Tesse D Stek
Tesse D. Stek
Director of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR)
Full Professor Western Mediterranean Archaeology at the Groningen Institute of Archaeology at Groningen University (currently seconded to KNIR, Rome)
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My research and teaching engages with the formation of Roman imperialism and its interactions with pre-existing polities and people. With new archaeological field work in the Western and Central Mediterranean, I aim to contribute to broader ancient historical debates.
Roman imperialism, religion and colonization
My PhD (Amsterdam) focused on Roman expansion and cult sites and religion in ancient Italy. I then researched the historical aspects of Roman colonization as a Golding Junior Research Fellowship at Brasenose College, Oxford. To test these ideas in the field, in 2011 I started new field work in the territory of the Roman colony Aesernia, with a Marie Curie at Glasgow. With the support of a generous NWO grant, I expanded the colonization project with an enthusiastic international team of postdocs, PhD students, postdocs and students. This Landscapes of Early Roman Colonization project (2013-) connects the rethinking of the modern historiography and theory of early Roman expansion with new field work in two early colonies founded by Rome.
As of 2018/19, I am seconded to the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) first as Director of Ancient Studies. In that capacity, I supported and represented (PhD) students and colleagues in the fields of classics, ancient history and archaeology. At the Dutch school, I was also Head of Research and, as of 2020, also Vice-Director of the Institute. In 2021, I was nominated as Director of the Institute.
In that role, I enjoy fostering debate within and across disciplinary boundaries - a key privilege of the Roman station within the Italian and international network that Rome offers.
I currently co-direct two main international collaborations and field work projects, in South Italy and East Portugal.
The Tappino Area Archaeology Project, in the Apennines, involves field survey, aerial archaeology, geophysics and excavation. Our base camp in Jelsi functions as a hub and base camp for research, teaching and knowledge dissemination. Since 2004, our team has worked intensively in the areas of S. Giovanni in Galdo, Toro, Gildone, Jelsi, Campodipietra, Campolieto, Cercemaggiore and Riccia, as well as the wider territories of Larino and Isernia.
As of 2018, I coordinate, together with Dr. André Carneiro from Évora University, a new field work project in Alto Alentejo, Portugal. Recently, an important next step has been taken in this direction thanks to a magnanimous grant from the Prince Bernhard Culture foundation that enables the consolidation of the Roman Portugal research.
The project aims at better understanding large-scale trends in the expanding Roman empire from the 4th century BC to the 1st century AD across the Western Mediterranean, and linking it theoretically to provincial Roman archaeologies in northwestern Europe. The activation of previous, large archaeological datasets and unlocking their potential on new digital platforms plays a key role in this project (cf. also the online Fasti project, and the related A rated journal Fasti Survey, of which I am editor in chief).
Enthusiastic students and colleagues alike can contact me at [email protected] for the Field Schools or research projects!
Director of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR)
Full Professor Western Mediterranean Archaeology at the Groningen Institute of Archaeology at Groningen University (currently seconded to KNIR, Rome)
Profile
My research and teaching engages with the formation of Roman imperialism and its interactions with pre-existing polities and people. With new archaeological field work in the Western and Central Mediterranean, I aim to contribute to broader ancient historical debates.
Roman imperialism, religion and colonization
My PhD (Amsterdam) focused on Roman expansion and cult sites and religion in ancient Italy. I then researched the historical aspects of Roman colonization as a Golding Junior Research Fellowship at Brasenose College, Oxford. To test these ideas in the field, in 2011 I started new field work in the territory of the Roman colony Aesernia, with a Marie Curie at Glasgow. With the support of a generous NWO grant, I expanded the colonization project with an enthusiastic international team of postdocs, PhD students, postdocs and students. This Landscapes of Early Roman Colonization project (2013-) connects the rethinking of the modern historiography and theory of early Roman expansion with new field work in two early colonies founded by Rome.
