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Archaeology and CSI: from the theory to the practice

What is the relationship between Sherlock Holmes, Horacio Caine, Temperance “Bones” Brennan, and Archaeology?

What is the role of Archaeology at crime scenes?

Why the CSI effect is so relevant during forensic investigations?

14 Oct 2019, 19:00
Via Pietro Roselli, 16
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Conference: 'Sustainable Food Systems < > Sustainable Diets'

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11 Oct 2019, 9:00
Via Pietro Roselli, 4
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The Mediterranean Diet: a deconstruction of a modern mythology

Karima Moyer-NocchiKarima Moyer-Nocchi is a professor in the Modern Languages department at the University of Siena and also teaches Food Studies at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata.

8 Oct 2019, 19:00
Via Pietro Roselli, 16
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50th Anniversary Gala & Auction

The Gala will have a lively program that includes an aperitivo, dinner, a live auction, and the presentation of three Presidential Medals to individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to our University.

27 Sep 2019, 18:00
Via Aurelia Antica, 164
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From the Paradox of a Museum of Modern Art to the Challenge of the 'Virtual Feminist Museum'

In this lecture, Griselda Pollock takes up Gertrude Stein’s incisive comment that, of all things, the modern cannot be in a museum. So, what was new and remarkable in the creation of this paradoxical institution: a musealization of modern art?

18 Sep 2019, 19:00
Via Pietro Roselli, 16
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4th July Celebrations at AUR

The American University of Rome invites you to celebrate Independence Day at its beautiful campus overlooking the city.

Join the AUR community for an evening of live music, dancing, barbecue, and cotton candy.

4 Jul 2019, 19:00
Via Pietro Roselli, 2
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Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies Conference

The Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies is a fully peer-reviewed, English-language journal, which explores Italian cinema and media as sites of crossing, allowing critical discussion of the work of filmmakers, artists in the film industry and media professionals.

14 Jun 2019, 9:00
Via Pietro Roselli, 4
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"Siamo italiani": Italianicity beyond borders

In this lecture, Dr. Mia Spizzica will discuss diverse expressions of italianita` in the Antipodean diasporas (The Interwar First Wave and the Great Postwar Wave), comparing these cohorts with the most recent young Italians who have settled in Australia in 2000. (the Brain Drain Wave).

12 Jun 2019, 5:30
Via Pietro Roselli, 16
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A School for Spies? Richard Hodges in conversation with Joan Colin Carpenter

Join AUR in Washington D.C.

4 Jun 2019, 18:00
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
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2019 Commencement Exercises

The American University of Rome's 2019 Commencement Exercises will be held on Friday, May 24, at 6:00 pm at Villa Aurelia, Largo di Porta S. Pancrazio, 1. The ceremony will be followed by a reception at the Villa.

24 May 2019, 18:00
Largo di Porta S. Pancrazio, 1
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