Circolo Gianicolense is a joint seminar series for fellows at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, American Academy in Rome, and Institutum Romanum Finlandiae.
Lucas R. Ramos & Selby Wynn Schwartz – Una terra per tutt3: Queer Resistance in the Italian South
Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.
In celebration of Black History Month 2025, AAR hosts a screening of The Black Italian Renaissance: African Presence in Art, an award-winning documentary written by journalist and screenwriter Francesca Priori and directed by Cristian Di Mattia.
Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.
“Questions as Tools in Art, Science and the Humanities” at the American Academy
A new documentary film, Questions as Tools in Art, Science and the Humanities, offers numerous directions based on interviews with Stanford University–based MacArthur Fellows and MacArthur Fellows who have also been fellows or residents at the American Academy in Rome.
Incontri AIAC – Building Communities: Architecture and Society in the City and Beyond
AAR will host an AIAC panel on Building Communities: Architecture and Society in the City and Beyond in that organization’s long-standing Incontri series.
The American Academy in Rome will host a screening of Tony Gerber’s film War Game (2024), which critically examines the complexities of conflict, strategy, and the human experience.
Rubina Raja – The Long Late Antiquity: From Cities to Villages and Back Again
Rubina Raja will lecture on the rich and complex urban cultures in the Roman and late antique Near East but also making excursions to earlier and later periods, including those of the Hellenistic and early Islamic times.