Nao Bustamante & Jessica L. Harris – Corpo estraneo/Foreign Body
Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.
Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.
Reception across the Disciplines: Theory & Praxis, Past & Present, Form & Content
Reception and tradition are two sides of the same coin: the way culture lives over time. In this conference, itself built around a four-day residency of scholars at the American Academy in Rome, we will explore different aspects of this activity.
Elif Batuman & John Delury – Just a Historian and a Novelist Rethinking Empire, in Rome
Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.
Erica Hunt & Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau’ – The Sounding Reticence
In celebration of Black History Month, Erica Hunt and Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau’ will discuss the poetry of Fred Moten, and the ways it resonates with their practices and lives.
Kate Soper & Fatma Bucak – Listen to me, don’t listen to me
Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.
César A. Lopez & Nhung Tuyet Tran – “Borders,” Boundaries, and Bullshit in the Construction of Identities
Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.
Jessica L. Harris – Across the Atlantic: African American Female Entertainers in 1960s and 1970s Italy
In celebration of Black History Month, Jessica L. Harris (2024 Fellow) will deliver a lecture/installation of her current research project, which examines the positionality of African American female entertainers in Italian cultural products in the second half of the twentieth century.