Past Events

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
6:00 PM
Rome

Stephanie C. Leone – Restoring Rome for the Jubilee: Pope Innocent X’s Motives, Methods, and Meaning in 1650

Stephanie C. Leone (2000 Fellow) explores Pope Innocent X’s motivations for renovating Rome for the Jubilee, which also comprised projects at Piazza Navona and the Campidoglio.

Thursday, May 4, 2023
6:00 PM
Rome

“Someone other than oneself…”: Translation, Transubstantiation, and Talking through Text

Color photograph of a street book stall in Milan, with dozens of books lining a wooden open topped shelf

Join us for an intimate conversation between three friends—Andrea Bajani, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Michael F. Moore—about what it means to translate books, beings, and existences.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021
6:00 PM
Rome

Judith P. Hallett & Stephen Rojcewicz – Thornton Wilder, Lauro de Bosis: Life and Letters at the American Academy in Rome, 1920–21 (with Tappan Wilder and Alessandro Cortese De Bosis)

Black and white photos from the early 20th century of Thornton Wilder standing in a suit and Lauro de Bosis standing next to an airplane

Founded in 2011, the Christine Huemer Lecture is dedicated to the memory of Christina Huemer, Drue Heinz Librarian Emerita, who served as a spirited leader of the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library for fifteen years (1993–2007), retiring just a few years before her untimely death in 2010. Those touched by Huemer’s learning, creativity, and curiosity will remember her forever.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018
6:00 PM
Rome

Mary Beard – The Classical Body: The Naked and the Nude

Mary Beard – The Classical Body: The Naked and the Nude

Founded in 2011, the Christine Huemer Lecture is dedicated to the memory of Christina Huemer, Drue Heinz Librarian Emerita, who served as a spirited leader of the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library for fifteen years (1993–2007), retiring just a few years before her untimely death in 2010. Those touched by Huemer’s learning, creativity, and curiosity will remember her forever.