Past Events

The American Academy in Rome will showcase the work of its Rome Prize winners and Italian Fellows in the arts this summer during Open Studios 2025.

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 second annual Open Stacks: Scholars’ Presentations will showcase the work of 2025 Rome Prize and Italian Fellows in the humanities.

This cineconcert is a collaboration between composer David Lang (1991 Fellow, 2017 Resident) and filmmaker Bill Morrison: a screening and live performance of darker. 

The conference honors the life, scholarship, and academic contributions of Russell T. Scott, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the School of Classical Studies from 1984 to 1988 and a longtime director of the Cosa Excavations.

Sublime Cliché marks the third edition of the Festival of Foreign Academies and Cultural Institutes in Rome, on view at MACRO and curated by Saverio Verini.

AAR is participating in the thirteenth edition of Open House Roma, offering guided tours of the campus in Italian.

AAR will participate in the fifteenth edition of La Notte dei Musei, a city-wide initiative in which museums open to the public in the evening.

A writer, archaeologist, and historian will discuss how turn of the century Rome became a center of archaeological research, began a campaign for modernization, and fostered a nascent women’s movement in Italy.

AAR presents Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape, the first exhibition dedicated to the influence of a group of trailblazing women who helped record archaeology and landscapes from new vantage points.