2 mei 2022
My project will investigate the life-changing nature of pilgrimage as an European-wide phenomenon and how this phenomenon relates to emotions. Central to the project will be the North-western European pilgrims to Rome in the late medieval period (1300-1550). In this...
21 december 2021
We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and a very prosperous New Year. We look forward to 2022 and hope to welcome you again, in Rome or at one of our hybrid gatherings.
29 november 2021
Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (long) late antique period is a lesser-known and lesser-studied subject. The post-Roman past needs, however, as much...
8 november 2021
Apply for a scholarship for your study or write a PhD or postdoc application, like Suzan van de Velde did: “A research stay at the KNIR is the best point-of-departure for your research! The institute opens up doors to unique material, literature and archives in...
18 oktober 2021
Per 1 januari 2022 is er ruimte voor een Hoofd Oudheid. Wij zoeken een gedreven en inspirerende collega als Hoofd Oudheid. Samen met het Hoofd Geschiedenis, het Hoofd Kunstgeschiedenis en de wetenschappelijk directeur maakt de kandidaat het wetenschappelijke en...
12 oktober 2021
Despite the brewing thunderstorm in which I write this update, the KNIR Molise field school ‘Exploring Mountain Society in Ancient Samnium’ comes towards the end of another successful year. Following a COVID-induced break, we finally returned to Jelsi in 2021 with a...