As of 2018/19, I am seconded to the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) first as Director of Ancient Studies. In that capacity, I supported and represented (PhD) students and colleagues in the fields of classics, ancient history and archaeology. At the Dutch school, I was also Head of Research and, as of 2020, also Vice-Director of the Institute. In 2021, I was nominated as Director of the Institute.
In that role, I enjoy fostering debate within and across disciplinary boundaries - a key privilege of the Roman station within the Italian and international network that Rome offers.
I currently co-direct two main international collaborations and field work projects, in South Italy and East Portugal.
The Tappino Area Archaeology Project, in the Apennines, involves field survey, aerial archaeology, geophysics and excavation. Our base camp in Jelsi functions as a hub and base camp for research, teaching and knowledge dissemination. Since 2004, our team has worked intensively in the areas of S. Giovanni in Galdo, Toro, Gildone, Jelsi, Campodipietra, Campolieto, Cercemaggiore and Riccia, as well as the wider territories of Larino and Isernia.
As of 2018, I coordinate, together with Dr. André Carneiro from Évora University, a new field work project in Alto Alentejo, Portugal. Recently, an important next step has been taken in this direction thanks to a magnanimous grant from the Prince Bernhard Culture foundation that enables the consolidation of the Roman Portugal research.
The project aims at better understanding large-scale trends in the expanding Roman empire from the 4th century BC to the 1st century AD across the Western Mediterranean, and linking it theoretically to provincial Roman archaeologies in northwestern Europe. The activation of previous, large archaeological datasets and unlocking their potential on new digital platforms plays a key role in this project (cf. also the online Fasti project, and the related A rated journal Fasti Survey, of which I am editor in chief).
Enthusiastic students and colleagues alike can contact me at [email protected] for the Field Schools or research projects!
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To stimulate synergy, this volume brings together an international group of experts from different fields and backgrounds. It opens up the discussion by offering fresh viewpoints and new evidence for the political organization, social life, mountain settlement, cults and cult sites, and finally the character of Samnite and Roman expansionism.
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Moreover, during the period of conquest and political incorporation, incisive changes in religious practices as well as in the cult sites where these were performed, are documented all over the peninsula. The causality between Roman expansionism and these trends is much discussed, and the ‘religious Romanization’ of Italy is currently a key debate.
This volume explores the development of religious practices and cult places in the conquered Italic areas, and the role of Rome and its colonies in it. Rather than denying Roman impact and intentionality altogether, it assesses the potential influences of Roman expansionism on the sacred landscapes of ancient Italy in wide and variegated terms.
The studies brought together in this volume draw on different types of evidence and approaches, reflecting also the diversity of different national and disciplinary traditions and schools of thought that often have remained isolated in current debates. It presents important new evidence from the inland Italic areas, as well as synthetic discussions addressing key scholarly controversies, such as the agency of Roman magistrates and the role of Roman colonization in ritual change and votive practices. By focusing on the dynamic interaction between authorities, local communities and wider trends in Hellenistic societies, the volume opens new perspectives on religious change in Italy and its relationship to the rise of Rome.
BICS SUPPLEMENT 132 ISBN 978-1-905670-58-1 viii + 332 pp, colour and black and white images, index
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You can access the full text of the book at https://issuu.com/knirrome/docs/roman_republican_colonization
You can order a paper copy of the book at [email protected]
Articles by Tesse D Stek
The impact of the Social War on settlement dynamics in Samnium and its archaeological visibility in the Biferno, Tappino, and Volturno/Aesernia Projects
Using literary sources and the available archaeological data on settlement patterns as well as places of worship in ancient Samnium, this paper critically considers the supposed impact of the Social War on Samnite society. In previous archaeological studies, this impact has been presented as quite drastic, which tallies well with Sullan rhetoric in the literary sources. By comparing three large-scale landscape archaeological projects, the Biferno Valley Survey, the Tappino Area Archaeological Project, and the Colonial Landscape Project at Aesernia, I show, however, that this drastic image is at least partially the result of the reliance of guide fossils such as black gloss ceramics and sigillata wares, which results in a skewed image. First, I demonstrate that the black gloss – sigillata ratio is quite consistent in the different projects in Molise. Interestingly, even the towns of Aesernia and Larinum, which evidently followed a quite different historical trajectory, seem to demonstrate a similar pattern in black gloss and sigillata consumption. Second, and more importantly, including all finds instead of just the two classic guide fossils, results in a more nuanced development in the three projects. The archaeological findings thus tend to relativise the impact of the Social War and the hypothesis of a dramatic decline in settlement caused by it. However, archaeological and historical continuity must be distinguished; and we should remain cautious with these preliminary conclusions, as further invasive archaeological research should be carried out to test these ideas.
