October 2009

Wednesday 14th
18.00

Art History lecture

Anthony White (University of Melbourne)
‘Reconstructing fascism: abstract art and architecture in Como’

Wednesday 21st
18.00

Architecture lecture

Giorgio Croci

'The development of arches and domes in the world and the temples of Angkor'

On behalf of the Director General of ICCROM, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome, Sapienza, UNESCO Standing Committee for the Preservation of the Temples of Angkor.
Keynote address for the conference ‘Cultural Preservation through Architecture and Archaeology’ /
‘La Conservazione del Patrimonio Culturale: Architettura e Archeologia’ (see below)

Thursday 22nd
9.00–18.00

Architecture
conference

Cultural Preservation through Architecture and Archaeology / La Conservazione del Patrimonio Culturale:  Architettura e Archeologia
With the participation of the University of Rome, "La Sapienza" and in partnership with the Ordine degli Architetti di Roma.

November 2009

Wednesday 4th
18.00

Archaeology lecture

Alain Belmont (Université Pierre-Mendès-France, Grenoble)
‘To dig a millstone quarry: what for? The example of Claix, South-Western France, Vth–XIXth centuries’
Keynote address of conference ‘Bread for the People: a Colloquium on the Archaeology of Mills and Milling’ (see below)

Thursday 5th
           &
Friday 6th
9.00–17.30

Archaeology conference

Bread for the People: a Colloquium on the Archaeology of Mills and Milling
Organised by David Peacock and David Williams (Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton) 

Wednesday 11th
18.00

W.T.C. Walker lecture

Ian Campbell (Edinburgh College of Art)
‘How the Minerva Medica got its name: Pirro Ligorio and Roman toponymy’

Monday 16th
18.00

Architecture lecture and exhibition

In English and Italian

Witherford, Watson and Mann
‘London Edges’
Last of the architectural practices in the series ‘London–Rome: Work in Process’. Introduced by Pippo Ciorra, the Italian critic and curator. In collaboration with PARC (Direzione Generale per la Qualità e la Tutela del Paesaggio, l’Architettura e l’Arte Contemporanee) and the Architecture Foundation
Exhibition opening times: Tuesday–Saturday 17.00-19.30
Until Saturday 5th December 2009

Wednesday 25th
18.00

Archaeology lecture
In Italian

Rita Volpe (Sovraintendenza Comunale ai Beni Culturali) and Antonella Parisi (Archivio di Stato di Roma)
‘"...in una vignia de uno gentile homo Romano...": il luogo della scoperta del Laocoonte’

December 2009

Wednesday 2nd
18.00

History lecture

John Robertson (University of Oxford/BSR Balsdon Fellow)
‘Sacred history and enlightenment history: Rome and Naples 1650–1750’

Friday 11th
18.30-21.30

Fine Arts exhibition

Private view of exhibition of works by BSR Fine Arts Scholars
Douglas Ardern, Joanna Bryniarska, Nicholas Champkins, William Gharraie, Brent Harris, Celia Hempton, Gwyn Lloyd Jones, Darren Murray, David O’Kane, Martin Westwood
Exhibition opening hours: Monday–Saturday 16.30–19.00
Until Saturday 19th December 2009
 

Wednesday 16th

18.00

From Mozart to Madness: Arias for soprano performed by Ann Liebeck,  accompanied by Marcos Madrigal

Followed by a drinks reception. Ticket price: Euro 10

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