British School at Rome

Next Saturday, 21 March at 10:30am, Stephen Kay (BSR Archaeology Manager), Sara Fabbri (BSR Archaeology Survey Technician) and Elena Pomar (BSR Geophysics Researcher) will take part in the annual Furfo Project public conference in Barisciano (L’Aquila).

The volume builds on Davide’s research as a Rome Awardee at the BSR and the round table “Foreigners in Ancient Rome: Epigraphic Perspectives,” co-organised in January 2023.

A new volume co-edited by Davide Massimo is out: "City of Foreigners. Archaeological and Epigraphic Perspectives on Ancient Rome" (Quasar).

The book grew out of a round table at the BSR and explores how archaeological evidence can help us understand the experiences of foreigners in ancient Rome.

The BSR is available to discuss the opportunity with prospective applicants. For any questions or to get in touch, please contact research@bsrome.it

Open Call | Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell’arte in Roma - bsr.ac.uk The Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell’arte in Roma (coordinated by École française de Rome) offers two 6-month fellowships in 2026–2027. 🔹 Conduct research at t...

📢 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Rome!

The Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell’arte in Roma (coordinated by École française de Rome) offers two 6-month fellowships in 2026–2027.
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Workshop | The Politics of Dirt: Garbage, Decorum, and Urban Exclusion from Modernity to Today - bsr.ac.uk Download the programme here. Download the book of abstract here. The Politics of Dirt: Hygiene, Décor, and Control in the Italian City Most of us take clean public spaces for granted: we expect to wal...

🏛️ The Politics of Dirt
Join us for a workshop exploring hygiene, décor, and urban control in Italian cities from modernity to today.

📅 March 20, 2026, 10 - 17

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Summer School and City of Rome Course: Alumni in Focus | Caitlin Casselman - bsr.ac.uk For over thirty years the BSR has run undergraduate (Summer School) and postgraduate (City of Rome) courses on the ancient history, archaeology, and topography of Rome. In this new blog series we catc...

✨ New on the BSR Blog! ✨

This week, we’re featuring Caitlin Casselman, alumna of the 2023 City of Rome Course at the British School at Rome.
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Summer School and City of Rome Course: Alumni in Focus | Dr Claire Holleran - bsr.ac.uk For over thirty years the BSR has run undergraduate (Summer School) and postgraduate (City of Rome) courses on the ancient history, archaeology, and topography of Rome. In this new blog series we catc...

✨ New on the BSR Blog!

We’re catching up with Claire Holleran (University of Exeter), who reflects on attending the Summer School at the British School at Rome in 1999.

Read more on the blog 👇
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Women’s Day Roundtable | Femicide and gender violence in ancient Rome: evidence from epigraphy and Roman art - bsr.ac.uk Although historical and literary sources from the Roman age report several cases of femicide, i.e. husbands or lovers killing or having their partners killed, and although we know how restrictive and ...

You're invited: Women’s Day Roundtable
Femicide and Gender Violence in Ancient Rome: Evidence from Epigraphy and Roman Art

Marina Lo Blundo in conversation with Kelsey Madden

🗓 11 March 2026 | ⏰ 18:00 – 19:30 | 📍 Hybrid | Free in person
💻 Register to watch online: bsr.ac.uk/womens-day-r...

Join us in London for a special reunion of the BSR City of Rome and Ancient Rome Summer School!

All former students are invited to an informal get-together to reconnect, share stories, and celebrate memories of your time in Rome.

📍 The George Inn, Southwark, London
📅 8 March 2026
⏰ 3 pm UK time

Spring Open Studios 2026 - bsr.ac.uk The British School at Rome is delighted to present Spring Open Studios 2026, an event dedicated to studio visits of artists in residence at the BSR. The artists will be present with some of their work...

🌸 You're invited: Spring Open Studios 2026 🌸

The British School at Rome is delighted to present Spring Open Studios 2026, an event offering a unique glimpse into the working spaces of our artists in residence: bsr.ac.uk/spring-open-...

Material Environments | Resilient Landscapes: Climate, Economy, and Human Adaptation in the Roman Sabina - bsr.ac.uk This is the fourth in a series of lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly by the American Academy in Rome and the British School at Rome over the academic year 2025-2026. Through several eve...

🌿 Material Environments | Resilient Landscapes 🌿
Join us on 25 February 2026, 18:00–19:30 for a lecture by Sabine Huebner: Resilient Landscapes: Climate, Economy, and Human Adaptation in the Roman Sabina.
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🎨 Open Call | Rome Residency 🇮🇹
The Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust / RSA Houston Blackadder Bequest Award offers Scotland-based artists a 6-week residency at the BSR.

🗓 Deadline: 1 May 2026
👉 Learn more & apply: bsrome.slideroom.com

Appointment of Sir Nigel Carrington as Chair Elect of the Council of Trustees - bsr.ac.uk The British School at Rome is delighted to announce the appointment of Sir Nigel Carrington as Chair Elect of the Council of Trustees, to succeed current Chair Mark Getty, KBE, who steps down in June ...

