Werkgroep Italië Studies

08/05/2026

07/05/2026

Il 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐩 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞̈ 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 conferisce ogni anno un premio per la migliore ricerca nel campo degli studi italiani (𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐨𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐬) a una/o studiosa/o attiva/o in ambito accademico in Olanda e nelle Fiandre, indipendentemente dalla sua nazionalità.

L'𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐨𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 verrà assegnato quest’anno a lavori nel campo della 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 apparsi nel periodo 𝟏° 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 – 𝟑𝟏 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.

L'Onderzoeksprijs è finanziato dall’𝐈𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐢 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐦 e consiste in un contributo per la ricerca, fino a un massimo di 𝟏.𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨, per rimborso spese di viaggio e/o l’acquisto di libri. La giuria è libera di individuare potenziali candidati.

Per candidarsi è necessario inviare la pubblicazione entro il 𝟏° 𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 in formato .pdf al seguente indirizzo: [email protected].

Ulteriori informazioni al sito: https://www.italiestudies.nl/onderzoeksprijs

23/04/2026

Docent-promovendus / Lecturer-PhD candidate

20/04/2026

On 22 May 2026, KU Leuven will host the seminar 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢. The event will bring together scholars working on women writers in relation to Italy.

https://www.italiestudies.nl/event-details/scritture-al-femminile-in-italia-tra-retorica-stilistica-e-storia-della-lingua-1?fbclid=IwY2xjawRTWqRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4Cm6mhefu8pH-b62LzrppSDKNJd1NtxENU37bgXxF5c3eiH1MbVCgkeuq_M_aem_vZsspS7kfU_yNd8Vjc5JbA

Il seminario riunisce studiose e studiosi di diverse università europee per riflettere sulle scritture al femminile in Italia, tra retorica, stilistica e storia della lingua, con particolare attenzione alla tradizione epistolare, poetica e narrativa dal Rinascimento al Novecento.

17/04/2026

We’re happy to announce that the new issue of 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖. 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎 𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎 𝑑𝑖 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖: 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟑𝟗, 𝐍𝐨. 𝟐 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒) has been published.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬:
• “𝐼𝑙 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑜 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑: 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛-𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟-𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝐺𝑖𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖” – P. de Boer
• “𝑈𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑧𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑜: 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎: 𝐿’𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡à 𝑒 𝑙’𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙’𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑢𝑔𝑜 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡” – G. Mohammed Ezzat
• “𝑈𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑎 𝑑𝑖 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎: 𝐿𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑧𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑧𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑑𝑖 𝑉𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑛” – A. Grossi
• “𝐿𝑎 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑒𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑑: 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒” – E. Ooms

The 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 includes recent work on the Anonimo Magliabechiano, Italo Calvino and Japan, and Emilio Villa:
• B. Wierda, L. van ter Toolen & H. Th. van Veen (red.), 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑥 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜, 2024 – reviewed by K. Botke
• F. Cadel & P. Nastri (eds.), 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 19𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦. 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠, 2024 – reviewed by K. Varade
• C. Dellacasa, 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑜 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛. 𝐴 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠, 2024 – reviewed by U. Musarra-Schrøder
• G. Rizzo (ed.), 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑜 𝑉𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑎 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙’𝐴𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑜, 2024 – reviewed by B. Dumerant

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬:
• “𝑊𝐼𝑆 𝑂𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑧𝑜𝑒𝑘𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑗𝑠 2021-2023: 𝐾𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒 – 𝐽𝑢𝑟𝑦𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡” – B. de Klerck
• “𝑊𝐼𝑆 𝑆𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑗𝑠 2024 – 𝐽𝑢𝑟𝑦𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡” – P.G. Bossier

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://rivista-incontri.nl/issue/view/inc_39_2_2024

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞.𝐨𝐫𝐠:
https://archive.org/details/incontri-39-1-2-2024_202604/mode/2up

We hope you’ll enjoy reading and sharing this new issue of 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖!

