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The BSR is an interdisciplinary research institute in Rome for the arts, humanities and social sciences
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Last week we took you inside the walls of the British School at Rome, through the Research Collections, and the different departments.
Watch the full video and see how life and work at the BSR is helping shape the future of creative and academic research!
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Watch the full video and see how life and work at the BSR is helping shape the future of creative and academic research!
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📚✨ Holiday Hours Alert! ✨📚
Our Library and Archive will be taking a break from 20 December 2025 all the way to 6 January 2026.
We’ll miss you—but we’ll be back refreshed and ready for a new year!
And just a little heads-up: on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, the Library will close early at 12:30 PM.
Our Library and Archive will be taking a break from 20 December 2025 all the way to 6 January 2026.
We’ll miss you—but we’ll be back refreshed and ready for a new year!
And just a little heads-up: on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, the Library will close early at 12:30 PM.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📚✨ Holiday Hours Alert! ✨📚
Our Library and Archive will be taking a break from 20 December 2025 all the way to 6 January 2026.
We’ll miss you—but we’ll be back refreshed and ready for a new year!
And just a little heads-up: on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, the Library will close early at 12:30 PM.
Our Library and Archive will be taking a break from 20 December 2025 all the way to 6 January 2026.
We’ll miss you—but we’ll be back refreshed and ready for a new year!
And just a little heads-up: on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, the Library will close early at 12:30 PM.
Applications are invited for the 2026-7 Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome.
The closing date for applications is 31st January, 2026: bsr.ac.uk/the-jill-fra...
The closing date for applications is 31st January, 2026: bsr.ac.uk/the-jill-fra...
The Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History - bsr.ac.uk
Applications are invited for the 2026-7 Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome. The fellowship is tenable for one month and may be held at any point...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Applications are invited for the 2026-7 Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome.
The closing date for applications is 31st January, 2026: bsr.ac.uk/the-jill-fra...
The closing date for applications is 31st January, 2026: bsr.ac.uk/the-jill-fra...
We are pleased to invite you to this conference, which will take place on 4 December in Toronto, featuring BSR Archaeology Manager @stephenkay.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are pleased to invite you to this conference, which will take place on 4 December in Toronto, featuring BSR Archaeology Manager @stephenkay.bsky.social
💫 Meet the Artist: Danny Leyland💫
Ahead of Winter Open Studios 2025, Abbey Scholar Danny Leyland shares reflections on his BSR residency — from artist books made of fragments to paintings exploring the mystery of images.
Read his new blog: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
Ahead of Winter Open Studios 2025, Abbey Scholar Danny Leyland shares reflections on his BSR residency — from artist books made of fragments to paintings exploring the mystery of images.
Read his new blog: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
Meet the artists: Danny Leyland - bsr.ac.uk
In this blog, Danny Leyland—Abbey Scholar at the BSR from September 2025 to June 2026—shares reflections on his residency experience and the research he will present at the December 2025 Winter Open S...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
💫 Meet the Artist: Danny Leyland💫
Ahead of Winter Open Studios 2025, Abbey Scholar Danny Leyland shares reflections on his BSR residency — from artist books made of fragments to paintings exploring the mystery of images.
Read his new blog: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
Ahead of Winter Open Studios 2025, Abbey Scholar Danny Leyland shares reflections on his BSR residency — from artist books made of fragments to paintings exploring the mystery of images.
Read his new blog: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
From 15 November to 12 April 2026, don’t miss the exhibition “Impressioni dal vero. La via Appia e la via Latina nei disegni di Maria Barosso” at the Capo di Bove archaeological complex in Rome, featuring pieces from the BSR Research Collection.
👉 More info: www.turismoroma.it/en/events/im...
👉 More info: www.turismoroma.it/en/events/im...
Impressioni dal vero. La via Appia e la via Latina nei disegni di Maria Barosso (Impressions from Life. The via Appia and the via Latina in the Drawings of Maria Barosso)
The Capo Bove Complex, along the
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November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
From 15 November to 12 April 2026, don’t miss the exhibition “Impressioni dal vero. La via Appia e la via Latina nei disegni di Maria Barosso” at the Capo di Bove archaeological complex in Rome, featuring pieces from the BSR Research Collection.
👉 More info: www.turismoroma.it/en/events/im...