Previous frameworks for understanding Roman imperialism, often based on the classical literary tradition filtered through early modern political science, are now rapidly being reconsidered in the light of a wealth of new archaeological data and critical historiographic enquiry. It is not necessary to reiterate the vehement deconstruction of Rome as a sociopolitical and cultural role model or "archetype" in detail here, although I raise a few cautionary considerations in this regard. Rather, I shift attention to the question of how we should assess the impact of the newly emerging information on our overall understanding of the character of Roman society and imperialism in the Republican period.
Should we interpret the recent critiques as support for a ''primitivist" view of expansive Republican Rome: a Rome that is much less thought out, farsighted, imperialist, and hegemonic, closer to archaic than imperial period Roman society? Or can further historiographical rethinking instead reveal a different logic?
To stimulate synergy, this volume brings together an international group of experts from different fields and backgrounds. It opens up the discussion by offering fresh viewpoints and new evidence for the political organization, social life, mountain settlement, cults and cult sites, and finally the character of Samnite and Roman expansionism.
20% off with attached Flyer.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/archaeology-of-imperial-landscapes/C9DFAB1F15C59955663CF05110B788EC
Moreover, during the period of conquest and political incorporation, incisive changes in religious practices as well as in the cult sites where these were performed, are documented all over the peninsula. The causality between Roman expansionism and these trends is much discussed, and the ‘religious Romanization’ of Italy is currently a key debate.
This volume explores the development of religious practices and cult places in the conquered Italic areas, and the role of Rome and its colonies in it. Rather than denying Roman impact and intentionality altogether, it assesses the potential influences of Roman expansionism on the sacred landscapes of ancient Italy in wide and variegated terms.
The studies brought together in this volume draw on different types of evidence and approaches, reflecting also the diversity of different national and disciplinary traditions and schools of thought that often have remained isolated in current debates. It presents important new evidence from the inland Italic areas, as well as synthetic discussions addressing key scholarly controversies, such as the agency of Roman magistrates and the role of Roman colonization in ritual change and votive practices. By focusing on the dynamic interaction between authorities, local communities and wider trends in Hellenistic societies, the volume opens new perspectives on religious change in Italy and its relationship to the rise of Rome.
BICS SUPPLEMENT 132 ISBN 978-1-905670-58-1 viii + 332 pp, colour and black and white images, index
http://store.london.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=158&catid=86&prodid=1219&searchresults=1
You can access the full text of the book at https://issuu.com/knirrome/docs/roman_republican_colonization
You can order a paper copy of the book at [email protected]
The impact of the Social War on settlement dynamics in Samnium and its archaeological visibility in the Biferno, Tappino, and Volturno/Aesernia Projects
Using literary sources and the available archaeological data on settlement patterns as well as places of worship in ancient Samnium, this paper critically considers the supposed impact of the Social War on Samnite society. In previous archaeological studies, this impact has been presented as quite drastic, which tallies well with Sullan rhetoric in the literary sources. By comparing three large-scale landscape archaeological projects, the Biferno Valley Survey, the Tappino Area Archaeological Project, and the Colonial Landscape Project at Aesernia, I show, however, that this drastic image is at least partially the result of the reliance of guide fossils such as black gloss ceramics and sigillata wares, which results in a skewed image. First, I demonstrate that the black gloss – sigillata ratio is quite consistent in the different projects in Molise. Interestingly, even the towns of Aesernia and Larinum, which evidently followed a quite different historical trajectory, seem to demonstrate a similar pattern in black gloss and sigillata consumption. Second, and more importantly, including all finds instead of just the two classic guide fossils, results in a more nuanced development in the three projects. The archaeological findings thus tend to relativise the impact of the Social War and the hypothesis of a dramatic decline in settlement caused by it. However, archaeological and historical continuity must be distinguished; and we should remain cautious with these preliminary conclusions, as further invasive archaeological research should be carried out to test these ideas.
