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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...
Winner Ted Meijerprijs: Claudia Minchilli

Winner Ted Meijerprijs: Claudia Minchilli

Claudia Minchilli (University of Groningen) is the winner of the 2022 edition of the Ted Meijerprijs. In her dissertation “Localizing Digital Diasporas. Diasporic Digital Networking among Somali, Romanian and Turkish Women in Rome through the Lens of Social Class”,...
Winner Ted Meijerprijs: Warja Tolstoj

Winner Ted Meijerprijs: Warja Tolstoj

Warja Tolstoj (Leiden University), winner of the 2021 edition of the Ted Meijerprijs, has spent the last month at the KNIR, deepening her research on the construction of institutional religious identity and the production of the sacred in Late Medieval and Early...
KNIR-ambassadeur: Patricia Kret

KNIR-ambassadeur: Patricia Kret

Patricia Kret, promovenda aan de Universiteit Leiden, is een van onze splinternieuwe KNIR-ambassadeurs! De afgelopen twee jaren heeft zij onderzoek gedaan naar Grieks-Romeinse magie en amuletten. Ze bezoekt het KNIR al sinds haar tijd als bachelorsstudent, en maakt...