👉 More info: www.turismoroma.it/en/events/im...
Are you a Newcastle University staff member? For the academic year 2025/26, one Fellowship will be available for to travel to the BSR - apply now!
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Newcastle University & British School at Rome Bilateral Fellowships | Deadline 8 Dec 2025 - bsr.ac.uk
Newcastle University and the British School at Rome have a well-established partnership across the Humanities and are developing new collaborative projects that build research capacity, promote knowle...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Are you a Newcastle University staff member? For the academic year 2025/26, one Fellowship will be available for to travel to the BSR - apply now!
bsr.ac.uk/newcastle-un...
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The BSR is delighted to present Winter Open Studios, an annual event that invites the public into the working spaces of our artists in residence. The opening night will take place on 3 December, from 6 to 9 pm, with an additional open session on 4 December, from 4 to 7 pm: bsr.ac.uk/winter-open-...
Winter Open Studios 2025 - bsr.ac.uk
The British School at Rome is delighted to present Winter Open Studios 2025, an event dedicated to studio visits of artists in residence at the BSR. The artists will be present with some of their work...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The BSR is delighted to present Winter Open Studios, an annual event that invites the public into the working spaces of our artists in residence. The opening night will take place on 3 December, from 6 to 9 pm, with an additional open session on 4 December, from 4 to 7 pm: bsr.ac.uk/winter-open-...
We were delighted to welcome figurative artist Jonathan Yeo to the BSR to meet our residents and see our amazing spaces!
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We were delighted to welcome figurative artist Jonathan Yeo to the BSR to meet our residents and see our amazing spaces!
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You’re Invited!
Join us for the conference “So Close and Yet So Far: A Critical Approach to Mobility in the Past”, organised in collaboration with the British School at Rome.
🗓 Date: 13 November
📍 Location: German Archaeological Institute, Via Sardegna 79, Rome
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Join us for the conference “So Close and Yet So Far: A Critical Approach to Mobility in the Past”, organised in collaboration with the British School at Rome.
🗓 Date: 13 November
📍 Location: German Archaeological Institute, Via Sardegna 79, Rome
www.dainst.org/veranstaltun...
DAI - Veranstaltungen
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November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You’re Invited!
Join us for the conference “So Close and Yet So Far: A Critical Approach to Mobility in the Past”, organised in collaboration with the British School at Rome.
🗓 Date: 13 November
📍 Location: German Archaeological Institute, Via Sardegna 79, Rome
www.dainst.org/veranstaltun...
Join us for the conference “So Close and Yet So Far: A Critical Approach to Mobility in the Past”, organised in collaboration with the British School at Rome.
🗓 Date: 13 November
📍 Location: German Archaeological Institute, Via Sardegna 79, Rome
www.dainst.org/veranstaltun...
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Now @theees.bsky.social is sat alongside our BIRI colleagues from @bsrome.bsky.social at #HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Now @theees.bsky.social is sat alongside our BIRI colleagues from @bsrome.bsky.social at #HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Suzanne Santoro in conversation with Dr Alessia Zinnari
‘I was determined to stay’: Suzanne Santoro – Art and 1970s Feminism in Rome
Watch the recording of the talk!
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‘I was determined to stay’: Suzanne Santoro – Art and 1970s Feminism in Rome
Watch the recording of the talk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dloZ...
‘I was determined to stay’: Suzanne Santoro – Art and 1970s Feminism in Rome
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November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Suzanne Santoro in conversation with Dr Alessia Zinnari
‘I was determined to stay’: Suzanne Santoro – Art and 1970s Feminism in Rome
Watch the recording of the talk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dloZ...
‘I was determined to stay’: Suzanne Santoro – Art and 1970s Feminism in Rome
Watch the recording of the talk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dloZ...
💫Meet the Fellows: Jess Venner💫
Dr Jess Venner, Rome Fellow at the BSR, is developing her project "Mapping Urban Agricultural Spaces in Early Imperial Etruria and Latium: A Pilot Study".
🔗Read Jess' blog and discover more about her research journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-fel...
Dr Jess Venner, Rome Fellow at the BSR, is developing her project "Mapping Urban Agricultural Spaces in Early Imperial Etruria and Latium: A Pilot Study".
🔗Read Jess' blog and discover more about her research journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-fel...
