October 2005 |
| Tuesday 4th 18.00 |
Archaeology/ Ancient History Lecture |
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill(The British School at Rome) ‘Saving Herculaneum’On the work of the Herculaneum Conservation Project sponsored by the Packard Humanities Institute. |
| Wednesday 5th 18.00 |
Archaeology/ Ancient History Lecture |
Lindsey Davis ‘Boots, hat, and washing-up gloves: the novelist in ancient Rome’ The best-selling novelist talks about the creation of her ancient Roman detective, Marcus Didius Falco. |
| Friday 7th 21.00 |
Contemporary Arts Programme |
Tracks: Improvisation. Mike Cooper (guitar, visuals) and Keith Rowe (guitar, electronics) interpreting Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise. The performance will be preceded by a lecture from Keith Rowe. Second event of the series of meetings and performances, centering on UK Sound Culture curated by Daniela Cascella. |
| Wednesday 12th 18.00 |
Humanities Lecture |
Lucy Riall ( Birkbeck College, University of London) ‘Narrative and the nation: the making of Garibaldi in nineteenth-century Italy’ |
| Friday 14th 9.30-18.00 |
Art History Conference |
Day two of the international conference: Rome and the Constitution of a European Cultural Heritage in the Early Modern Period: The Impact of Agents and Correspondents on Art and Architecture. The Bibliotheca Hertziana, the British School at Rome, Académie de France à Rome and Accademia nazionale di San Luca. Thursday 13 th - Sunday 16 th October (see Bibliotheca Hertziana website for details: http://www.biblhertz.it) |
| Wednesday 19th 18.00 |
Art History Lecture |
Ingrid Rowland ( University of Notre Dame, Rome) ‘The Library of Alexandria, past and present’ |
| Wednesday 26th 18.00 |
Archaeology/ Ancient History Lecture |
Angelo Bottini (il Soprintendente ai Beni Archeologici di Roma), Christophe Goddard ( University of Rheims) and Richard Miles ( University of Cambridge) ‘The Syrian sanctuary reconsidered’ |
| Thursday 27th 9.30-13.00 |
Archive/Library Event |
Second Photographic Archives meetingProf. Lorenzo Scaramella and Avv. Marco Ciapponi will develop the issues proposed in the first meeting: the conservation of digitised images and problems relating to the intellectual property of photographic collections.
Il Prof. Lorenzo Scaramella e l'Avv. Marco Ciapponi affronteranno le questioni emerse durante il primo incontro informale: i problemi legati alla conservazione delle immagini digitali e i diversi approcci nella gestione della proprietà intellettuale delle collezioni fotografiche. |
November 2005 |
| Wednesday 2nd 18.00 |
Archaeology/ Ancient HistoryLecture |
Elizabeth Fentress (BSR Research Fellow), Hassan Limane (Institute Nationale des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine) 'Islamizing the Berbers: Idris I and the excavations at Volubilis' |
| Wednesday 9th 18.00 |
Ancient History/Art History Book Presentation |
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Marcello Fagiolo, Ross Holloway, Guido GuerzoniRoman Bodies: Antiquity to the Eighteenth CenturyPresentation of the BSRs latest publication, edited by Andrew Hopkins and Maria Wyke. |
| Wednesday 16th 18.00 |
Archaeology/ Ancient History Lecture |
Edward Bispham ( University of Oxford) ‘ Samnium: a rural history’ |
| Thursday 17th 21.00 |
Contemporary Arts Programme |
Tracks 0.3: Re-Stylus. K&A (Project Dark), a reduced version of the show Gramophone Deluxe. The performance will be preceded by an introduction to the vinyl manipulation in contemporary experimentation with projections and guided listening. |
| Friday 18th
18.30
VERNISSAGE |
Contemporary Arts Programme |
IAN KIAER. Solo Exhibition. The British School at Rome's Contemporary Arts Programme showcasing emerging figures in British art continues with a show by Ian Kiaer, well known for his complex and fragile installations, often on a miniature scale.
For his solo show at The British School at Rome, Kiaer brings together both new and existing pieces to explore the work of three visionary architects: Frederick Kiesler, Kenzo Tange e Claude Ledoux. Curator: Cristiana Perrella.
Date: 18 November– 10 December 2005
Hours: Mon - Sat 4 – 7.30 pm. Free entry
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| Wednesday 23rd 18.00 |
Archaeology/ Ancient History Lecture |
Frank Sear (A.D. Trendall Fellow/University of Melbourne) ‘Water supply in Pompeian houses’ |
| Monday 28th 21.00 |
Contemporary Arts Programme |
Tracks 0.4: Current 93 The closing event of TRACKS will feature an exclusive appearance by David Tibet, who will be accompanied by Current93 long-time collaborator Maja Elliott in a set of songs for voice and piano. The evening will consist of two sections. The first part will be the first live performance of HYPNAGOGUE. The second part will consist of Hallucinatory Patripassianist Songs from Soft Black Stars, Black Ships Ate The Sky, and other works. |
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| Wednesday 30th 18.00 |
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Chloe Chard (Paul Mellon Centre Rome Fellow) ‘Laughter, Digression and Disorder: Uneasy Encounters with Italy’ |
December 2005 |
| Wednesday 7th 18.00 |
Archaeology/ Ancient History Lecture |
Richard Whittman ( University of California, Santa Barbara) ‘S. Paolo fuori le mura (1823-1930): architecture, publicity, and the invention of tradition’ |
| Wednesday 14th 18.00 |
Fine Arts Exhibition Opening |
Exhibition of work by BSR Fine Arts Scholars Including Keith Roberts, Susan Robey, Francis Lamb. |
