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.
2 juli 2025
This book project investigates Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) as court artist to the Medici in Florence, focusing mainly on the organization of the projects he directed in the ducal palace, now called Palazzo Vecchio. Vasari is known for his ability to complete...
14 oktober 2024
The Guarda Archaeological Project (GAP project, 2023–2026) is an exciting research initiative that aims to illuminate the roles of sanctuaries, hillforts, and villages in the non-urban settlement organization of the Serra da Estrela mountains (Beira Interior,...
10 juli 2023
Throughout world history, the occupation of new territories by settler communities has informed the formation of specific colonial regimes, combining territorial control, the imposition of legal authority, and the eradication of indigenous cultures. The newly...
16 december 2022
This project examines the role of Roman non-urban settlements in the formative phase of the Roman empire (c.4th-1st centuries BC). Both ancient and modern viewers have portrayed Roman colonies as key-factors in the spread of the urban model and are sharply contrasted...
16 december 2022
Archaeologists have surveyed millions of hectares of the Mediterranean landscape using field-walking techniques (i.e. pedestrian survey) to document archaeological finds that have surfaced, for instance by ploughing or erosion. They have accumulated an impressive...
