Past Events

In celebration of Black History Month, the American Academy is screening Il Moro (2021) by Afro-Italian director, producer, and actor Daphne Di Cinto, followed by a conversation with Olivette Otele.

At a critical time when climate change is producing indelible effects to our agricultural systems, immigration patterns, food security, and safety and security, the American Academy in Rome presents two conversations that center climate change as a humanitarian crisis.

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

Performing a program that includes movements from two Rome Prize Fellows in Musical Composition, Samuel Barber (1935–37 Fellow), and Aaron Copland (1951 Fellow), the Manhattan String Quartet will also be interpreting pieces by Mozart, Wolf, Palestrina, and Gesualdo.

Stephen Cassell, 2023 Resident in architecture, and Maria Claudia Clemente of Labics, will deliver the first lecture for “Talking Architecture,” a new series in collaboration with La Sapienza and Casa dell’Archittetura.

Winter Open Studios showcases the work in progress of Rome Prize winners and Italian Fellows at the American Academy in Rome.

This event brings together artists and scholars, scientists and creatives, to discuss the intersections, continuities, and disconnects in their collective work on cultural heritage and preservation.

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

With the accelerating presence of conspiracy narratives in modern politics in mind, this lecture analyzes wartime conspiracy narratives and myths promoted by the Fascist regime. 

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