About the seminars
The Institute seminars are open to all and take place in the lecture hall downstairs on Tuesdays at 12:00. The format is a 20 minute-paper, presented in English, followed by a Q&A session and an informal gathering in the garden or in the common room upstairs.
Kindly register your participation by filling out the registration form, preferably the day before the lecture you will be attending.
Program Autumn Term 2025
The first part of the programme is in place, but more presentations will be added as we go along. Please refer to specific announcements for more information about the individual presentations and speakers.
- Tuesday 16 September at 12:00: Ingvild Berg, School of Architecture and Design. Winner of Hans Rasmus Astrup's prize for outstanding student work 2025: The Sensory Heritage of Pliny the Younger – From Ancient Literary Sources to the Renaissance Villa
- Tuesday 30 September at 12:00: Martina Gatto, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', The SparMod Project: The Spartan Political Ideal in Early Modern Europe (15th -17th century)
- Tuesday 7 October at 12:00: Martin Romatowski, University of Oslo, Condemned Objects: Immoral Materiality at the Bonfires of Fifteenth-Century Italy
- Tuesday 28 October at 12:00: Liv Ingeborg Lied, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Early Jewish Texts beyond Antiquity: The Christian Manuscript Transmission
- Tuesday 4 November at 12:00: Andreas Ørjansen Kaarevik, University of Bergen, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus' Relationes
- Tuesday 18 November at 12:00: Elise Friestad, University of Bergen, Aesthetics as Extremism in Ancient Rome: The Galli and The Cult of Magna Mater
- Tuesday 25 November at 12:00, Cristina Maria Manzetti, University of Cyprus, The Emotional Aspect of The Grand Tour: Quantifying The Impact of The Material Heritage
- Tuesday 2 December at 12:00, Bjørn Magnus Hanserud, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Eastern Roman Christian Ethics under the Macedonian Dynasty in Relation to Just War and Righteous Governance