Ciao from Rome!

All roads lead to Rome. In this post, Linnea Høie Fredheim describes how her master’s thesis sent her travelling the other way — out of the city.

The Norwegian Institute in Rome recently hosted an international summer school on Zoroastrianism and its Roman reception, taught by Michael Stausberg (University of Bergen). In this blog post, Ulysse Barthel (Paris) reflects on the course and on his stay at the Institute.

Journeying by night train from Rome to Cividale del Friuli, postdoctoral fellow Martin Lešák set out to trace how Norwegian scholars helped redefine the mysterious Tempietto Longobardo and forged lasting ties with the town’s archives, institutions, and community.

During his archaeology studies, Vegard Bleken travelled repeatedly to Rome, each visit deepening his familiarity with the city. In this post, he explores how courses and study trips to Rome have shaped his studies and career, and why experiencing the city as a student truly matters.

During her postdoctoral fellowship at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, Synnøve Midtbø Myking has explored how medieval Scandinavians encountered and imagined the eternal city, using a Danish Cistercian manuscript as her starting point. In this blog post, she shares some findings and reflections on Rome’s legends, learned networks, and Nordic perspectives on the caput mundi.