Past Events

This illustrated lecture by Katherine Jansen examines the critical role that the veil of Veronica played in the foundation of the Roman Jubilee in 1300 by Pope Boniface VII.

Talking Architecture is a series of talks in collaboration with La Sapienza and Casa dell’Architettura dedicated to new orientations and outstanding achievements in contemporary American architecture.

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.

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

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.

Roman Thresholds features prints, drawings, and collages that engage with architectural elements to challenge the boundaries between architecture, visual art, and design within the context of the experience of the Rome Prize.

AAR will announce the 2025–26 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowship winners on Wednesday, April 23 at the Janet and Arthur Ross Rome Prize Ceremony.

Naomi Ehrich Leonard will be in conversation with composer Alvin Curran and poet Erica Hunt about the ways in which group decisions are taken in a creative and collaborative setting.

This talk will explore the dual nature of generative AI as a cultural transformation and a material force. 

Flocking birds, schooling fish, swarming bees, and other animal groups that lack centralized control can nonetheless meet real-world uncertainties with collective decision-making that is fast, flexible, adaptive, and often stunningly beautiful.