Past Events

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

This lecture explores the material experience of urban living, seeking to answer questions that include: Was life in an early medieval city different from life in the countryside?

In conjunction with the release of his book, American Artists in Postwar Rome: Art and Cultural Exchange, Peter Benson Miller in this lecture reconsiders the various, interconnected forms of collage created by artists in Rome. 

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

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, the American Academy in Rome presents the Italian premiere of Mariposa Ancestral Memory by Dr. Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet.   

Bringing together climate scientists and heritage practitioners, this panel will discuss how climate change is impacting archeological sites and potential responses to dealing with this crisis.

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet will lecture on his current curatorial research and exhibition development project, Africana Kairibe Malungaje: Futurist Reversed Memorie.

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

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

This half-day workshop will consider approaches to the Roman environment and natural world from approximately 200 BCE to 600 CE.