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…
Hagio-Scape! How mobility and materiality shaped pre-modern geographies of devotion (400-1700)
May 24, 2023 9:00 AM–May 26, 2023 3:00 PM.
The Norwegian Institute in Rome
Ever since fourth century CE, iconic objects and places have played a formative role in articulating Christian sacred space. This conference investigates the specific role of mobility and materiality in the creation of (trans)regional sacred landscapes and cityscapes, taking a longue durée perspective.
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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.
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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,…
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…
Passage to the Underworld — the Etruscan Way
Lecture given by our former Director, Professor em. Rasmus Brandt on the occasion of his 80th birthday Thursday 9th February at 18:00.
Join us in celebrating an extraordinary man and great scholar! If you are not in Rome, follow the event online: https://uio.zoom.us/j/64118729567
FUTURO PERFECTO DE MEMORIA
CICLO DI CONFERENZE | gennaio – maggio 2023
Residencia de Estudiantes (C/ Pinar, 21, 28006 Madrid). Ingresso libero fino a esaurimento posti
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La prima conferenza del ciclo si svolgerà il 25 gennaio e aprirà le attività del progetto Vivir varios tiempos a la vez. La memoria compartida de la Academia de España Roma curata dal gestore…
Public Lecture: The Afterlives of Italy’s Fascist Party Headquarters from 1945 to Today
Since the end of the Second World War, Italians have faced the question of what to do with the physical traces of the Fascist regime, and whether to preserve, demolish, alter, or renovate buildings and monuments of that era. Fascist sites represent a difficult heritage that it is too important to be ignored, but which also elicits divisive and painful memories. The roughly 5000 headquarters of…
The 2024 L’Orange Lecture: The Art of Reading and the Studiolo of Urbino
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Em. Lina Bolzoni of Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa to give this year's L'Orange Lecture.
Time and Place: Oct. 10, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, The Norwegian Institute in Rome.
As an internationally celebrated expert on Italian Renaissance literature and culture, Lina Bolzoni will lecture on the art of reading, presenting the famous late fifteenth-century…
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…