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The 2023 L'Orange Lecture: Sex and the Church. Early Modern Views on Sexuality and the Body in Eden

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Alessandro Scafi of Warburg Institute, University of London, to give this year's L'Orange Lecture. As an expert on medieval and early modern culture, Dr. Scafi will present and discuss a decisive phase in the history of sexuality. Were Adam and Eve meant to have sex in the Garden Eden? The various answers to this question had wide-ranging religious, cultural, and political consequences.

Time: Oct. 31, 2023 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

To attend, please register at events@roma.uio.no

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Relics and Reliquaries – Seeing Is Believing

Relics and reliquaries have been at the core of European devotional cultures during many centuries. Recent decades have seen a wide scholarly interest in the subject, expressed through several exhibitions and book publications. The European Network on the Instruments of Devotion (ENID) has chosen this dynamic research topic for this conference, celebrating the network's 20th anniversary. The conference, co-organized with the Norwegian Institute in Rome, presents papers on relics, reliquaries, and their connected devotional practices from medieval to contemporary times.

Time and place: Oct. 11, 2023 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM, The Norwegian Institute in Rome

To attend, please register at events@roma.uio.no

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The Piccolo Ludovisi Sarcophagus: a Seventeenth-Century Forgery?

On the occasion of her 80th birthday, our former Director, Professor Siri Sande, will give an open lecture on a controversial topic: is the celebrated Piccolo Ludovisi Sarcophagus really a seventeenth-century forgery? The Institute is delighted to host a reception in her honour immediately after the lecture. Please join us in celebrating an extraordinary woman and great scholar!

Time and Place: Oct. 10, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, The Norwegian Institute in Rome.

To attend, please register at events@roma.uio.no

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Rethinking Mary in Early Modern Europe - Women's voices and the Virgin Mary

This interdisciplinary symposium will explore the ways in which the Virgin Mary was represented in texts written by, for or about women between the 15th and 17th centuries.

June 21, 2023 3:00 PM–June 23, 2023 6:00 PM
The Norwegian Institute in Rome

The Virgin Mary is a crucial figure for Western culture and Christian worship, and has always been strictly connected to women and their status in society. A large amount of literature in Latin and the vernacular was written about Mary in early modern Italy and Europe, by both lay and religious men and women, representing her in different ways and with different purposes, transforming and adapting her traditional image.

More info: https://www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english/research/news-and-events/events/2023/carinci.html

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Art Beyond Placeness: Narratives of Movement in the Early Modern Period

International workshop organized by Mattia Biffis, Honorary Fellow at the Norwegian Institute in Rome.

May 31, 2023 2:30 PM–June 1, 2023 6:00 PM
The Norwegian Institute in Rome.

In recent years, the new importance attributed to the biographies of objects and their global circulation has drawn increasing attention to the phenomenon of their physical transportation – in other words, to the complex sets and modes of actions required to move an object from the point of creation to its final destination.

More info: https://www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english/research/news-and-events/events/2023/biffis.html

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Hagio-Scape! How mobility and materiality shaped pre-modern geographies of devotion (400-1700)

May 24, 2023 9:00 AM–May 26, 2023 3:00 PM.
The Norwegian Institute in Rome

Ever since fourth century CE, iconic objects and places have played a formative role in articulating Christian sacred space. This conference investigates the specific role of mobility and materiality in the creation of (trans)regional sacred landscapes and cityscapes, taking a longue durée perspective.

more info: https://www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english/research/news-and-events/events/2023/hagio.html

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Perceptions of Aging and Old Age: Thresholds and Life-Cycles

Mar. 28, 9:00 AM, Bibliotheca Hertziana and The Norwegian Institute in Rome

Images of old age and aging determine how we handle demographic change. This conference will explore how the stages of the life cycle have been construed throughout history in order to consciously recognise the stereotypes that emanate from these age categories.

more info: https://www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english/research/news-and-events/events/2023/ageing.html

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Director’s Seminar Series 2023

The Director’s seminars take place in the lecture hall downstairs on Tuesday afternoons. Some are in-house seminars starting at 4 pm, other are public events starting at 6 pm. DNIR’s visiting fellows, guest researchers, and invited lecturers present current their research. Presentations are usually in English and take the format of 20 minute-papers, followed by a Q&A session and an informal reception in the garden or in the common room upstairs.

more info: https://www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english/research/news-and-events/news/2023/director-s-seminar-series-spring-2023.html

To attend, please register at events@roma.uio.no

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Passage to the Underworld -- the Etruscan Way

Lecture given by our former Director, Professor em. Rasmus Brandt on the occasion of his 80th birthday Thursday 9th February at 18:00.

Join us in celebrating an extraordinary man and great scholar! If you are not in Rome, follow the event online: https://uio.zoom.us/j/64118729567

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