Past Events

December 7, 2021
Rome
Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures Series

Lynn Meskell – Engineering Internationalism: Colonialism, the Cold War, and UNESCO’s Victory in Nubia

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The Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series is among the most prestigious international platforms for the presentation of new work on Roman history and culture. Thomas Spencer Jerome (1864–1914) was an American lawyer and lover of Roman history who lived on Capri from 1899 until his death. In his will he endowed a series of lectures to be jointly delivered at the American Academy in Rome and the University of Michigan. The revised lectures are typically published by the University of Michigan Press.

December 1, 2021
Rome
Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures Series

Lynn Meskell – A Tale of Two Cities: The Fate of Delhi as UNESCO World Heritage

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The Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series is among the most prestigious international platforms for the presentation of new work on Roman history and culture. Thomas Spencer Jerome (1864–1914) was an American lawyer and lover of Roman history who lived on Capri from 1899 until his death. In his will he endowed a series of lectures to be jointly delivered at the American Academy in Rome and the University of Michigan. The revised lectures are typically published by the University of Michigan Press.

November 29, 2021
Rome
Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures Series

Lynn Meskell – Imperialism, Internationalism, and Archaeology in the Un/Making of the Middle East

Composite of three images: color portrait of a light skinned, brown haired woman wearing a dark blazer and white shirt in the center, flanked by two black and white photographs of a crane moving a large stone Egyptian monument of a seated figure

The Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series is among the most prestigious international platforms for the presentation of new work on Roman history and culture. Thomas Spencer Jerome (1864–1914) was an American lawyer and lover of Roman history who lived on Capri from 1899 until his death. In his will he endowed a series of lectures to be jointly delivered at the American Academy in Rome and the University of Michigan. The revised lectures are typically published by the University of Michigan Press.

November 15, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Sasha-Mae Eccleston & Keith Mitnick/Mireille Roddier

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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.

November 11, 2021
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
Ethics

Sensorium Ex: Voice beyond Language

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Paola Prestini will be joined by Copenhagen’s Enactlab to discuss their interdisciplinary arts, research, and community project exploring fundamental questions of what it means to have voice, and voice beyond language.

November 8, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Kevin Ennis & Eric N. Mack

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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.

November 2, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Autumn Knight & Elena Past

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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.

October 26, 2021
New York
New York Gala

2021 New York Gala

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The annual New York Gala celebrates the extraordinary innovation, scholarship, and exchange of ideas that have taken place at the Academy since 1894. Proceeds from the evening support the Academy, which provides time and space for the world’s best thinkers, scholars, and artists to create and imagine a better future.

October 18, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Beatrice Falcucci & Randall Todd Pippenger

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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.

October 11, 2021
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Eugenio Refini & Jessica Hagedorn

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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.