Humanities Awards

Humanities Awards

Rome Fellowships (nine months)

Rome Fellowships at the BSR offer early career postdoctoral researchers the chance to spend nine months in Rome pursuing independent research on the social, religious, political, and economic cultures of the Italian peninsula and their wider reception, from prehistory to the present.

Our Rome Fellows join a dynamic community of scholars and artists working across the humanities, visual arts, and architecture. With access to world-class resources, a lively programme of events, and a network of international research partners, Rome Fellows are supported in developing their work in new and exciting directions.

The BSR offers time and space for focused research, while also encouraging rich intellectual and creative exchange. Whether deepening a long-term project or starting something new, Rome Fellows are part of a tradition of excellence and innovation that connects the UK and Italy with the wider Mediterranean and beyond.

Applications open in September and close in November each year.
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Latest Events

Latest Events

ITALY
City of Rome | Resurrecting a ‘Ghost Inscription’ from the Colosseum
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
ITALY
Material Environments | New Evidence for Roman History and Archaeology from the Science of the Human Past
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
ITALY
City of Rome Workshop | From Itineraria to Instagram: Approaches to Visiting Rome from Antiquity to the Present Day
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

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