Upcoming events

May 14–November 9, 2025
Rome
Exhibition

Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape

AAR presents Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape, the first exhibition dedicated to the influence of a group of trailblazing women who helped record archaeology and landscapes from new vantage points.

November 10, 2025
New York
Symposium

Francesco Urbano Ragazzi – LAAAAAND!!! Curating Another Nation

This panel discussion, organized by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi (2025 Italian Fellows), will reflect on how art and curating respond critically to a renewed and suspicious interest in the national dimension of culture.

November 13, 2025
New York
Film Screening

Francesco Urbano Ragazzi – TUTTAUNANOTTE. An Italian Cinematic Showcase

tuttaunanotte

Ten U.S. premieres by Italian and Italy-based artists, curated by 2025 Italian Fellows Francesco Urbano Ragazzi. Dreamlike and spectral, the program transforms darkness into a space of listening, guiding viewers from colonial pasts to imagined futures.

November 22, 2025
Venice

Venice Biennale of Architecture, Speakers' Corner Workshop: Afterlives of Ruins

November 25, 2025
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
Environmental Humanities

Conversation: Approaches to Medieval Environments

The Academy’s signature series of events, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, convenes leading artists, scholars, designers, historians, and museum leaders for frank, wide-ranging discussions on a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.

December 3–4, 2025
Rome
Conference/Symposium

Food at the Nexus of Territory, Tradition, and Climate Change

A collaboration with Dartmouth, this gathering will immerse participants in the complexities and intersections of food systems, culture, and sustainability.

December 5, 2025
Brooklyn
Performance

Scenes from the Post-Diaspora

BlackBox Ensemble performs the US premiere of PIPA BOY: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora by Baldwin Giang (2024 Fellow).

December 10, 2025
Rome
Material Environments

Jacopo Tabolli – No More Water But the Fire Next Time: Excavating the Healing Landscape of San Casciano dei Bagni

SABAP-SI, Comune di San Casciano dei Bagni, Università per Stranieri di Siena

This is the second in a series of five lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly between the AAR and BSR over the course of the year.

February 26, 2026
Rome
Material Environments

Sabine Huebner – Climate Variability and Rural Resilience in Central Italy during the Second and Third Centuries CE

Sabine Huebner – Climate Variability and Rural Resilience in Central Italy during the Second and Third Centuries CE

This the fourth in a series of five lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly between AAR and BSR over the course of the year.