The festival is organised by the Nordic embassies, Circolo Scandinavo, and the four Nordic cultural and research institutes in Rome. The programme includes art exhibitions, concerts, literature, film, design and lectures.
This year, the Norwegian Institute in Rome will host two events focusing on different aspects of the historical connections between Norway and Italy.
The Significance of Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Norway
On Monday, 16 November at 18:00, the Norwegian Institute in Rome invites you to a lecture by Victoria Mostue entitled Bildung and Humanitas or a Lethal Poison? The Reception of Rome and Classical Culture in Nineteenth-Century Norway. The lecture will be held in English.
During the nineteenth century, Norway underwent major political and cultural changes. In her lecture, Mostue will examine the significance of antiquity and classical culture for Norwegian academia, politics and cultural life during this period. She will focus particularly on the role of classical languages in education and the relationship between interest in antiquity and National Romanticism.
Victoria Mostue holds a PhD in classical languages from the University of Oslo. Her research has included the history of classical philology in nineteenth-century Norway.
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Open House and Insights into the Institute’s History
The Italian public is warmly welcome to visit the Institute on Monday, 30 November from 18:00 to 20:00.Visitors will be able to explore the Institute’s premises, which are normally dedicated to research and teaching, visit the library, and enjoy panoramic views of Rome from the Institute’s terraces. Staff members will be on hand to provide information and answer questions.
As part of the event, art historian and postdoctoral researcher Martin Lešák will give a lecture entitled Frammenti dagli archivi: sulla preistoria dell’Istituto di Norvegia in Roma at 18:30. The lecture will be held in Italian.
Drawing on material from the Institute’s archives, Lešák will explore the research activities of its founder, Hans Peter L’Orange, in the years leading up to the Institute’s establishment in 1959. He will present, among other things, material from L’Orange’s travels through Italy in 1938 and a research collaboration concerning the Tempietto Longobardo in Cividale del Friuli, which began after the Second World War.
Martin Lešák is a postdoctoral researcher in art history at the Norwegian Institute in Rome. His research focuses particularly on the history of medieval Rome and the relationship between art and liturgy.
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Novembre nordico programme
There will also be plenty of other exciting and interesting events in Rome throughout November, so we encourage everyone to take a look at the full programme for Novembre Nordico:
Programma — Novembre Nordico