Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome - KNIR

There is still time to apply for this Archaeological Fieldschool in the Appenines! 🏔

Deadline for application: 2 September 2024

Apply here:

Archaeological Fieldschool: Exploring Mountain Society in Ancient Samnium In this archaeological field practicum, you explore the archaeology of mountain society with an international team in mountain sites in the Apennines. Target group and admission The field work is open to Bachelor, Master, Research Master and PhD students in Archaeology, Ancient History, Classics, Ge...

𝐊𝐇𝐌𝐖 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

De prijzen, van elk 3.000 euro, worden toegekend in verschillende wetenschapsgebieden, waaronder geschiedenis en cultuurwetenschappen (literatuur, media en kunst), en zijn bedoeld voor (voormalige) studenten van wie de masterscriptie is goedgekeurd in het academisch jaar 2023-2024.

Nominaties kunnen uitsluitend digitaal worden ingediend, via het formulier op de website van de KHMW. Voordrachten kunnen tot en met 4 oktober 2024 worden ingediend.

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KHMW Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen | KHMW KHMW Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen Prijzen KHMW Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen keert, daartoe in staat gesteld door het Jan Brouwer Fonds, sinds 2015 jaarlijks scriptieprijzen uit voor de geestes- en maatschappijwetenschappen. In 2025 tien prijzen...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐑 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫!

KNIR is still buzzing with activities in July, with no fewer than three summer schools taking place this month. The Archaeological Field School in Guarda (Portugal), coordinated by our scientific director Prof. Tesse Stek and KNIR Associated Researcher dr. Anita Casarotto, will conclude this KNIR academic year at the end of July. The Institute will be closed for external guests in the month of August, but we look forward to meeting you all again in September at the start of the new academic year.

We wish you all a very well-deserved holiday! ☀️⛱

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 "𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦"!

In this archaeological field practicum, you explore the archaeology of mountain society with an international team in mountain sites in the Apennines. The field work is open to Bachelor, Master, Research Master and PhD students in Archaeology, Ancient History, Classics, Geoarchaeology and related fields enrolled in one of the KNIR partner universities in the Netherlands (RU, RUG, UL, UU, UvA, VU). Students from Italian or other international universities are emphatically welcome to apply too, with the only difference that no travel costs can be reimbursed.

Apply here (before 2 September):

Archaeological Fieldschool: Exploring Mountain Society in Ancient Samnium In this archaeological field practicum, you explore the archaeology of mountain society with an international team in mountain sites in the Apennines. Target group and admission The field work is open to Bachelor, Master, Research Master and PhD students in Archaeology, Ancient History, Classics, Ge...

The Guarda Archaeological Project (GAP) is a collaboration between the Município da Guarda, the University of Lisbon (Arqueologia NOVA FCSH), the University of Groningen (RUG), Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome - KNIR, and the Cultuurfonds.

For the entire month of July 2024, a Lusitano-Italian-Dutch team of students and researchers will be generously hosted by the Municipality of Guarda. They are exploring at high altitudes the archaeology of ancient mountain society between the Iron age and the Roman times in the Serra da Estrela and Mondego valley (Beira Interior, Portugal). In the past, this was a very important region for mineral mining and metal exploitation, located at the fringes of the Western Mediterranean world. Through excavation, remote sensing with drones and various field survey techniques our team is currently finding new information about ancient hillforts, sanctuaries and villages in Guarda.

Best wishes to the GAP project, keep up with the good work in the hot, sunny mountains of Guarda! ☀

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐬: 𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐤

In het academisch jaar 2023/2024 was beeldend kunstenaar Babs Bakels bij ons te gast met een Artist in Residence-fellowship dat het KNIR en de Akademie van Kunsten elk jaar toekennen aan een project dat bijdraagt aan de kruisbestuiving tussen kunst en wetenschap aan het KNIR. Wij vroegen haar om terug te blikken op haar verblijf.
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Artist in Residence 2023, Babs Bakels: een terugblik AIR 2023_ Babs Bakels   ‘But who knows the fate of his bones, or how often he is to be buried?’. Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) Deze vragen stelt Engelse arts en schrijver Thomas Brown in zijn essay Urn Burial na de ontdekking van een Romeins urnenveld in zijn woonplaats Norfolk. Na eeuwen grafr...

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐑 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝

The lab can be used by teams of research projects, education projects (e.g. courses, internships) or by single researchers for individual projects, for a period between 1 and 10 weeks.

For lab access in the autumn-winter period (October-December, February), the deadline for applications is 15 August.

