13 febbraio 2024
Roma
Conversations/Conversazioni
Film Screening

Black Europeans from Renaissance to Present Day

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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.

8 febbraio 2024
Roma
Conversations/Conversazioni
Scienze umanistiche ambientali
Seminario

Pairings: Progress and Tradition through Food and Wine

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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.

7 febbraio 2024
Roma
Fellow Shoptalks

Emily B. Frank & Dov Honick

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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.

19 gennaio 2024
Roma
Prestazione

Manhattan String Quartet in Concert

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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.

16 gennaio 2024
Roma
Talking Architecture

Talking Architecture No. 1: Stephen Cassell & Maria Claudia Clemente – Research in Architectural Practice

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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.

14 dicembre 2023
Roma
Mostra

Winter Open Studios

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

12 dicembre 2023
Roma
Convegno

Preserving the Past, Restoring the Future

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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.

11 dicembre 2023
Roma
Fellow Shoptalks

Dread Scott & Sara L. Petrilli-Jones – Heritage, or: history in the present tense

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.

6 dicembre 2023
Roma
Conferenza/Conversazione

Marla Stone – Italian Fascist Conspiracy Narratives: Burning Churches and Stolen Children

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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. 

4 dicembre 2023
Roma
Fellow Shoptalks

Ajay Manthripragada & Anthony Vine

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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.