Meet the Fellows: Jess Venner - bsr.ac.uk
Dr Jess Venner, Rome Awardee from the University of Oxford, shares insights into the development of her research project, “Mapping Urban Agricultural Spaces in Early Imperial Etruria and Latium: A Pil...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
💫Meet the Fellows: Jess Venner💫
Dr Jess Venner, Rome Fellow at the BSR, is developing her project "Mapping Urban Agricultural Spaces in Early Imperial Etruria and Latium: A Pilot Study".
🔗Read Jess' blog and discover more about her research journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-fel...
Dr Jess Venner, Rome Fellow at the BSR, is developing her project "Mapping Urban Agricultural Spaces in Early Imperial Etruria and Latium: A Pilot Study".
🔗Read Jess' blog and discover more about her research journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-fel...
💫Meet the Artist: Sarah Casey💫
Ahead of the Winter Open Studios 2025, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Research Resident Sarah Casey shares her reflections on her time at the BSR in a new blog.
🔗 Read Sarah’s blog and discover more about her residency journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
Ahead of the Winter Open Studios 2025, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Research Resident Sarah Casey shares her reflections on her time at the BSR in a new blog.
🔗 Read Sarah’s blog and discover more about her residency journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
Meet the artists: Sarah Casey - bsr.ac.uk
Sarah Casey, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Research Resident at the BSR in October 2025, shares in this blog her reflections on her residency experience and the research she will present at the Winter Open ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
💫Meet the Artist: Sarah Casey💫
Ahead of the Winter Open Studios 2025, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Research Resident Sarah Casey shares her reflections on her time at the BSR in a new blog.
🔗 Read Sarah’s blog and discover more about her residency journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
Ahead of the Winter Open Studios 2025, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Research Resident Sarah Casey shares her reflections on her time at the BSR in a new blog.
🔗 Read Sarah’s blog and discover more about her residency journey here: bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...
On Friday evening, @stephenkay.bsky.social, Archaeology Manager at the BSR, was awarded Honorary Citizenship (“Cittadinanza Onoraria”) by the Comune di Fabrica di Roma.
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
On Friday evening, @stephenkay.bsky.social, Archaeology Manager at the BSR, was awarded Honorary Citizenship (“Cittadinanza Onoraria”) by the Comune di Fabrica di Roma.
Read the blog by Beth Hicks John of Stiff & Trevillion Architects, reflecting on their experience taking part in this year’s Reading Rome architecture course at the BSR: www.stiffandtrevillion.com/journal/blog...
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Read the blog by Beth Hicks John of Stiff & Trevillion Architects, reflecting on their experience taking part in this year’s Reading Rome architecture course at the BSR: www.stiffandtrevillion.com/journal/blog...
Rushforth Lecture | Plants, Animals, and Minerals in Early Medieval Rome
🗓️ 19 November 2025
🕕 18:00–19:30
📍 In person & online
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🗓️ 19 November 2025
🕕 18:00–19:30
📍 In person & online
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Rushforth Lecture | Plants, animals, and minerals in early medieval Rome - bsr.ac.uk
Early medieval Rome had a distinctive ecology, owing to the city’s transformation from imperial capital to medieval metropolis. This fundamentally altered the relationships between human communities a...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Rushforth Lecture | Plants, Animals, and Minerals in Early Medieval Rome
🗓️ 19 November 2025
🕕 18:00–19:30
📍 In person & online
bsr.ac.uk/rushforth-le...
🗓️ 19 November 2025
🕕 18:00–19:30
📍 In person & online
bsr.ac.uk/rushforth-le...
Just out!
Robert Coates-Stephens’ Statues After the End of Sculpture is now on our weekly picks.
Come take a look!
👉 bsr.ac.uk/new-book-by-...
Robert Coates-Stephens’ Statues After the End of Sculpture is now on our weekly picks.
Come take a look!
👉 bsr.ac.uk/new-book-by-...
New book by Robert Coates-Stephens out now! - bsr.ac.uk
The BSR is proud to announce the publication of a new book by Robert Coates-Stephens, Statues After the End of Sculpture, published by De Luca Editori. Between AD 500 and 1100, no three-dimensional sc...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just out!
Robert Coates-Stephens’ Statues After the End of Sculpture is now on our weekly picks.
Come take a look!
👉 bsr.ac.uk/new-book-by-...
