Past Events

April 15, 2015
New York
New York Gala

2015 Spring Gala in New York

2015 Spring Gala - New York

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.

April 13–20, 2015
Rome
Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures Series

Maria Wyke – Ancient Rome in Silent Cinema

Maria Wyke – Ancient Rome in Silent Cinema

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.

Thursday, April 9, 2015–9:30 AM–1:00 PM
Rome
Conference/Symposium

Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea: A Twenty-First Century Perspective

April 7, 2015
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Daniele Giorgi – Political Images in Medieval and Early Renaissance Florence

Daniele Giorgi –  Political images in Medieval and Early Reinassance Florence

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.

April 1, 2015
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Firat Erdim – Peregrine Projections

Firat Erdim - Peregrine Projections

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.

March 31, 2015
Rome
Lecture/Conversation

Duane Zaloudek & Brett Littman

March 30, 2015
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Joseph John Viscomi – History, Politics, and Memory in the Departure of the Italiani d’Egitto

Joseph John Viscomi – History, politics, and memory in the departure of the italiani d'Egitto

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.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015–9:30 AM–6:30 PM
Rome
Conference/Symposium

An Aventine Archaeology: From Legend to History (Research and Excavations, 2003–15)

March 23, 2015
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Sarah Levin-Richardson – Male and Female Prostitutes at Pompeii: Recovering Agency and Oppression in the Purpose-Built Brothel

Sarah Levin-Richardson – Male and Female Prostitutes at Pompeii: Recovering Agency and Oppression in the Purpose-built Brothel

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.

March 19–May 10, 2015
Rome
Exhibition

Charles Mayton: Tableau Table Tavolo