Previous frameworks for understanding Roman imperialism, often based on the classical literary tradition filtered through early modern political science, are now rapidly being reconsidered in the light of a wealth of new archaeological data and critical historiographic enquiry. It is not necessary to reiterate the vehement deconstruction of Rome as a sociopolitical and cultural role model or "archetype" in detail here, although I raise a few cautionary considerations in this regard. Rather, I shift attention to the question of how we should assess the impact of the newly emerging information on our overall understanding of the character of Roman society and imperialism in the Republican period.
Should we interpret the recent critiques as support for a ''primitivist" view of expansive Republican Rome: a Rome that is much less thought out, farsighted, imperialist, and hegemonic, closer to archaic than imperial period Roman society? Or can further historiographical rethinking instead reveal a different logic?
The workshop is a co-production by the Culture Foundation, the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) and the Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma-CSIC (EEHAR). It is part of the project The Impact of Roman Imperialism in the West.
Organizers: Tesse Stek (KNIR), Anita Casarotto (KNIR), Antonio Pizzo (EEHAR).
Workshop internazionale 17-18 giugno 2019 a Roma, all'Istituto Olandese.
Collaborazione tra La Sapienza, Istituto Olandese/Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome (KNIR), via Omero 12, e USC - Proyecto de excelencia MINECO/FEDER.
Approaches to Italian Urbanism in the Era of the Roman Conquest
Conference at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR), 26-27 June 2019.
Between the 4th and the 2nd centuries BCE the Roman system expanded to include territories with very diverse urban cultures and traditions, from the old city states of Etruria to the polities of the Appennine uplands. Roman conquest has been traditionally considered a decisive factor in the development of urban culture throughout Italy, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the socioeconomic conditions and previous settlement patterns of each area were equally important. Conference participants seek to offer a more balanced evaluation of the urbanization process in Italy starting from a
detailed analysis of each area based on recent and current fieldwork.
Organised by Fabio Colivicchi (Queen's), Myles McCallum (St Mary's) and Tesse Stek (KNIR)
Five sessions revolve around new insights from landscape archaeological projects, developments in the economy, the process of military expansion, processes of centralization and urbanization, and the ritual and religious sphere. A key goal of the conference is to discuss how the Portuguese panorama compares to other areas in the Iberian peninsula, and to foreground its contribution to current debates about Roman expansion and incorporation in the Central and Western Mediterranean.
With a view to assess the potential of integrating best practices in archaeological approaches and methodology, different national and disciplinary research traditions and historical frameworks will be explicitly discussed. As such, the conference aims to explore ways to collaborate more closely between various Mediterranean areas and research projects, and to develop a shared research agenda.
Proposals for contributions, from provinces and elsewhere alike, are welcome.
See http://www.aiac2018.de/ for the procedure and https://www.academia.edu/31419127/The_impact_of_Roman_expansion_and_colonization_on_ancient_Italy_in_the_Republican_period._From_diffusionism_to_networks_of_opportunity for the position paper with examples regarding republican Italy.
