Peter N. Miller – National Academy or Research Institute? Opportunities for an American Academy in Rome in the Twenty-First Century

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Peter N. Miller – National Academy or Research Institute? Opportunities for an American Academy in Rome in the Twenty-First Century

color reproduction of a 18th century painting depicting a large hall full of famous antique sculpture on the floor and paintings of Roman monuments and buildings hung salon style on the walls

Giovanni Paolo Panini, detail of Ancient Rome, 1757, oil on canvas, 67¾ x 90½ in. (artwork in the public domain)

Rome is a city of national academies, an institutionalized legacy of the Grand Tour. Beginning with the French Academy in 1666, these academies hosted artists and architects who were believed to need intimate contact with works and sites. Research institutes for scholars came much later, beginning with the precursor of the German Archaeological Institute in 1829. For both those countries, these functions remain separate even today; in the case of the American Academy, founded at the end of the nineteenth century, they are joined together. But what is the role for such academies today, when everything at stake in their founding—the meanings of Rome, Academy, Institute, and even discipline—has changed? The richness of the Roman institutional scene, far from an outmoded legacy, offers enormous resources for rethinking research in the twenty-first century.

Peter N. Miller is President of the American Academy in Rome.

The lecture, taking place in Rome on Tuesday, September 12 at 6:00pm CET, will be held in English.

This event, to be presented in person at the Academy, is closed to the public. It will, however, be streamed live.

Giorno e ora
martedì 12 settembre 2023
18:00
Luogo
AAR Lecture Room
McKim, Mead & White Building
Via Angelo Masina, 5
Roma, Italia