Past Events

March 9, 2021
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
The City

Rebecca Zorach & Nicole Marroquin – Toward Freedom: Chicago Muralists in the Struggle for Liberation

2021 Conversations - Rebecca Zorach and Nicole Marroquin

The Academy’s signature series of events, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, convenes leading artists, scholars, designers, historians, and museum leaders for frank, wide-ranging discussions on a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.

March 8, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Maggie L. Popkin & Katherine Balch

Color photograph of a very pale green ancient glass vessel painted with architectural elements, horses, and geometric patterns

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.

March 1, 2021
Fellow Shoptalks

Dillon Gisch & William Dougherty

Black and white photograph of William Dougherty's arms and hands as he writes notation on a musical score sheet

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.

February 23, 2021
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
The City

Mary T. Boatwright & Mia Fuller – Colonial Cities and Imperial Citizens

Black and white aerial photograph of the Italian city of Littoria, showing buildings, roads, and plazas

The Academy’s signature series of events, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, convenes leading artists, scholars, designers, historians, and museum leaders for frank, wide-ranging discussions on a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.

February 22, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Lindsay Sheedy & Kevin Benham

Color photograph of a painted limestone sculpture depicting the Catholic nativity

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.

February 16, 2021
Florence
Lecture/Conversation

Melanie Masterton Sherazi – William Demby’s Work across Postwar Rome’s Culture Industries

February 15, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Jean Dommermuth

Palazzo Ricasoli in Florence with the design for the Medici wedding of 1565

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.

February 9, 2021
Rome
Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library Lecture

Andrew Robison – Piranesi Connoisseurship: The AAR’s Special Copy of the “Antichità d’Albano” (1764)

Andrew Robison - Piranesi Castel Gandolfo

The Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library Lecture is named in honor of Patricia H. Labalme (1924–2002), a noted scholar of Renaissance history and a specialist on Venice, who served on the Academy’s Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1999. The Friends of the Library supports the AAR Library through annual dues and special initiatives, also raising awareness of the library’s resources through regular programs.

February 8, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Giuliana Mosca & Robert Gerard Pietrusko

Shoptalk - Robert Pietrusko - Montalcino

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.

February 2, 2021
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
The City

David Nirenberg & Avinoam Shalem – On Ghettoes: Medieval, Modern, and Metaphorical

Color photograph of Campo di Ghetto Nuovo in Venice, featuring an open plaza with people and dogwalkers in the foreground, and six and seven story residential buildings in the background, each painted in shades of red, tan, and yellow

The Academy’s signature series of events, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, convenes leading artists, scholars, designers, historians, and museum leaders for frank, wide-ranging discussions on a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.