Coloniae, civitates foederatae, ager: culti e santuari nel Piceno meridionale tra romanizzazione e municipalizzazione, Filippo Demma and Tommaso Casci Ceccacci
Cult places during the Roman conquest of Eastern Iberia (3rdc. BC-1stc. AD). Transformations of ritual practices and sacred landscapes, Ignacio Grau Mira
Romans at Greek sanctuaries: a view from the Aegean, Annelies Cazemier
De-Romanizing religious developments in the Roman West, Ralph Haussler
The impact of empire on cult places and ritual practices in Roman Gaul and Germany, Ton Derks
Mithraism and Religious Change: A View from Apulum Mithraeum III, Matt McCarty, Mariana Egri, Aurel Rustoiu
Session organisers: Jamie Sewell and Tesse Stek
The Romano-centric historical narrative of the conquest (341 to 265 BC) is well studied, as is the phenomenon of Roman colonisation which came in its wake. Yet an impressive quantity of published results from recent field projects is shedding bright new light on the conquest from the point of view of the conquered. In the period 350 to 300 BC, very large quantities of fortified and rural settlements were created, revealing that communities across much of the peninsula were flourishing. Societal and institutional change at this time is reflected, for example, in settlement dynamics, burial practice, and the development of civic institutions. The conquest created complex patterns of abandonment, continuity and change. New synergies resulted, particularly apparent in new land use strategies, the survival and enhancement of pre-conquest cult places, and the coalescing of new urban centres on or near major pre-conquest settlement sites.
Rather than focusing upon Roman impact versus local reaction, the panel proposes to study the dynamics of the post-conquest period in terms of synergy in a broader framework of Hellenistic technological and ideological developments. By addressing the formative period of Roman imperialism in this way, important parallels with the Roman provinces may be drawn, adding chronological depth to, as well as further exploring currently emerging concepts of Roman imperialism that are less centre- periphery oriented. With papers covering a consistent geographical spectrum, the panel will present results on many aspects of the reconfigurations occurring during and after the conquest period (settlement dynamics, land use, elite roles, religion, cultural and institutional change).
[email protected] and [email protected] Friday,
Room G15, Henley Business School
9.00 The changing face of South Etruria, Hilary Becker
9.30 Settlement and Society in Hellenistic Etruria, Robert Witcher
10.00 Local elites of Adriatic Italy and their ‘paradoxical’ Romanization, Fabio Colivicchi
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Developments in Larinum and its surrounding territory in the aftermath of the Roman conquest of Italy, Elizabeth Robinson
11.30 The dynamics of higher order settlements on the Italian peninsula (350 - 200 BC): a quantitative analysis, Jamie Sewell
12.00 Village type settlements and Roman expansion in the mid-Republican period: new evidence from Molise and Basilicata, Tesse Stek
ABSTRACTS
The Changing Face of South Etruria
Hilary Becker (University of Mississippi, USA)
After the fall of Veii, cities such as Caere, Tarquinia and Vulci vacillated between peace, cautious truce, to full-out war and even the succession of land to Rome. This paper seeks to map the experience of Romanization in south Etruria during the Hellenistic period. To seek this out, we will look in particular at archaeological and epigraphic evidence to explore how the mechanisms of daily life in Etruria were impacted by Rome’s encroaching presence, in the areas of commerce, trade, and transport, coinage, governance, and warfare. The frescoes of the Tomb of Giglioli at Tarquinia, and its walls decorated with armour, will provide one of the valuable case studies used in this examination.
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Settlement and Society in Hellenistic Etruria
Robert Witcher (Durham University, UK)
In this paper I examine the changing settlement, population and economy of Etruria during the Hellenistic period. My previous study of Etruria, focussing on the early imperial period, identified considerable sub-regional variability which appeared to result from the long-term effects of Roman colonial control, and the specific economic and demographic impact of the development of Rome as a metropolis. In particular, regional survey suggested that whereas settlement density reached its peak along the coast and in southern Etruria during the early imperial period, settlement across inland Etruria appeared to reach its maximum density during the Hellenistic period before declining, sometimes sharply, in the early imperial period. This paper seeks to review some of the evidence for settlement from Hellenistic Etruria in order to tease out the origins of later settlement trajectories, and to explore the dialogues between Romans and Etruscans, between urban and rural populations, and between elites and commoners which defined the extension of Roman power across Etruria during the final centuries BC.
