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Carolien Stolte is Associate Professor at the Leiden Institute for History, specializing in modern global history with a regional focus on South Asia. She designed and directs the International Coalitions for Peace in the Era of Decolonization project, funded by the European (ERC) and Dutch (NWO) Research Councils during 2024-2029.
Are you a student at one of the six KNIR partner universities in the Netherlands, and would you like to conduct research on material culture first at the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden and subsequently at the KNIR in Rome? Then you are eligible for an RMO-KNIR internship.
Beeldend kunstenaar Jan van de Pavert wordt het komende academisch jaar de Artist-in-Residence aan het KNIR. Van de Pavert zal drie maanden in Rome verblijven en onderzoek doen naar de films en ideeën van de Italiaanse filmregisseur Pier Paolo Pasolini.
During his fellowship at KNIR, Dr Raphael Hunsucker will work on a project entitled Ktistic connectivity: Rome's first engagements with Greek discourses of colonial city-founding.
The Ted Meijer Prize 2026 has been awarded to Ella Campbell for her highly original MA thesis Ovid on Stone. Searching for New Meaning in Antonio Tempesta’s Painted Mythologies on Lapis Lazuli.
In this art dialogue, the Dutch-Italian artist Elisa Pesapane will be interviewed by Dr Susanna de Beer (Director of Ancient Studies and Classical Receptions at KNIR) about the practices and genesis of her work, the interaction between art and scholarship, and the inspiration drawn from Italy’s historical and contemporary inhabitants. Part of her work-in-progress will also be on display.
The NWIB Visiting Professors Programme offers researchers a unique opportunity to work undisturbed in an inspiring and stimulating environment abroad.
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!