ℹ https://www.knir.it/en/laboratorium/openingstijden-en-toegang/

𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐣𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐣𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞

Op zaterdag 22 juni, tijdens ‘De Dag van Rome’ in het Allard Pierson in Amsterdam, hebben zowel de Stichting Vrienden van het KNIR, het KNIR, als de Werkgroep Italië Studies (WIS) prijzen uitgereikt voor de beste dissertatie en scripties van de afgelopen twee jaar. 🥳

De tweejaarlijkse Van Woudenberg Dissertatieprijs, uitgereikt door de Stichting Vrienden van het KNIR, is vernoemd naar Gerda van Woudenberg (vertaalster en docente Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde aan de Universiteit van Rome La Sapienza) en wordt toegekend aan een recent gepromoveerde onderzoeker die een verblijf aan het KNIR op een inspirerende manier heeft benut voor zijn of haar promotieonderzoek. De prijs bestaat uit een geldbedrag van € 3.000, waarvan € 1.000 vrij te besteden is. De rest van het bedrag is bedoeld om aan het KNIR een workshop te organiseren, over het onderwerp van de dissertatie of over vervolgonderzoek.

De Van Woudenberg Dissertatieprijs 2024 is toegekend aan 𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐟 voor zijn dissertatie "Judicial Influencers: Scholarly Use of Foreign Law and the Convergence of German, Italian and French Ideas on the Position of National Constitutional Courts in the EU Legal Context" (verdedigd aan de Utrecht University op 10 oktober 2022).

De Werkgroep Italië Studies reikt iedere twee jaar de WIS Scriptieprijs uit voor een scriptie op het gebied van de Italië Studies aan een student/e van een Nederlandse of Vlaamse universiteit (ongeacht de nationaliteit van de onderzoeker). De prijs omvat een oorkonde, een geldbedrag van € 500,- en een studieverblijf van een maand in Rome aangeboden door het KNIR. Tevens krijgt de laureaat de kans de resultaten van diens onderzoek voor te stellen in een artikel in het WIS tijdschrift, Incontri: Rivista europea di studi italiani.

​De WIS scriptie prijs 2024 is toegekend aan 𝐏𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐞𝐫 voor haar scriptie "Risorgimento on trial. Competing masculinities amongst volunteers of the Third War of Italian Independence" (University of Groningen).

Namens het KNIR reikte directeur prof. dr. Tesse Stek de Ted Meijerprijs 2023 uit aan 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐥 voor zijn scriptie "Imperialist Dynamics Between Lineage and State in the Long Fourth Century (403-293 BCE): Evidence for a Grand Bargain in Central Italy?" (University of Groningen)

Wij feliciteren de winnaars en kijken ernaar uit hen op het KNIR terug te zien!

𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐑 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜

This summer, KNIR contributes to 'Expodemic', the second edition of the Festival delle Accademie e degli Istituti di Cultura stranieri a Roma. The festival consists of an exhibition in the Palazzo Esposizioni Roma about the history of exhibitions in Rome and that of the foreign academies and cultural institutes in Rome, both going back to the 17th century. The exhibition is curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, with assistance from Francesca Campana. KNIR lent four historic posters of exhibitions that were held in our villa in Via Omero, retrieved from our special collections. The exhibition will be open until 25 August.

Secondly, the organizers initiated a poster project titled '3500 cm2: art and democracy' (after the square centimeters of the most common poster format). 18 posters have been specially designed by contemporary artists for this exhibition and are available at the collaborating institutions throughout Rome, inviting the audience to discover the rich network of foreign academies and institutes in Rome, and at the same time to enable them to become an element of the artistic panorama themselves by actively collecting these posters.
For KNIR, the poster was designed by Domenico Mangano & Marieke van Rooy. On the first occasion of their poster to be collected at KNIR, Marieke was present in Rome. She also invited KNIR guests and staff to a performance that was part of their show at Magazzino Gallery.

The Palaexpo posters are available at KNIR for free and can still be collected on July 5 and July 26, 2024, between 2 and 4 PM.

De Werkgroep Italië Studies reikt jaarlijks een prijs uit voor de beste wetenschappelijke publicatie op het gebied van de Italië Studies aan een onderzoeker die werkzaam is in de Nederlandse of Vlaamse academische wereld (ongeacht de nationaliteit van de onderzoeker).

De Onderzoeksprijs wordt gesponsord door het Istituto Italiano di Cultura Amsterdam en bestaat uit een oorkonde en een onderzoeksbeurs ter waarde van € 1.000.

Publicaties die meedingen naar de prijs dienen voor 1 augustus 2024 als bijlage in pdf formaat te worden gestuurd naar: [email protected]

ℹ reglement 2024 editie: https://www.italiestudies.nl/onderzoeksprijs

Apply now for the course 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 (11-20 November 2024)!

