26 novembre 2012 David McCullough Reflects on the Craft of Writing at AAR David McCullough gave the annual Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library Lecture in Rome called “Standing the Test of Time: Reflections on the Craft of Writing.” Read more
21 novembre 2012 Nuova Consonanza 2012: The Cage After Since 1996, the American Academy in Rome has been proud to host the annual fall new music festival called “Nuova Consonanza” at the Villa Aurelia. Read more
20 novembre 2012 Patrick Baker Traces Historiographical Theories in the Fifteenth Century Patrick Baker is the Lily Auchincloss Post-Doctoral Rome Prize Winner in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medieval and Neo-Latin Philology at the University of Münster. Read more
15 novembre 2012 Polly Apfelbaum Searches for Color and Geometry on Roman Floors Polly Apfelbaum is the Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize Winner in Visual Arts and an Artist. Read more
15 novembre 2012 Adele Chatfield-Taylor Stepping Down From AAR Presidency at End of 2013 Adele Chatfield-Taylor announced today that she plans to step down from the American Academy in Rome at the end of 2013 when she will have completed twenty-five years as the Academy's president and CEO. Read more
12 novembre 2012 Elliott Carter (1908–2012): Two Appreciations The American composer Elliott Carter’s connection with the American Academy in Rome was a long and mutually beneficial one. Carter’s recent death at the age of 103 seemed a perfect opportunity for us to ask our two current Rome Prize winners in musical composition for their thoughts about his life and musical legacy. Read more
12 novembre 2012 Emma Blake Traces the Origins of Ethnic Groups in Pre-Roman Italy Emma Blake is the National Endowment for the Humanities/Phyillis G. Gordan Post-Doctoral Rome Prize Winner in Ancient Studies and an Assistant Professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Read more
9 novembre 2012 Patrick Oliphant: I Do This All the Time Patrick Oliphant is an editorial cartoonist, the winner of the 1966 Pulitzer Prize, and the Roy Lichtenstein Artist in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. Read more
7 novembre 2012 Never the Same Song Twice: Laurence Hobgood and Robert Pinsky Perform POEMJAZZ The former United States Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and the Grammy Award–winning pianist Laurence Hobgood triumphantly found their own path and avoided the pitfalls, in performing a program entitled POEMJAZZ in the Sala Musica at the Villa Aurelia on Sunday evening, November 4. Read more
6 novembre 2012 Dominique Kirchner Reill Studies the City of Fiume in the Aftermath of World War I Dominique Kirchner Reill is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize Fellow in Modern Italian Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Miami. Read more
30 ottobre 2012 Joshua Colin Birk Examines Sicilian Views on Muslims Joshua Colin Birk is the Millicent Mercer Johnsen Post-Doctoral Rome Prize Fellow in Medieval Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Smith College. Read more
26 ottobre 2012 Nuovi Spazi Musicali 2012: Pulse and Dash The thirty-third edition of the annual Roman new music festival “Nuovi Spazi Musicali,” curated by composer Ada Gentile, concluded a series of five concerts with a program at the Villa Aurelia on Monday evening, October 22, 2012. Read more
25 ottobre 2012 Pablo Castro Estévez Wrestles with Architectural Thinking Pablo Castro Estévez is the James R. Lamantia Jr. Rome Prize Winner in Architecture and a principal at OBRA Architects in New York. Read more
30 settembre 2012 After the Fellowship: An Interview with Pamela Keech We recently sat down with current Society of Fellows web editor Pamela Keech (1982 Fellow) to discuss her role, plans for the future, and why what happens in Rome does not stay in Rome. Read more
23 settembre 2012 AAR Welcomes 2012–13 Fellows at Opening Reception Almost 250 people gathered at Villa Aurelia on Monday, September 24 to celebrate what promises to be a magical year. Read more
27 agosto 2012 Sebastian Hierl Is the New Drue Heinz Librarian Sebastian Hierl, the American Academy in Rome’s newly appointed Drue Heinz Librarian of the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library, will begin his term at the end of August. Read more
2 luglio 2012 Kimberly Bowes Is the New Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the School of Classical Studies Kimberly Bowes (2006 Fellow) arrives in Rome to begin her three-year tenure as Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the School of Classical Studies on July 1. Read more
22 giugno 2012 Classical Summer School Sets an Ambitious Six-Week Pace Since 1923, the American Academy in Rome has hosted both aspiring and preeminent scholars at its Classical Summer School. Read more
15 giugno 2012 The Glimpse Series: Musicologist Aaron Allen Is Expanding the Academy Table and His Field of Study Aaron S. Allen is assistant professor of musicology in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Paul Mellon Post-Doctoral Rome Prize Fellow in Modern Italian Studies. Read more
11 giugno 2012 The Glimpse Series: Medievalist Jennifer Davis Charts Charlemagne's Unprecedented Path to Power Jennifer R. Davis is assistant professor in the Department of History at the Catholic University of America and the Millicent Mercer Johnsen Post-Doctoral Rome Prize Fellow in Medieval Studies. Read more