Humanities & Social Sciences

Humanities

 
 
 
 

Study of the Humanities has been at the heart of the BSR since its foundation in 1901 while the Social Sciences are an equally important but more recent addition to its activity.

Our aim is to act as a catalyst for academic research and creative practice through engagement with Mediterranean, Italian and Rome-based international agencies to enhance connectivity, partnership and collaboration for UK and Commonwealth researchers and creative artists.

Humanities research at the BSR covers all periods from antiquity to the present. Our work in the Science Sciences engages with global challenges as our pre- COP26 roundtable series run in conjunction with UCL under the auspices of the British Embassy show.

Public lectures, Conferences and Workshops

From October to June the BSR presents public lectures by our award-holders and other invited speakers. These are complemented by the talks, lectures and exhibitions offered as part of the Fine Arts and Architecture programmes.

The BSR’s superb 120 seat Sainsbury Lecture Theatre, Gallery and seminar spaces, host conferences and book presentations providing a forum for speakers from many disciplines. These augment the interdisciplinary lecture programme and promote intellectual exchange, both within the BSR and amongst the wider academic community.

The BSR hosts conferences throughout the year. These range across the full interdisciplinary scope of the BSR and enable resident scholars and artists to present their research, as well as promoting intellectual exchange with the wide range of artists and scholars in Rome, Italy and internationally.

Explore more on Humanities activities in the British School at Rome Annual Review.


Evening film screening ‘Quo Vadis’, photo by Antonio Palmieri

Latest Events

Latest Events

ITALY
Rediscovering Byzantium | Il ritorno dei Greci in Occidente nel XV secolo, tra Tolomeo e Platone
Alla fine del Trecento e poi per tutto il secolo successivo, si assiste in Occidente, e in particolare a Firenze, a una ripresa della conoscenza
13 March 2024
18:00 - 19:30
ITALY
Rome Transformed: Plenary Lecture & Conference
The conference will start on the 20 March at 2 pm and will end on the 22 March at 5 pm. See the programme here.
20, 21 & 22 March 2024
From 20th March at 14.00 to 22nd March at 17.00
ITALY
City of Rome | Servicing Ostia: transport logistics and deliveries in Rome’s imperial port
This lecture is inspired by two key aspects of Geoffrey Rickman’s interest in Roman antiquity: a fundamental desire to understand how the ancient world really
3 April 2024
18:00 - 19:30

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