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We lead a transformative interdisciplinary community producing world-class research and practice in the heart of Rome. Inspired by this remarkable city, staff and fellows collaborate across art, architecture, archaeology and the humanities, drawing on deep networks, skills and knowledge to contribute to the intellectual and creative cultures of the UK, Italy and the wider world.
Who We Are
We lead a transformative interdisciplinary community producing world-class research and practice in the heart of Rome. Inspired by this remarkable city, staff and fellows collaborate across art, architecture, archaeology and the humanities, drawing on deep networks, skills and knowledge to contribute to the intellectual and creative cultures of the UK, Italy and the wider world.
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This paper offers a detailed reconsideration of inscribed blocks found in the ‘Colosseum’, which were reused in late antiquity, leaving behind only dowel holes from
6 May 2026
18:00 - 19:30
This is the final in a series of five lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly by the American Academy in Rome and the British School at Rome over the
13 May 2026
18:00 - 19:30 at the American Academy in Rome
Guidebooks, prints, maps, photographs, and social media have all been used to convey the history and physical heritage of Rome to travellers, actual and prospective.
20 May 2026
15:30 - 19:30
What's On
This paper offers a detailed reconsideration of inscribed blocks found in the ‘Colosseum’, which were reused in late antiquity, leaving behind only dowel holes from
6 May 2026
18:00 - 19:30
This is the final in a series of five lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly by the American Academy in Rome and the British School at Rome over the
13 May 2026
18:00 - 19:30 at the American Academy in Rome
Guidebooks, prints, maps, photographs, and social media have all been used to convey the history and physical heritage of Rome to travellers, actual and prospective.
20 May 2026
15:30 - 19:30
Latest News
Latest News
Calling early- to mid-career artists based in Wales! The British School at Rome, in partnership with Arts Council Wales, is offering a fully supported 3-month
The British School at Rome mourns the passing of Paola Pelagatti (1926–2026), a towering figure in Italian archaeology and an Honorary Fellow of the BSR.
The first-floor reading rooms of the BSR library will be closed for renovation work in the second half of April, for approximatively 3 months. The






