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• Hal, Toon van & Lamers, Han (2026). Ninety new Greek proverbs of Hermodorus Rhegius: edition and textual history. Byzantine and modern Greek studies. ISSN 0307-0131. 50(1), p. 39–68. doi: 10.1017/byz.2025.10057. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In the early seventeenth century, the Greek Jesuit Hermodorus Rhegius (1579–1655) compiled a collection of Greek proverbs which constitutes important evidence for early modern Greek language and culture. Little is known about Hermodorus aside from his pastoral and educational work across the Aegean islands, primarily on Chios. For over two centuries, his proverbs were known mainly through the work of Charles Du Cange, who cited twenty-seven of them. The early twentieth century, however, saw three additional proverbs uncovered in a manuscript in the National Library of France (Français 9467), and a recent discovery in the Médiathèque d’Orléans (MS 0422) has added ninety more. This article revisits Hermodorus’ legacy in light of this new evidence and presents an edition of all 120 proverbs attributed to his collection, thereby enlarging the corpus fourfold. Tracing the collection’s textual history for the first time, this study also reveals a small network of scholars in early modern France with a keen interest in Greek proverbs.

• Lešák, Martin F. (2026). Healing Old Wounds, Forging Strong Alliances: Transferring Sainte Foy’s Relics from Conques to Agen in 1879. Different Visions. 13, p. 1–34. doi: 10.61302/IRDH1805. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The relics of Sainte Foy, a young third-century martyr, were transferred from Agen to the Conques Abbey in the second half of the ninth century, ultimately transforming the monastery into a renowned site of miracles. Nearly a thousand years later, the repercussions of the purported sacred theft (furtum sacrum) still echoed when the bishop of Rodez and Vabres, Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret, whose diocese included the Conques Abbey, sent fragments of Sainte Foy’s relics in the opposite direction, from Conques to Agen. To mark the solemn transfer of the martyr’s relics, a triumphal procession honoring Sainte Foy was held on May 25, 1879, weaving through the streets of the city, an event inherently intertwined with historical trauma. By delving into contemporary programs and reports published in the local press, the present article sheds light on the context and reception of the event, which both healed old wounds and forged strong alliances.

• Sande, Siri (2025). En feltherre. Klassisk Forum. ISSN 0801-3179. 40(1-2), p. 5–38. doi: https:/ojs.novus.no/index.php/kf/article/view/2511/2500. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Jeg vet ikke om det skyldes at jeg er blitt gammel, men Hans Peter L’Orange (1903-83) er et navn som stadig dukker opp når jeg skriver noe. Så også her: utgangspunktet for denne artikkelen er et fragment som inntil nylig var i hans families eie, men som i skrivende stund er i ferd med å bli solgt. Jeg vil beskrive fragmentet og sammenholde det med relevant materiale som grunnlag for å forstå hva slags monument det stammer fra.

• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Crossing the Jordan: From Santa Maria Maggiore to the Roman Apse Decorations. In Fingarova, Galina & Külzer, Andreas (Ed.), Territories and Boundaries: Crossing Rivers in Byzantium and Beyond. Brepols. ISSN 9782503619088. p. 41–62. doi: https:/www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503619088-1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This essay dives into the earliest representations of the crossing of the Jordan River in the monumental decorations of Rome. It first considers one of the fifth-century mosaic panels of Joshua's cycle at Santa Maria Maggiore depicting the passage of the Israelites over the Jordan. Then, it turns to the river's representation in the earliest Roman apse decorations, starting the discussion with the so-called oratory of Monte della Giustizia and concluding with the ninth-century apse mosaic of Santa Prassede. This contribution sheds light on the ways iconographies were conceived in relation to the visual tradition, theological ideas, and the rituals orchestrated in the sacred spaces.

• Lamers, Han (2025). Transformations of Herodotus in Early Modern Europe: The Example of Rubens' Boston Tomyris. In Catherine, Gaullier-Bougassas, (Eds.), Nouvelles traductions et réceptions indirectes de la Grèce ancienne. Tome 2: Traductions de traductions de textes grecs et translatio studii. Brepols. ISSN 9782503606873. p. 259–276. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2025). Out of the Temples and into the Streets: Reassembling the Christianisation of Roman Urban Space. Antichthon. ISSN 0066-4774. 58, p. 21–45. doi: 10.1017/ann.2025.10021. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The last decades have seen great scholarly interest in the fate of Roman temples and cult statues during the Christianisation of the Roman Empire. The surge of studies on spatiality and lived religion in Roman studies have demonstrated that ancient religious practice was not confined to sanctuaries but rather infused into all spheres of everyday life. Informed by these studies, I argue that the Christianisation effort was not confined to temples and cult statues in sanctuaries, despite the narrow focus on these monuments in legal and patristic sources. The spaces where people most frequently moved, lived, and practised religion in their everyday lives were equally important religious arenas. In this article I venture out of the temples and into the streets of late antique Ephesus to the Triodos intersection to highlight an array of subtle transformations that are unassuming in isolation, but together effectively Christianised the streetscape. I demonstrate that streetscapes were arenas of material Christianisation alongside monumental sanctuaries. The Triodos is used as a point of departure to show how the Roman streetscapes functioned as more-than-material religious assemblages. Human–material interaction in ritual and everyday movement and practices made the streetscapes active participants in the Christianisation process.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). Saints of the Low Countries in Scandinavia: Manuscript evidence from twelfth-century Lund and Nidaros. The Medieval Low Countries (MLC). ISSN 2295-3493. 11, p. 13–41. doi: 10.1484/j.mlc.5.149645. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The Christianisation of Scandinavia, generally viewed as having been conducted from England and Germany, has formed the context in which evidence of saints’ cults has been interpreted in Denmark and Norway, not only during the early days of organised Christendom, but also during the High Middle Ages. Consequently, saints associated with the Low Countries and appearing in Danish and Norwegian manuscripts has been partly overlooked in the scholarship, partly assigned to other categories such as ‘French’ and ‘German’. This article examines the inclusion of such saints in twelfth-century manuscripts with a provenance from the archsees of Lund and Nidaros, bringing nuance to the standard narrative and shedding new light on connections that have so far been little studied.

• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Festive Rituals at Conques in the 1870s. In Foletti, Ivan & Palladino, Adrien (Ed.), Conques Across Time: Inventions and Reinventions (9th–21st Centuries). Viella. ISSN 9791254699232. p. 355–369. Full text in Research Archive
• Foletti, Ivan; Huang, Lei & Lešák, Martin F. (2025). In the Valley: The Geographical Context and Origins of the Abbey. In Foletti, Ivan & Palladino, Adrien (Ed.), Conques Across Time: Inventions and Reinventions (9th–21st Centuries). Viella. ISSN 9791254699232. p. 87–107. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. & Rosenbergová, Sabina (2025). Managing and Ritualizing the Surroundings of the Conques Abbey. In Foletti, Ivan & Palladino, Adrien (Ed.), