The 2023 L’Orange Lecture: Sex and the Church. Early Modern Views on Sexuality and the Body in Eden

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Alessandro Scafi of Warburg Institute, University of London, to give this year's L'Orange Lecture. As an expert on medieval and early modern culture, Dr. Scafi will present and discuss a decisive phase in the history of sexuality. Were Adam and Eve meant to have sex in the Garden Eden? The various answers to this question had wide-ranging religious, cultural, and…

Relics and Reliquaries – Seeing Is Believing

Relics and reliquaries have been at the core of European devotional cultures during many centuries. Recent decades have seen a wide scholarly interest in the subject, expressed through several exhibitions and book publications. The European Network on the Instruments of Devotion (ENID) has chosen this dynamic research topic for this conference, celebrating the network's 20th anniversary. The…

The Piccolo Ludovisi Sarcophagus: a Seventeenth-Century Forgery?

On the occasion of her 80th birthday, our former Director, Professor Siri Sande, will give an open lecture on a controversial topic: is the celebrated Piccolo Ludovisi Sarcophagus really a seventeenth-century forgery? The Institute is delighted to host a reception in her honour immediately after the lecture. Please join us in celebrating an extraordinary woman and great scholar! Time and…

Rethinking Mary in Early Modern Europe – Women’s voices and the Virgin Mary

This interdisciplinary symposium will explore the ways in which the Virgin Mary was represented in texts written by, for or about women between the 15th and 17th centuries. June 21, 2023 3:00 PM–June 23, 2023 6:00 PM The Norwegian Institute in Rome The Virgin Mary is a crucial figure for Western culture and Christian worship, and has always been strictly connected to women and their status…

Art Beyond Placeness: Narratives of Movement in the Early Modern Period

International workshop organized by Mattia Biffis, Honorary Fellow at the Norwegian Institute in Rome. May 31, 2023 2:30 PM–June 1, 2023 6:00 PM The Norwegian Institute in Rome. In recent years, the new importance attributed to the biographies of objects and their global circulation has drawn increasing attention to the phenomenon of their physical transportation – in other words, to the…

Perceptions of Aging and Old Age: Thresholds and Life-Cycles

Mar. 28, 9:00 AM, Bibliotheca Hertziana and The Norwegian Institute in Rome Images of old age and aging determine how we handle demographic change. This conference will explore how the stages of the life cycle have been construed throughout history in order to consciously recognise the stereotypes that emanate from these age categories. more info:…

Reek of past pitfalls. Caterina De Nicola

24.02.2023-16.04.2023 Opening: 23.02.2023 H18:00-20:00 Istituto Svizzero, Via del Vecchio Politecnico 3, Milano, Ingresso gratuito Reek of past pitfalls is the first solo exhibition in Milan by Caterina De Nicola, who presents a large site-specific installation within the space of Istituto Svizzero. In her artistic practice, Caterina De Nicola works through writing, painting, sculpture,…

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Collections

The collective catalog of the URBS network currently consists of about 111,000 bibliographic records. In addition to ancient and modern printed publications - monographic and periodical - it also includes graphic materials, prints, maps, musical recordings and scores, analytical descriptions, and electronic resources. It is based on a multilingual authority file and is enriched with…

Reale Istituto Nederlandese di Roma

URBS NETWORK INSTITUTES Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut te Rome The KNIR library is specialized in archaeology, art history and history of Rome and of Italy. There are also sections devoted to papal history, and the relations between the Vatican and the Netherlands.Our collection also include works on cultural heritage and on areas which have been excavated by Dutch archaeologist…

Real Academia de España en Roma

URBS NETWORK INSTITUTES Real Academia de España en Roma The aim of The Academia de España en Roma is to promote training in the arts and the humanities for creators and researchers to spread Spanish culture in Italy and foster cultural interaction between the two countries and the international community. The library is an essential resource for Academia's activity. It includes…

Istituto Svizzero

URBS NETWORK INSTITUTES Istituto Svizzero With over. 48,000 titles of monographs and publications, the library of the Swiss Institute provides researchers with an important collection related to the antiquity, and classical archaeology, with particular reference to the territory of Rome and Lazio, history, art history, musicology, architecture, philology. The library has an important…