Prof. dr. Marijke Gnade

KNIR Senior Fellow 2023-2025

Indirizzo mail: m.gnade@uva.nl

Disciplina e specializzazione: Mediterranean Archaeology – pre-Roman cultures in Central Italy

Università: University of Amsterdam

Sito web: https://www.uva.nl/profiel/g/n/m.gnade/m.gnade.html

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Prof. Marijke Gnade as KNIR Senior Fellow to our institute. Marijke Gnade is emeritus professor in Archaeology of pre-Roman Cultures in Central Italy at the University of Amsterdam. She directs the Satricum Project for over 30 years now. This major long standing Dutch archaeological research project focuses on the ancient town of Satricum, and has been the training ground for generations of Dutch archaeologists. During her fellowship at the KNIR Marijke will continue the archaeological fieldwork in Satricum, organize internships on location and organize research events related to her expertise in the pre-Roman archaeology of central Italy. We are looking forward to our collaboration in this exciting project and we wish Marijke every success in the coming years. Dr. Tesse D. Stek, Scientific Director of the KNIR

Marijke Gnade is emeritus professor in Archaeology of pre-Roman Cultures in Central Italy at the University of Amsterdam.

Since 1990 she is the director of the Satricum Project, a long standing Dutch archaeological research project that focuses on the ancient town of Satricum (modern Le Ferriere, Lazio) in multiple ways, ranging from fieldwork/excavations to the valorisation of the site. She has authored many publications on the site of Satricum and its wider impact, scientific as well as for a wider audience.

Marijke also participates in various initiatives that stimulate conservation and awareness of archaeological heritage in Central Italy, and functions as an academic consultant for local authorities on opening up the cultural history of the area to a wider public. In that capacity she organized in 2014 a major semi-permanent exhibition on ancient Satricum which is the first step towards a municipal archaeological museum which opening is scheduled for 2023. During the past 32 years she has acted as an intermediary between landowners, local government, and the archaeological office of the Lazio region. In March 2014 she received the ‘Frumento d’oro 2014’, an annual award for women initiating special activities in the region of Lazio in Italy. Since November 2016 she is honorary citizen of Latina.

In the three years of her senior Fellowship at the KNIR Marijke will continue the archaeological fieldwork in Satricum, organize internships on location and organize a research event related to her expertise in pre-Roman archaeology of Central Italy.