about ‘Conservation’ in Rome?

At a time when climate change threatens to damage more and more of what we all hold dear, conservation becomes more important than ever.

June 26–27, 2025
Rome
Conference/Symposium

New Insights on Roman Economy and Society

This two-day conference will focus on innovative research emerging from the study of Roman-period economies and societies.


 

June 25, 2025
Rome
Seminar/Workshop

The Queer Jubilee: 25 Years of Resistance

World Pride Rome 2000 marked a turning point for queer and trans rights, challenging the Vatican’s Jubilee through public resistance and visibility, and shaping new forms of activism commemorated through this giornata di studio and its critical reflections.

June 24, 2025
Rome
Performance

Theoretical Gore

In this performance, Lex Brown explores this symbolism and the metaphorical “off-ramp” we find ourselves on with regard to emergent politics.

June 23, 2025
Rome
Film Screening

Wangechi Mutu – Black Soil Poems

AAR and Galleria Borghese present six short films by the artist Wangechi Mutu (2019 Resident) and the filmmakers Nuotama Frances Bodomo and Wanuri Kahiu.

June 16, 2025
Rome
Lecture/Conversation

Rosi Braidotti – Future Relics: Bell Jars, Black-Outs, and Biomes

Rosi Braidotti, Distinguished University Professor Emerita at Utrecht University and founding director of the Centre for the Humanities in Utrecht, will explore “Future Relics: Bell Jars, Black-Outs, and Biomes”