Upcoming events

March 31, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Julia Rose Katz & Devon Dikeou – Permanent Accident

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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.

April 1, 2025
Rome
Material Culture of the Giubileo

Stephanie C. Leone – Restoring Rome for the Jubilee: Pope Innocent X’s Motives, Methods, and Meaning in 1650

Stephanie C. Leone (2000 Fellow) explores Pope Innocent X’s motivations for renovating Rome for the Jubilee, which also comprised projects at Piazza Navona and the Campidoglio.

April 4, 2025
Rome
Workshop

Hands-on Greek Vases

This workshop offers a hands-on experience with original Greek vases and a demonstration of the process, from wheel-forming to the final steps of the decoration.

April 5, 2025
Rome
Performance

Wild Cloud’s Ornaments with Composers from the American Academy in Rome

This concert at Parco della Musica features compositions by Academy-affiliated composers including Vijay Iyer, David Lang, Nico Muhly, and Julia Wolfe.

April 7, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Carol E. Harrison & Jen Shyu

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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.

April 9–11, 2025
Rome
Conference/Symposium

Coins, Counting, and Community. Exploring Deep Data from the Roman Republican Die Project

This conference aims to expand the scope of the Roman Republican Die Project, a digital repository of Roman republican coin dies based on the archive of Richard Schaefer.

April 14, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Megumi Aihara, Dan Spiegel & Francesco Urbano Ragazzi

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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.

April 14–16, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

“Rhythm Bots”

Naomi Leonard will present a new immersive experience with video, sound, and virtual reality evoking her most recent experiment, “Rhythm Bots.”

April 14, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

Galileo Night Lecture: Naomi Ehrich Leonard – The Art and Science of Collective Decision-Making

Flocking birds, schooling fish, swarming bees, and other animal groups that lack centralized control can nonetheless meet real-world uncertainties with collective decision-making that is fast, flexible, adaptive, and often stunningly beautiful.

April 15, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

Kate Crawford – Mapping AI: How to See Planetary-Scale Artificial Intelligence

This talk will explore the dual nature of generative AI as a cultural transformation and a material force.