17 september 2024
In 1535, the Spanish poet, Garcilaso de la Vega, wrote a sonnet about the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s campaign against the Ottoman admiral Khair ad-Din, fought in the area around Tunis. In this sonnet, written in the region of the ruins of Carthage, de la...
3 juli 2024
Museums in Rome are among the oldest and most famous in the world, prized for their outstanding collections, collecting histories, and architecture. Together, they present a full range of western European museum history in one of the most consequential of historic...
14 maart 2024
Museums in Rome are among the oldest and most famous in the world, prized for their outstanding collections, collecting histories, and architecture. Together, they present a full range of western European museum history in one of the most consequential of historic...
21 februari 2024
This KNIR Research Dialogue consists of two lectures: What did we eat before pizza? The archaeology of food and consumption in the Medieval Mediterranean (Joanita Vroom) True knowledge is achieved when the deepest scholarly ideas converge with the shallowest clichés....
23 oktober 2023
During the Renaissance in Europe, information about the African continent, particularly the Sahel and sub-Saharan regions, was rediscovered from classical antiquity. This information merged with ideas and concepts brought to Europe by contemporary travelers. This...
