Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome

Practicum: Remote Sensing in ancient Samnium

In this research-oriented field work campaign, you explore the possibilities of aerial archaeology, especially drone imagery, in combination with geophysical… Read more
Date: 23 April - 8 June 2025
Deadline: 6 April 2025
Organised by: Prof. Dr. Tesse Stek, Willem Berend Beekhuis, MA, Marcello de Vos, MA, Giordano De Coste, MA

Archaeological Field School: Unearthing a Roman Villa in Satricum (Italy)
Project description and backgrounds Satricum (nowadays Le Ferriere) is the ancient name of a Latin settlement that was situated ca. 60 km south of Rome in the present-day Italian province Lazio. Forty-six years of systematically conducted archaeological research in ancient Satricum have produced an outstandingly rich and varied archaeological record, which shows evidence of uninterrupted...

Deadline: 1 April 2025

Date: 8 June - 12 July 2025

CfA: KNIR Colloquia 2025-2026

We are happy to draw your attention to the Call for Applications for a new Series of KNIR Colloquia. KNIR Colloquia are small, exclusive expert meetings, hosted and funded by the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. The KNIR Colloquia programme targets early and mid-career academics with a position as lecturer or assistant professor at one of our partner universities in the Netherlands. It aims to offer opportunities to those academics who do not profit from other research funding to boost their research profile. We warmly welcome new applications for a colloquium to be held in the academic year 2025-2026.

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Roman Museum Legacies: Dialogue with dott.ssa Olga Melasecchi, director of the Jewish Museum in Rome

Museums in Rome are among the oldest and most famous in the world, prized for…
Date: 9 April 2025
Time: 17:00
Speakers: Dott.ssa Olga Melasecchi
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Multidirectional Dialogue: Jewish Studies and Postcolonial Studies

This KNIR Colloquium is organized by Dr. Laura Almagor. The workshop will bring into direct…
Date: 14 April - 15 April 2025
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Public Lecture: Permanent Security and Disciplinary Failure: Total Moral Collapse and the End of Grand Narratives

Tension between some proponents of Postcolonial Studies and Jewish Studies has been mounting for decades,…
Date: 14 April 2025
Time: 17:30
Speakers: Prof. Dirk Moses
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Course: Roma Sacra. Op Romereis met oog voor betekenisgeving en religie

We gaan natuurlijk op Romereis, met de middelbare school, vanwege de historische en culturele rijkdom…
Date: 17 April - 22 April 2025
Deadline: 22 December 2024
Teaching staff: Joep Beijst, Raphael Hunsucker, Tomas Meijs, Pax Veerbeek

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