22 July 2024
The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor, the buildings of Rome, the public spaces of the city, were crowded with meanings and associations. These meanings were generated partly...
24 June 2024
No other place in the world is better suited to study the development and interaction of three major religious movements of Antiquity that are often labelled as “oriental”, Hellenistic Judaism, Early Christianity and Mithraism, than Rome. In the history of these three...
20 June 2024
20 June 2024
Colonialism is one of the most powerful structures that have shaped the contemporary world. Questioning the long-term consequences of colonial dynamics means exploring how the West has produced knowledge, discourses and art in order to legitimize its hegemonic...
20 June 2024
In recent decades, art historians have given increasing attention to historical painting techniques, materials, and workshop practice. Through diverse research methods, scholars and research groups strive to get to broader and deeper knowledge about how artists and...