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Local Elites of Adriatic Italy and their ‘Paradoxical’ Romanization
Fabio Colivicchi (Queen's University, Ontario, Canada)
Through the discussion of two different case studies, the port city of Ancona and the region of Daunia, a seemingly paradoxical phenomenon is evident that is visible especially in Adriatic Italy – but by no means exclusively - between the 3rd and the 1st centuries BC: a strong increase in signs of ‘Hellenization’ precisely when the political control of Rome is established over Italy. The two case studies confirm that the dualism of ‘Hellenism’ and ‘Romanization’ in the traditional sense of binary opposition is not a productive heuristic tool. In fact Hellenism was not used by the communities of Adriatic Italy to separate themselves from Rome, but to join the developing system of Roman Italy, where Hellenism was a fundamental component for the construction of an increasingly integrated peninsular network.
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Developments in Larinum and its Surrounding Territory in the Aftermath of the
Roman Conquest of Italy
Elizabeth Robinson (ICCS Rome,Duke University)
This paper presents a local-level case study of the effects of the Roman conquest on Larinum and its surrounding territory from 400 BC to AD 100. By considering all of the available evidence, it creates a context-sensitive narrative of Larinum’s transition from independent community to Roman municipium. Prosopographical analysis of epigraphic and literary sources shows significant continuity in the local population, particularly among the elites. This is mirrored in the settlement patterns, where reanalysis of the Biferno Valley Survey evidence demonstrates stability of both farms and villas throughout this period. Such findings seem to contrast with new Hellenistic monument types and decorative schemes appearing in the town, but by combining all the evidence it becomes clear that it was the local elites who chose to employ these elements. The stylistic changes reflect the adoption of Mediterranean-wide trends by the local people, rather than the arrival of outside groups at Larinum
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The Dynamics of Higher Order Settlements on the Italian Peninsula (350 - 200 BC): a Quantitative Analysis
Jamie Sewell (Durham University, UK).
My paper examines the impact of the Roman conquest on all fortified settlements larger than 2 hectares on the Italian peninsula south of the Po. For much of central and southern Italy the late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC represent an intense period of settlement creation and renewal. This flourishing coincides exactly with the period of the Roman conquest. How should this phenomenon be understood? Traditionally, it has been studied on a regional basis. As a result, the suggested processes responsible for it differ according to region. My analysis is interregional, comparing local trajectories and their scholarly traditions. Although many centres endured the conquest, by the 2nd century BC their overall number had reduced, and many large urban centres had been redimensioned. This raises an intriguing question, the complexity of which will be explored in the paper: on balance, could Rome be considered as a force for de-urbanisation?
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Village Type Settlements and Roman Expansion in the Mid-Republican Period: New Evidence from Molise and Basilicata
Tesse Stek (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Roman expansion has typically been associated with urbanism. As a result - and with considerable success - research has often focused on urban contexts, urbanization processes, and, with regard to the hinterland, on the related rationalization of the territory (centuriation). New research hypothesizes, however, that ‘lower-order’ rural settlements and institutions played a considerable role in early Roman expansion and settlement strategies. A combination of the re-reading of epigraphic and archaeological settlement data from colonial territories indeed points to the existence of nucleated or clustered settlement patterns, rather than the anticipated neatly divided landscapes. In this paper, this research direction is further explored and illustrated with new archaeological evidence from the recently started Landscapes of Early Roman Colonization project (NWO), which tests the above hypothesis in the colonial territories of Aesernia (founded 263 BC, modern Molise) and Venusia (founded 291 BC, modern Basilicata).
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KNIR offers 2 to 3 internships on the interpretation of remote sensing data and aerial archaeology. With a small team you will work together on the digital elaboration and interpretation of remote sensing data from the research project in the Tappino area in Molise.
Deadline 27 March- spread the word!!!