Robert Coates-Stephens’ Statues After the End of Sculpture is now on our weekly picks.
Come take a look!
👉 bsr.ac.uk/new-book-by-...
This past week, the archaeology team @stephenkay.bsky.social @emlynkd.bsky.social @levine.bsky.social & Sara Fabbri returned to Paros, Greece, for a second season of geophysical survey.
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This past week, the archaeology team @stephenkay.bsky.social @emlynkd.bsky.social @levine.bsky.social & Sara Fabbri returned to Paros, Greece, for a second season of geophysical survey.
Missed Professor Beltramini's lecture? Watch it here:
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Lecture | Palladio goes to war by Guido Beltramini
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October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Missed Professor Beltramini's lecture? Watch it here:
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✨ Rebecca Scott Rome Residency for Artists (North West England) 2026-7 ✨
This residency offers you the chance to focus fully on your practice, away from everyday distractions. Accommodation, meals, and dedicated support from the BSR team are all provided.
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
This residency offers you the chance to focus fully on your practice, away from everyday distractions. Accommodation, meals, and dedicated support from the BSR team are all provided.
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
✨ Rebecca Scott Rome Residency for Artists (North West England) 2026-7 ✨
This residency offers you the chance to focus fully on your practice, away from everyday distractions. Accommodation, meals, and dedicated support from the BSR team are all provided.
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
This residency offers you the chance to focus fully on your practice, away from everyday distractions. Accommodation, meals, and dedicated support from the BSR team are all provided.
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀 | 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
ASTERISKS
🗓 26 November 2025 | 18.00
📍 British School at Rome
Performances with Jahān Khājavi, Eloise Fornieles and Nathalie di Sciascio
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ASTERISKS
🗓 26 November 2025 | 18.00
📍 British School at Rome
Performances with Jahān Khājavi, Eloise Fornieles and Nathalie di Sciascio
bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
October 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀 | 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
ASTERISKS
🗓 26 November 2025 | 18.00
📍 British School at Rome
Performances with Jahān Khājavi, Eloise Fornieles and Nathalie di Sciascio
bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
ASTERISKS
🗓 26 November 2025 | 18.00
📍 British School at Rome
Performances with Jahān Khājavi, Eloise Fornieles and Nathalie di Sciascio
bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀 | 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
Transformative Justice Creative Writing Workshop
🗓 12 November 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 British School at Rome
🎟 In English | Free with registration until 6 November → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
Transformative Justice Creative Writing Workshop
🗓 12 November 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 British School at Rome
🎟 In English | Free with registration until 6 November → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
Anzi Parla Public Programme | Transformative Justice Creative Writing Workshop - bsr.ac.uk
This workshop, which will be in English and in-person only, invites artists, writers, and creative thinkers to explore the ideas of abolitionism and transformative justice—frameworks that challenge sy...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀 | 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
Transformative Justice Creative Writing Workshop
🗓 12 November 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 British School at Rome
🎟 In English | Free with registration until 6 November → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
Transformative Justice Creative Writing Workshop
🗓 12 November 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 British School at Rome
🎟 In English | Free with registration until 6 November → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀 | 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘶 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢
📅 9 novembre 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 Libreria Antigone Roma – Via degli Ausoni 45, Roma
🎟️ In lingua italiana, partecipazione gratuita su iscrizione fino al 2 novembre → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘶 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢
📅 9 novembre 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 Libreria Antigone Roma – Via degli Ausoni 45, Roma
🎟️ In lingua italiana, partecipazione gratuita su iscrizione fino al 2 novembre → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
Anzi Parla Public Programme | Workshop su Pratiche di Responsabilizzazione Comunitaria - bsr.ac.uk
Questo workshop, in lingua italiana e che si svolgerà in presenza, offre un primo sguardo alle pratiche di community accountability – strumenti e approcci fondamentali per affrontare conflitti, assunz...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀 | 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘶 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢
📅 9 novembre 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 Libreria Antigone Roma – Via degli Ausoni 45, Roma
🎟️ In lingua italiana, partecipazione gratuita su iscrizione fino al 2 novembre → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘶 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢
📅 9 novembre 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 Libreria Antigone Roma – Via degli Ausoni 45, Roma
🎟️ In lingua italiana, partecipazione gratuita su iscrizione fino al 2 novembre → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...