The American Academy in Rome is pleased to announce its panel sessions at the 2016 Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Annual Conference in Boston: "The Court of the Lion: Performance and Classical Scholarship in the Curia of Leo X", on Thursday, March 31.

This pair of panels explores ways in which members of the court of Pope Leo X (1513-1521) sought to present a vision of the papacy and the Curia to each other and to a broader Roman, Italian, or European audience. The first panel focuses on the ways in which scholars and bureaucrats used elements of the classical legacy to further their efforts at personal and institutional promotion, while the second investigates particular examples of performance (musical and print) for and by members of the Leonine court.

Panel I
Thursday, March 31, 8:30am-10:00am
Park Plaza Hotel, 4th Floor, Longfellow Room
Boston

Participants
Susanna de Beer, Leiden University
Frances Muecke, University of Sydney
Elizabeth McCahill (FAAR'09), University of Massachusetts Boston

Panel II
Thursday, March 31, 10:30am-12:00pm
Park Plaza Hotel, 4th Floor, Longfellow Room
Boston

Participants
Margaret Meserve (FAAR'07), Notre Dame
Anthony Cummings (RAAR'12), Lafayette College
Alexander Dean, A-R Editions

To attend the sessions, please register for RSA at http://www.rsa.org/?page=2016Boston.