Past Events

March 10, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Katherine L. Beaty & Shannah Rose – Books as Agents of Commercial & Cultural Exchange

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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.

March 4, 2025
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
Environmental Humanities

Approaches to the Roman Environment

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

March 3, 2025
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

David Costanza & Craig Perry – Design and Thinking Across Scales: Between Small Details and Big Pictures

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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.

February 24, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Krupali Krusche & Michelle Jaja Chang – Identity Loss: Perspective, Time, and Preservation

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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.

February 20, 2025
Rome
Black History Month

The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist: Ritual Project

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, the American Academy in Rome hosts the interactive workshop The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist: Ritual Project.

February 19, 2025
Rome
Black History Month

The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, the American Academy in Rome hosts a screening of The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist (2022).

February 18, 2025
Rome
Circolo Gianicolense

Synnøve Midtbø Myking & Hanna-Mari Kupari – Circolo Gianicolense Seminar

Circolo Gianicolense is a joint seminar series for fellows at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, American Academy in Rome, and Institutum Romanum Finlandiae.

February 17, 2025
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Lucas R. Ramos & Selby Wynn Schwartz – Una terra per tutt3: Queer Resistance in the Italian South

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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.

February 13, 2025
Rome
Film Screening
Lecture/Conversation

The Black Italian Renaissance

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, AAR hosts a screening of The Black Italian Renaissance: African Presence in Art, an award-winning documentary written by journalist and screenwriter Francesca Priori and directed by Cristian Di Mattia.

February 10, 2025
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Emily C. Mitchell & Lex Brown – Voice in Verse

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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.