Tijdschrift voor Italiaanse studies van de Werkgroep Italië Studies

10/04/2026

09/04/2026

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: KNIR Scholarships and RMO-KNIR Research Internships
⏰ 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟏𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

We have opened the application portal for our 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 in the fall semester of 2026. The first cohort of the academic year 2026/2027 will start collectively on 17 September 2026 for a stay of 7 or 10 weeks in our institute in Rome. Please take a close look at the information pages for the application procedure and requirements.
ℹ https://www.rug.nl/knir/scholarships/

The 𝐑𝐌𝐎-𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐑 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 offers BA3, MA, and RMA students at one of the six KNIR partner universities in the Netherlands a unique opportunity to combine hands-on research with an international experience. Interns will first work for six weeks at the National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) in Leiden and then continue their research for three to four weeks at the KNIR in Rome. The internship is ideal for students who are interested in material culture from various historical periods and can be a prelude to their thesis.
ℹ https://www.rug.nl/knir/education/internships/the-rmo-knir-research-internship

University of Groningen
Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University
University of Amsterdam / Universiteit van Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Utrecht University
Radboud University

08/04/2026

𝐃𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬

As of 1 July 2026, Dr Rens Tacoma will succeed Prof. Susanna de Beer as Director of Ancient Studies at the KNIR. Before coming to Rome Tacoma has been working as a Roman historian at the Department of History at Leiden University. His research is situated at the interface of the analysis of documentary texts and Roman social history; currently he is leading an NWO project on Roman fake news. Much of his work has centered on Italy and Rome and he has been a regular visitor of the KNIR. In his capacity as Director of Ancient Studies Tacoma hopes to strengthen the collaboration with other academic institutes, both in Rome and elsewhere, in particular on the themes of migration and mobility and political culture.

31/03/2026

⏰ Apply now to our Minor Program 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞: 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭 & 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲!

Florence and Rome are of fundamental importance to those working in the humanities, since most of its disciplines originate in late medieval or early modern Italy, and even postmodernism has some of its most significant roots in Italy’s intellectual debates. Therefore, Florence and Rome are ideal sites to explore the historiography of art history, history, and adjacent fields from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. This Minor, hosted and financed by NIKI in Florence and KNIR in Rome, offers the opportunity to do so to a group of motivated students from Dutch universities, allowing them to work with a large variety of methodologies in order to understand present-day Italy through its historical developments, as well as stimulating them to critically assess their disciplinary orientation in a cross-disciplinary context.

Dates: 21 August - 18 December 2026
Deadline for applications: 1 May 2026

ℹ For more info and the application procedure ➡ https://www.rug.nl/knir/education/courses/verzameling-cursussen/minor-italian-art

31/03/2026

28/03/2026

Johan Meerman a Roma e Napoli nell’anno giubilare 1775: uno sguardo inedito olandese

a cura di Maria Forcellino – con un’introduzione di Harald Hendrix.

Il volume presenta il Giornale di viaggio manoscritto del “Grand Tour” di due anni (1774-1776) attraverso l’Europa del giovane Johan Meerman (1753-1815), appartenente a una delle prime famiglie patrizie della Repubblica olandese. Come di consueto per le élite del tempo, Meerman compì il suo Grand Tour all’età di ventidue anni appena conclusi i suoi studi e prima di avviarsi alla carriera politica e amministrativa cui era destinato. Il suo Giornale restituisce uno spaccato della vita Roma e Napoli dal punto di vista di un viaggiatore importante. I suoi resoconti dettagliati sui personaggi incontrati, sui monumenti e collezioni antiche e moderne visitate fa di questa fonte un documento prezioso del Grand Tour europeo da una prospettiva olandese.
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Johan Meerman a Roma e Napoli nell’anno giubilare 1775: uno sguardo inedito olandese

Redactie: Maria Forcellino – met een inleiding geschreven door Harald Hendrix.
Rome, Edizioni Quasar, 2025

Het boek bevat het handgeschreven reisdagboek van de tweejarige “Grand Tour” (1774-1776) door Europa van de jonge Johan Meerman (1753-1815), lid van een van de eerste patriciërfamilies van de Nederlandse Republiek. Zoals gebruikelijk bij de elite van die tijd, maakte Meerman zijn Grand Tour op tweeëntwintigjarige leeftijd, net na afronding van zijn studie en vóór hij begon aan de politieke en administratieve loopbaan waarvoor hij was bestemd. Zijn dagboek geeft een inkijkje in het leven in Rome en Napels vanuit het perspectief van een belangrijke reiziger. Zijn gedetailleerde verslagen over de ontmoetingen met personen, over de monumenten en over oude en moderne collecties die hij bezocht, maken dit werk tot een waardevolle bron over de Europese Grand Tour vanuit een Nederlands perspectief.

https://iicamsterdam.esteri.it/it/gli_eventi/calendario/presentazione-di-johan-meerman-a-roma-e-napoli-nellanno-giubilare-1775-uno-sguardo-inedito-olandese-a-cura-di-maria-forcellino/


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