October 2006

Wednesday 4th 
18.00

Art History
Lecture

Andrew Hopkins (Università dell’Aquila/BSR Research Fellow)
‘Cardinal Gambara’s garden at Bagnaia’

Tuesday 10th
18.00

Contemporary Arts Programme

neocon. Contemporary Returns to Conceptual Art
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Mario Garcia-Torres, Jonathan Monk, Joao Onofre, Yoshua Okon, Francesco Vezzoli.
Fresh from the show at apexart, New York, these artworks quirkily reference other conceptual masterpieces, reconstructing and revising, creating warps in time.
Until 9 November.
See BSR Website for opening times.

Wednesday 18th
18.00

Contemporary Arts Programme
In English
and Italian

Sound Art: Panel discussion in conjunction with the exhibition by William Furlong at Rome’s Sound Art Museum (SAM). Introduced by Cristiana Perrella and chaired by Lucia Farinati. Speakers: William Furlong, Daniela Cascella (Curator) Lorenzo Benedetti (SAM), Mel Gooding (Audio Arts, UK).

Tuesday 24th
18.00

Architecture
Lecture
and Exhibition
In English
and Italian

Jamie Fobert (Jamie Fobert Architects)
‘Point of View’. Lecture and Exhibition, comprising two components: ‘Model Wall’, showing extensions to Tate St Ives and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge and ‘Light Box Strip’, representing ten years of work by Jamie Fobert Architects. Exhibition until 8 November, 17.00-19.30 Monday-Saturday.

Wednesday 25th
18.00

Book presentation

Robert Harris talks about Imperium, (Mondadori, 2006)
Presentation of the Italian translation of the new novel by Robert Harris (Fatherland, Pompeii). Set in Republican Rome, the novel concerns the exploits of Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, lawyer, politician and philosopher, seen through the eyes of his faithful secretary, Tiro.

Tuesday 31st
21.00

Contemporary Arts Event

Tracks II: first event of a new series of performances exploring contemporary sound culture in the UK.
Marina Rosenfeld: White Lines. Orchestra. Following performances at Tate Modern, Whitney Biennale and Deitch projects N.Y. the composer presents the Italian premiere of her work based on a visual graphic score for turntables and other instruments. The electro-acoustic orchestra will be composed of Italian musicians invited specifically for the project, who will take part in a three-day workshop with Rosenfeld.

November 2006

Friday 3rd
9.30-18.00

Saturday 4th
9.30-15.30

Archaeology Conference

The British School, in collaboration with the Ecole française de Rome, hosts the two-day international conference
‘La céramique du haut Moyen Âge au Maghreb. Etat des recherches, problèmes et perspectives’.
See BSR website for programme details.

Tuesday  7th
21.00

Contemporary Arts Event

Tracks II:  second event in the new series exploring contemporary sound culture in the UK.
Touch 25 - Mike Harding and BJ Nilson
On the occasion of the Touch (UK) label’s 25th anniversary, founder Mike Harding will present selections from the back catalogue, followed by a performance by BJ (Benny) Nilsen, founder of Hazard.

Wednesday 8th
18.00

Archaeology Lecture

Simon Keay (University of Southampton/BSR Research Professor and Director of Archaeology)
‘From landscape to seascape: new approaches to the connectivity of Mediterranean ports’

Thursday 16th
18.00

Photographic
Archive Exhibition

Abruzzo. Nineteenth-century photographs by Thomas Ashby, Agnes and Dora Bulwer, P.P. Mackey and J. Pfeiffer.
Until 6 December.
See BSR website for opening times.

Tuesday 21st
21.00

Contemporary Arts Event

Tracks II: third event in the new series exploring contemporary sound culture in the UK
Matt Elliott and Manyfingers
Matt Elliott created Third Eye Foundation. His latest work, Drinking Songs, reveals its base in his electronica roots and his taste for Slavic & Eastern European music.
Manyfingers is the work of Chris Cole, acoustic instrumentations of soundtrack music arranged with detuned pianos, accordions, flutes, reversed guitars, xylophones.

Wednesday 22nd
18.00
 

Humanities Lecture

David Forgacs (University College, London/BSR Research Professor in Modern Studies)
‘Language, space and power in Italy since 1800’

Tuesday 28th
18.00

Humanities Lecture
In Italian

Werner Eck (Universität zu Köln)
‘Sfidare Roma: Bar Kochba in battaglia contro l’Impero Romano’
Annual lecture of the Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell’Arte in Roma.

Thursday 29th
18.00

Archaeology Lecture

Louise Schofield (Independent Scholar)
‘Damming the Tigris and Euphrates: rescue archaeology on the riverbank in Turkey’

December 2006

Wednesday 6th
18.00

Ancient History
Lecture

Christopher Smith (University of St Andrews/BSR Hugh Last Fellow)
‘Memories and places: topography in Roman historiography’

Wednesday 13th
18.30

Fine Arts
Exhibition Opening

Exhibition of work by BSR Fine Arts Scholars
Including Louisa Minkin, Nicole Ellis, Edwina Ashton
Until 22nd December, Mon-Sat 16.30-19.00, closed Sunday