This ten-day course focuses on coins and medals as historical sources for broader questions about religious power and practices in the Roman and early modern period. Students will be challenged to decipher and interpret the information conveyed by these exceptional primary sources, on which text and images are combined. In addition to gaining theoretical and methodological skills, the students will create an exhibition of numismatic objects from the archaeological collection of the Biblioteca Casanatense.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2024

ℹ https://www.knir.it/en/cursus/course-coins-and-the-sacred-in-roman-and-early-modern-times/

𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

During the Dag van Rome on June 22, the Ted Meijer Prize 2023 will be awarded to Maarten Schmaal MA for his thesis 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 (403-293 𝘉𝘊𝘌): 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺?

Congratulations to Maarten on behalf of the KNIR Team! 🥳

The Ted Meijer Prize is named after the ex-director of the KNIR who died in 1997. It is awarded yearly for the best (R)MA thesis or PhD thesis in the field of the humanities, in relation to Italy and Rome in particular. The prize consists of a research grant, three months free stay at KNIR, and a travel allowance.

In his thesis, Maarten Schmaal systematically evaluates the evidence for a 'Grand Bargain'-model of Roman imperialism in the fourth century BCE. Deploying a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, the thesis concludes that while competition, negotiation, and cooperation among elite families (Roman and non-Roman) played an important role in the early expansion of Rome, not all elite behavior and imperial development can be explained by this model.
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Winner Ted Meijerprijs 2023: Maarten Schmaal This thesis provides insight into the nature of early Roman imperialism, particularly focusing how elite lineages leveraged (imperial) state resources to further their private agendas. Central to this issue is an inquiry into the empirical foundations of Nicola Terrenato's Grand Bargain Hypothesis,....

𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐨𝐞𝐤 & 𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐣𝐬 (𝟎.𝟖 𝐟𝐭𝐞)

Wie komt onze wetenschappelijke staf praktisch en inhoudelijk ondersteunen? Wij zoeken een beleidsmedewerker onderzoek & onderwijs voor de periode van 1 jaar (0,8 fte) om ons te helpen onze onderzoeksagenda en onderwijsplannen te vertalen naar beleid en deze optimaal uit te voeren.

Je kunt solliciteren door je sollicitatiebrief voorzien van een curriculum vitae te sturen vóór 15 juli 2024 uitsluitend aan de hand van het sollicitatieformulier.

ℹ https://www.knir.it/nl/vacature-beleidsmedewerker-onderzoek-onderwijs/

You are welcome to join the workshop "The Second Congress of Black Writers and Artists, 65 years later", organized by Dr. Luca Peretti (KNIR Fellow 2024) and Dr. Erica Bellia (Churchill College, University of Cambridge), on 12 June at 13.00 CEST. RSVP: [email protected]

If you cannot make it to the KNIR, you can register for the livestream!

ℹ https://www.knir.it/en/evenementen/workshop-the-second-congress-of-black-writers-and-artists-65-years-later/

Professor Joanita Vroom, together with the KNIR, offered the course Byzantine Rome in September 2023.

The course, co-taught by Vroom, Letty ten Harkel and various guest lecturers, investigated the transition of the city of Rome from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, with an emphasis on cultural and socioeconomic developments. Notably the course took place in Rome. ‘We got to see a side of Rome that is not usually seen.’

On the website of Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University you can read the blog by one of the students, Kee-Lou Ooyman: https://www.leidenarchaeologyblog.nl/articles/living-as-a-roman-citizen-in-byzantine-rome-the-archaeology-of-exchange-and-identity

𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢 & 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫!

Fernando Maggi has worked with dedication and care at the KNIR since September 1, 1997. In these 27 years, he has made an indelible impression on our institute, not only by keeping our spaces clean and maintaining the building and garden but also by touching the hearts of many with his warm smile, jokes, and helpfulness. Fernando officially retires on August 1, 2024.

Janet Mente has been with our institute since March 16, 1998. As the head of the library, she has taken care of our collections and assisted many researchers and students in their search for books, articles, and special resources. She never shied away from a difficult question and used her extensive knowledge and network to help everyone as best as she could. Janet officially retires on July 1, 2024.

We take the opportunity to thank Janet and Fernando for their work for the institute in these decades in which they both were such important members of our team! Many of you will be able to say goodbye to them at the 'Dag van Rome' on June 22, when both of them will be present in Amsterdam.

As of today, an exhibition featuring photos from the Luijdjens archive, one of the special collections of KNIR, is on show.

Following previous small exhibitions themed around Rome, Lazio, and St. Nicolas, this exhibition showcases twelve black-and-white photos of the so-called "portabandiera" (banner carriers) from the various districts of Siena, who compete in the famous Palio.

The exhibition is open to the public until July 31, 2024 during opening hours of the KNIR Library. RSVP: [email protected]

ℹ https://www.knir.it/en/evenementen/exhibition-the-portabandiera-of-siena/

You are all welcome to join the roundtable 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐 on 4 June at 17.00 CEST.

