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For the third year, the American Academy in Rome marks Black History Month with a program exploring histories of power, memory, and justice, alongside the lived experiences and trajectories of Black bodies across space and time. This year’s initiative emphasizes institutional dialogue and site-responsive approaches, examining how knowledge is produced, contested, and reimagined through place and collaboration, while highlighting the participation of some of our 2025-26 Rome Prize Winners in programs across Italy.

Fellows and Residents arrive in Venice to present, perform, and participate in the closing events of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Cynthia Liu, an Oxford classicist and 2025–26 Rome Prize Fellow, discusses her work on Greco-Roman and Chinese classical canons ahead of her upcoming book.

The American Academy in Rome is proud to celebrate Garrett Bradley and Gala Porras-Kim, who have been named 2025 MacArthur Fellows.