Past Events

May 6, 2025
Rome
Material Culture of the Giubileo

Katherine Jansen – The Jubilee, the Veil of Veronica, and Religious Devotion in Premodern Rome

This illustrated lecture by Katherine Jansen examines the critical role that the veil of Veronica played in the foundation of the Roman Jubilee in 1300 by Pope Boniface VII.

May 5, 2025
Rome
Talking Architecture

Talking Architecture No. 5: Dana Tang and Filippo Lambertucci – Building an Experience: Spaces for Display

Talking Architecture is a series of talks in collaboration with La Sapienza and Casa dell’Architettura dedicated to new orientations and outstanding achievements in contemporary American architecture.

May 5, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Clarissa Tossin & Monia Ben Hamouda – Terrae Nullius

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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 29, 2025
Rome
Circolo Gianicolense

Emily Mitchell & Tuomo Nuorluoto – Circolo Gianicolense Seminar

Circolo Gianicolense is a joint seminar series for fellows at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the American Academy in Rome, and Institutum Romanum Finlandiae.

April 28, 2025
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Megumi Aihara, Dan Spiegel & Francesco Urbano Ragazzi – TOGETHER TOGETHER

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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 24–May 25, 2025
New York
Exhibition

Roman Thresholds

Roman Thresholds features prints, drawings, and collages that engage with architectural elements to challenge the boundaries between architecture, visual art, and design within the context of the experience of the Rome Prize.

April 23, 2025
New York
Rome Prize Ceremony

2025 Janet and Arthur Ross Rome Prize Ceremony

AAR will announce the 2025–26 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowship winners on Wednesday, April 23 at the Janet and Arthur Ross Rome Prize Ceremony.

April 16, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

Modelling Collective Decision-Making

Naomi Ehrich Leonard will be in conversation with composer Alvin Curran and poet Erica Hunt about the ways in which group decisions are taken in a creative and collaborative setting.

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. 

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.”