Sir Nigel Carrington appointed Chair Elect of the BSR Council of Trustees, succeeding Mark Getty in June 2026:
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Italian Research Projects Tuesday 3 March, 6.30pm Italian Research Projects A collaboration between ICI London and University...

Italian Research Projects: Eva Sajovic & Juan Bolivar in artist talks at ICI London, 3 March 2026, 6:30pm: billetto.co.uk/e/italian-re...

As part of the team, participants will gain hands-on experience in stratigraphic excavation, scientific recording, and may even get involved in specialist tasks like object analysis or environmental archaeology. The placement is available for two weeks and comes with a bursary.

@theromansoc.bsky.social is offering students a unique opportunity to do a placement and to join the 2026 summer excavations at Falerii Novi, with the BSR and the University of London @ics.bsky.social

Applications are open until 28 February 2026:
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The Via Latina: A New Virtual Exhibition - bsr.ac.uk The British School at Rome (BSR) has recently initiated a new research collaboration with the Norwegian Institute in Rome (DNIR) focused on the historical development of the stretch of the via Latina ...

BSR launches a new research project with the Norwegian Institute in Rome on the Via Latina within the Aurelian Walls: a virtual exhibition that compares 19th–20th c. archive photos with contemporary images of Rome’s oldest roads.
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Final call for the @bsrome.bsky.social and Early Medieval Europe early career fellowship, for a month's stay in Rome plus some travel costs to get there. Deadline tomorrow.
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Summer School and City of Rome Course: Alumni in Focus | Dr Hannah Cornwell - bsr.ac.uk For over thirty years the BSR has run undergraduate (Summer School) and postgraduate (City of Rome) courses on the ancient history, archaeology, and topography of Rome. In this new blog series we catc...

✨ New on the BSR Blog! ✨
In our latest Alumni in Focus feature, Dr Hannah Cornwell shares her memories of the City of Rome Course (2006) and reflects on how her time at the BSR shaped her academic journey.

🔗 Read the full blog now:
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🎉 Volume 93 is here! The latest PBSR is now live in print and open access on JSTOR.
Featuring new research from our own Alessandra Tafaro and Elena Pomar, plus fresh archaeology reports from Stephen Kay and the BSR team.
Read it free: www.jstor.org/stable/e2744...

Lecture | An Ecological Turn - bsr.ac.uk As part of the turn towards a more ecologically connected art institution, one that can expand towards multispecies understanding, Viviana will be questioning how exposure to nature can influence inst...

An Ecological Turn | Viviana Checchia
🌱 Lecture | 4 Feb 2026, 18:00–19:30
Viviana Checchia explores how art institutions can learn from nature through multispecies thinking and Social Permaculture.
Hybrid & free | Register to watch online: bsr.ac.uk/lecture-an-e...

Material Environments | The Water-mills on the Janiculum and the Gothic Siege of Rome - bsr.ac.uk This is the third in a series of lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly by the American Academy in Rome and the British School at Rome over the academic year 2025-2026. Through several even...

Material Environments | Andrew Wilson
🏛️ Lecture | 29 Jan 2026, 18:00–19:30 at the American Academy in Rome
Andrew Wilson examines Rome’s water-mills, aqueducts, and the Gothic siege of AD 537—and their lasting impact on the urban landscape.
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The BSR is excited to invite our community to follow Myth, History and Archaeology — a conversation with Peter Wiseman, Christopher Smith, and Liv Yarrow. Join us for this engaging event! ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

125th - bsr.ac.uk 125th 125th Celebrate 125 years of the BSR For 125 years, the British School at Rome (BSR) has been a beacon of cultural exchange, research excellence, and artistic innovation. Founded in 1901, the BS...

125 years. An anniversary logo. Countless stories.
The BSR has shaped generations of scholars and artists — now we need your support and your stories of convivial living, creativity, and research at the BSR.
Every memory and every donation help shape the next 125 years: bsr.ac.uk/125th/

✨ Now free to read! ✨

Discover Elena Pomar’s latest article in PBSR on water management and farming beyond the walls of Falerii Novi—revealing how water shaped a Roman peri-urban landscape.

Read it now: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Now open access: Elena Pomar on water management & peri-urban agriculture at Falerii Novi (PBSR 93, 2025): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Lecture | In Search of the pontifex maximus in Quattrocento Rome - bsr.ac.uk In the roughly 1000 years after its supposed rejection by the emperor Gratian as ‘unlawful for a Christian’, the pagan title pontifex maximus was only rarely used of the popes and never by the popes t...

Lecture, 14 Jan 2026 (18:00): Dr Oren Margolis on pontifex maximus in Quattrocento Rome. Hybrid & free: bsr.ac.uk/lecture-in-s...

Looking forward to hosting this joint @ics.bsky.social / @bsrome.bsky.social event with Peter, @christophersmith.bsky.social, @profyarrow.bsky.social and @kathryntempest.bsky.social in a few weeks!

‘Myth, History and Archaeology’

Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky

✨We’re excited to share the BSR programme for January–March 2026!✨

A new season of events is about to begin, and we look forward to seeing many of you in Rome very soon!

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