Conference/Symposium
Memoria Romana: Memory in Rome and Rome in Memory
Image: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta di Campo Vaccino, Views of Rome, Plate 82, 18 x 27.75 inches, etching, 1772
The focus of this international conference is to study the role of memory and memorialization in the various areas of Roman culture: art, architecture, literature (including historiography), social history, and religion. Architect Daniel Libeskind will give the keynote address. The conference is part of the multi-year international project “Memoria Romana” directed by Karl Galinsky, RAAR’73, Floyd A. Cailloux Centennial Professor of Classics/University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and funded by a Max Planck International Research Award Project.
Date & time
Friday, October 14, 2011
Location
American Academy in Rome
McKim, Mead & White Building
Via Angelo Masina, 5
Rome,
Italy