The event will consist of a series of interventions and a final conversation and exchange among these postcolonial intellectuals, who are writers, activists and academics, on the future of Italian postcolonial cities and their role in shaping new forms of cosmopolitan belongings, in Italy and beyond.

RSVP: [email protected]

For the livestream, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItde-gqzkuHNN8lEVMAOUUWNYw7Wh9JbrJ #/registration

ℹ https://www.knir.it/en/evenementen/invisible-cities-postcolonial-rome-in-dialogue-with-venice-and-palermo/

Today and tomorrow we host the KNIR Colloquium organised by Dr. Samuël Kruizinga (University of Amsterdam / Universiteit van Amsterdam).

You are welcome to join us today at 17.00 CEST for the public lecture "Occupation and Empire in First World War Europe" by Samuël Kruizinga. RSVP: [email protected]

ℹ https://www.knir.it/nl/evenementen/occupied-towards-a-comparative-and-entangled-history-of-occupation-in-the-age-of-total-war/

You are all welcome to join today at KNIR for the workshop 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, organized by Dr. Carlo Taviani (KNIR Fellow) and Dr. Matthijs Jonker (Utrecht University).

We start at 14.00 CEST.

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Workshop: Knowledge and Confusion about Exotic Animals in the European Renaissance Due to increasing trade, conquest, and colonization during the Renaissance, Europeans came into contact with many animals. Many non-human beings were brought to Europe as curiosities. Lions and giraffes entered the menageries of important rulers as precious gifts. Elephants and civet cats were used....

In just a few minutes (at 17.00 CET) we start with the first of the Series "KNIR Dialogues with Directors"!

You can follow the Public Lecture "Roman Museum Legacies. Dialogue with Andrea Viliani, Director of the Museo delle Civiltà" on Zoom.

Do not forget to register first: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpceiuqzwjH9DXmzKisJgxos6iQoYc7PfU #/registration

You can still apply to the course 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

Following recent developments in cultural and postcolonial history, this seven-day workshop stimulates reflection on the relationship between historians and their archives. Set in Rome, a focal point in the global commerce and codification of information, and a city rich in archives, we will combine inquiries into the nature of archives with reflections on how we can make these repositories speak to us. Building on recent work by environmental historians and archeologists, we will also read the urban landscape and ask what cities as archives can tell us about the past in its many guises.

We will visit a variety of sites, such as the Vatican Library, the Antonio Gramsci and Communist Party Archives, the State Archives of Rome, the archive of the Inquisition, and other sites on the modern and premodern history of Italy.

Deadline for applications: 3 June 2024
For more information and the application form:

Course: Archival Politics: Culture, Power, and Suppression Archives are the historian’s natural habitat. Here we read and discover, turn information into evidence, and produce histories from sometimes but a scrap of paper—or at least so we thought. In the last three decades, historians have become increasingly attentive to the politics of the archive: a...

MAV - Museo dell'Agro Veientano - Formello vi invita al prossimo appuntamento: il 2 giugno alle ore 11.00 sarà presente l'artista Wil van der Laan ⤵

Are you a student interested in exploring the strategies adopted in the past by Rome to conquer territories, exploit resources and build an Empire?

Apply now to participate in the archaeological field school "Exploring Ancient Mountain Society in Guarda (Portugal) with the GAP project" (30 June - 28 July 2024).

In this fieldwork campaign you conduct excavation and survey in the Serra da Estrela mountains, an important place during the Iron age and Roman times for mineral mining and metal exploitation. With a Lusitano-Dutch-Italian international team, you will investigate the role played by rural sanctuaries, hillforts, villages and settlement organization during the Roman expansion at the fringes of the ancient Western Mediterranean world.

Deadline for applications is 6 June!

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Archaeological Field School: Exploring Ancient Mountain Society in Guarda (Portugal) with the GAP project In this archaeological field school, you explore with an international team the archaeology of mountain society between the Iron age and the Roman times in the municipality of Guarda (Beira Alta, Portugal). This practicum is conducted within the GAP project (Guarda Archaeological Project) that aims....

In May and June 2024, Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi is our NWIB Visiting Professor.

Sandra Ponzanesi is Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She has published widely in the field of postcolonial studies, Italian colonialism/postcolonialism, on the role of intellectuals, postcolonial cinema and digital migration.

At KNIR, she is working on her research project 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆: 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔’ 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

Sandra is also the convenor of the roundtable 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨 with Igiaba Scego, Alessandra di Maio and Shaul Bassi, on 4 June (starting at 17.00 CEST) at KNIR.

Invisible Cities: Postcolonial Rome in dialogue with Venice and Palermo This event focuses on revisiting the ideal of Rome as a Caput Mundi through postcolonial eyes. It foregrounds the perspectives of postcolonial intellectuals, writers and artists who have developed new narratives and visions of Rome as an inclusive but also fractured city, where issues of visibilitie...