Last day for applications: seminar Raphael’s Antiquity!

Last day for applications: seminar Raphael’s Antiquity!

Raphael was a prominent member of a network that would have a dramatic impact on cultural history, including the most prominent humanists and antiquarians of the period. During this course we will look at the way Antiquity was interpreted by Raphael and his peers, and...
Tesse Stek: new Scientific Director

Tesse Stek: new Scientific Director

We are delighted to announce that dr. Tesse Stek has been appointed as KNIR’s new scientific director as of 1 October 2021, with a five year mandate. Tesse Stek is an excellent scholar and has an impressive curriculum in teaching and archaeological research....
In memoriam: Coen Stibbe

In memoriam: Coen Stibbe

In mei 2019 overleed dr. Coen Stibbe, dichter, archeoloog, essayist, die in de afgelopen decennia regelmatig op het KNIR verbleef.  Prof.dr. Eric M. Moormann schreef onlangs in het Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden (2019-2020, p....
Summer is here!

Summer is here!

The library will be closed for external visitors the whole month of August. The academic staff will be back at the KNIR from 1 September. We wish you all a beautiful summer and hope to see you again in September.