Public Lecture: Simulating Empire. Carlo Enrico Rava and the Immersive Experience of Colonialism, 1938-1940

This KNIR Research Dialogue takes as its point of departure a series of ephemeral displays curated by architect and designer… Read more

Word jij een van de nieuwe KNIR Ambassadeurs, 2025-2027?

Ben je tijdens of na je studie op het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut in Rome geweest en wil je andere studenten en onderzoekers enthousiast maken voor het KNIR? Word dan KNIR Ambassadeur!    De KNIR Ambassadeurs zijn studenten en jonge onderzoekers – verbonden aan één van de partneruniversiteiten (RUG, UvA, VU, UU, Leiden en Nijmegen) – die het...

Date: 6 June 2025

Workshop: Rome in the World, the World in Rome. History and Legacy of the Vatican Missionary Exhibition (1925-2025)

For Rome and the Catholic world, 2025 will go down in history as the year of the Jubilee. One hundred years earlier, Pope Pius XI called for another Jubilee and inaugurated the first Vatican Missionary Exhibition in 1925. Following the success of international exhibitions and fairs held in European and American metropolises, the Catholic Church...

Date: 5 June 2025

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