Roma
Fellow Shoptalks

Fellow Shoptalks - Giulia Colletti and Michela Palermo - After the Index. Practices Against Context Collapse

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

martedì, maggio 12, 2026–18:00–7:00 PM
Roma
Conferenza/Conversazione

Subhankar Banerjee and Cristiana Franco – Birds in Peril Across Centuries

13 maggio 2026
Roma
Ambienti materiali

Michael McCormick – New Evidence for Roman History and Archaeology from the Science of the Human Past

Michael McCormick – New Evidence for Roman History and Archaeology from the Science of the Human Past

This is the final in a series of five lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly by the American Academy in Rome and the British School at Rome over the academic year 2025–26. Through five evening lectures, speakers will present new research on environments of ancient and post-Classical Rome and Italy. Changing technologies of research provide new answers to questions about the experience and effect of landscape and climate. These lectures showcase the ways in which environmental considerations recast our study of the past.

domenica, maggio 17, 2026–8:00–11:00 AM
Roma
Tournée

Open House Roma 2026

The American Academy in Rome will participate in the fourteenth edition of Open House Roma and offer guided tours in Italian of the Villa Chiaraviglio Library Annex and the McKim, Mead & White Building, including the Cortile, the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library, and the Bass Garden.

27 maggio 2026
Roma
Raccolta di Fondi

2026 McKim Medal Gala

2026 McKim Medal Gala

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.

martedì, giugno 9, 2026–18:00–7:00 PM
Roma
Conferenza/Conversazione

Stacy Alaimo – Future Wunderkammer: Flight Paths

18 giugno 2026
Roma
Ambienti materiali

Andrew Wilson – The Water-mills on the Janiculum and the Gothic Siege of Rome

Andrew Wilson - The Water-mills on the Janiculum and the Gothic Siege of Rome

This event has been postponed.

This is the third in a series of five lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly by the American Academy in Rome and the British School at Rome over the academic year 2025–26. Through five evening lectures, speakers will present new research on environments of ancient and post-Classical Rome and Italy. Changing technologies of research provide new answers to questions about the experience and effect of landscape and climate. These lectures showcase the ways in which environmental considerations recast our study of the past.