Dear all,
The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR), in collaboration with Leiden University, organises an online internship for (R)MA students and Master-graduates in archaeology at Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish Universities who are interested in field survey/landscape archaeology in the western Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean and Roman archaeology, digitisation, Open Data, digital data acquisition, computational methods.
Participants will collect, organise and digitise legacy survey data and information from regional survey projects conducted in Portugal. Archaeological field surveys are a major source of information about past societies. Large survey data-sets from projects between the 1970s and now are available. The early projects often, however, used different field methods, which makes it difficult to compare and combine the different data-sets. To understand large-scale developments in the ancient society of the western Iberian Peninsula, we need to integrate the Portuguese field survey data-sets in GIS. In order to achieve this, during the internship students will study the documentation of metadata and methods of Portuguese survey projects. They will also acquire knowledge about the Fasti Online Survey platform, and assist international researchers with the data-entry into this digital platform.
When: 22 March – 14 May 2021; 7 June – 30 July 2021
Deadline for applications: 5 March 2021
KNIR serves as a gateway to the resources of Rome. It is particularly fit for research in the humanities and social sciences, with its staff specialising in the fields of Archaeology/Antiquity, Art History/Cultural Studies, Philology/Theology, and History. Researchers from other backgrounds who can benefit from a research stay in Rome are welcome too.
The Institute offers Covid-19 safe accommodation in its villa next to the Borghese park in the centre of Rome, and 24/7 access to the Institute’s library. In case a research stay is not possible in fall 2020, the fellowships will remain valid for 2021.
See for more information about the program:
https://www.knir.it/en/studiebeurzen/
The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) has rescheduled its education and research programme for 2020/21. The Institute offers (Research)Master and PhD student courses, as well as fellowships, research stays and internships at all levels.
In autumn 2020, students can discover ancient hill-forts and other highland sites in the Apennines by signing up for the Practicum Exploring Mountain Society. Doing field work with an international team, students acquire various field and (digital) lab methodologies.
The Practicum runs from 14 September to 4 October, with a minimum stay of 2 weeks (3 ECTS).
Deadline for applications: 1 July 2020.
See https://www.knir.it/nl/tile/exploring-mountain-society-2020/ and the enclosed flyer.
More information: https://www.knir.it/en/tile/online-internships-digital-field-survey-archaeology/
The aim of the project is to investigate the long term impact of Roman expansionism in the Western Mediterranean. And engages with further research done in Central-South Italy and the river Duero valley.
In this KNIR Practicum, you explore the potential of drones. You acquire practical skills, from interpreting WWII photographs and LIDAR, to flying drones in the field collecting new aerial images. In the lab, you learn to process datasets through software packages. Your personal case-studies may range from exploring inaccessible mountains, to documenting single archaeological sites and monuments. Guided by experts, you learn how to combine and interpret the collected datasets, and how to present them in publications.
Free for BA, MA, RMA students/PhD students who study at Dutch universities.
In this course, we explore how both Rome and migrant communities managed and accommodated migration, and how the applied strategies of inclusion and exclusion relate to the stability of the empire. We approach the question of migration and imperial success by examining the relationship between mobility, religion and citizenship.
Target group and admission
The course is open to a maximum of 12 selected Master, Research Master and PhD students in Archaeology, Ancient History, Classics, Contemporary (Italian, European) History, Political Science, Philosophy, International Studies, International Relations, Cultural Anthropology, (Developmental) Sociology and related fields enrolled in one of the KNIR partner universities (RU, RUG, UL, UU, UvA, VU).
Course format and assignments
The course is organized by and hosted at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR). It consists of a two-week intensive seminar period in Rome and environs, with lectures, assignments and on-site visits and discussions. During the seminar, each participant delivers an oral presentation at an appropriate archaeological/historical site or museum in Rome.
Before and after the seminar participating students work independently on two written assignments:
– a written preparatory assignment (1.500 words)
– a concluding essay (5.000 words)
Credits and assessment
The study load is the equivalent of 6 ECTS (168 hours). Each student should arrange with his/her home coordinator whether the course can be a part of the existing curriculum. After successful completion of the course the KNIR provides a certificate mentioning study load and evaluation.
