The American Academy in Rome will host a panel presentation of AIAC, the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica/International Association for Classical Archaeology (AIAC), in that organization's longstanding Incontri series. The current President of the Association is Elizabeth Fentress, former American Academy in Rome Mellon Professor-in-Charge (1996-1999).

Founded in Rome in 1945, AIAC aims to facilitate international collaboration among classical archaeologists through coordinating conferences and congresses of classical archeology. It also serves in Rome as the principal clearinghouse for information on archaeology-related scholarly events. AIAC publishes Fasti Online, the premier international database for archaeological excavations in 13 countries in the territory of the former Roman Empire (including of course Italy), which in turn continues its print Fasti Archaeologici (published 1948-1987). Since 2000, AIAC also has organized a series of monthly Incontri in Rome, where young scholars from Italian universities and the many foreign institutes in the city can present their research.

The theme for this evening at the American Academy in Rome will be Sacro e profano in età tardo-antica, da Roma alla Siria moderated by Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani (Università degli Studi Roma Tre). Presenting on the AIAC program will be:

Giulia Giovanetti (Sapienza-Università di Roma, Archeologia classica), Balnea "privati" nel paesaggio urbano di Roma e Ostia in età tardoantica

Franz Dolveck (École française de Rome), La descrizione del complesso basilicale di Cimitile nei Carmi di Paolino da Nola di fronte all'archeologia

Elia Kass Hanna (Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana), Insediamenti, monasteri, oratori nella pianura del Dana (Siria) e nel territorio limitrofo) fra IV e VI secolo