The study load is based on:
a) Before the seminar in Rome, independent study of course material and preparatory assignment: 1 ECTS (28 hours)
b) Intensive seminar in Rome (14 days): active participation, oral presentation and essay proposal: 4 ECTS (112 hours)
c) After the seminar: essay of 5.000 words: 1 ECTS (28 hours)
Assessment takes place on the basis of the preparatory assignment, based on the study of course material (10%), active participation and on-site presentation (40%), and the concluding essay (50%).
Costs
Tuition and lodging at the KNIR is free for selected participants from the above mentioned Dutch universities. Personal expenses and meals are not included. Students receive a €100 reimbursement of their expenses for travelling to Rome after submission of their final essay.
Facilities in Rome
All participants will be housed at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome’s Villa Borghese Park. From there, it is only a short walk to the historical center of Rome. The KNIR accommodation consists of shared bedrooms and bathrooms, and includes a living and dining space, a large kitchen, washing machine and wireless internet. All residents have 24/7 access to the library and gardens of the Institute.
Application and admission
Students can apply via the link below; include in your application:
• a letter of motivation
• a cv
• for (R)MA students: a recent list of grades provided by your university
escola de campo de inverno, como parte de uma nova colaboração entre a Universidade de Évora e a Faculdade de Arqueologia de Leiden.
Neste projeto de investigação, o nosso objectivo é estudarmos a Idade do Ferro e o período romano no Alentejo, para permitirmos
comparações mais amplas com outras áreas do Mediterrâneo Ocidental. Trabalharemos com uma equipa internacional de Leiden e Évora,
bem como com outras universidades européias.
Estaremos baseados num Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz (veja a foto acima) com laboratórios, salas, acomodações e cozinha, que
estarão disponíveis o ano inteiro. Haverá muito boas oportunidades para desenvolver temas de tese de Mestrado, Master ou
Doutoramento que podem ser aprofundados com estadias de estudo em Portugal.
O nosso trabalho de campo em Janeiro e Fevereiro se centrará numa exploração da área através da prospecção arqueologica de campo,
teledetecção (drones, dados de satélite) e geofísica em diferentes sítios arqueológicos, como um castro da Idade do Ferro e vários sítios
romanos republicanos que nunca foram estudados antes. Trabalharemos do 14 de Janeiro até aproximadamente 5-10 de Fevereiro.
Alojamento, comida e transporte local serão fornecidos pelo projeto. Os custos da viagem poderão ser reembolsados.
Leiden University is starting a new fieldwork project in Portugal. In January 2018 we start with a winter field school, which forms part of a new collaboration between the Portuguese University of Évora and the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. In this research project we aim to study the Iron Age and Roman period in the Alentejo, east of Lisbon, to allow wider comparisons with other areas in the Western Mediterranean. We will work with an international team from Leiden and Évora, as well as other international universities. We will be based in a study center with labs, lecture halls and accommodation and kitchen, which will be available all year through.
There are very good opportunities to develop BA/MA/PhD thesis topics here that can be explored further with study stays in Portugal.
Our field work in Winter 2018 will focus on an exploration of the area through field survey, remote sensing (drones, satellite data) and geophysics in a series of different sites, among which an Iron Age hill-fort and a series of early Roman sites.
We will work from January 14 to ca. February 10 (if you follow classes in block 3, your obligatory return date is January 28). Accommodation, food, and local transport are all provided by the project. Travel costs to Lisbon can be reimbursed up to €150.
The Royal Dutch Institute at Rome, in collaboration with Leiden University, organizes a Masterclass for MA and PhD students on Early Roman expansionism and imperialism in Rome, Etruria, and Samnium. 8-21 April 2015.
Target Group: Students in Classics, (Ancient) History, Archaeology, Political sciences enrolled in one of the Dutch universities.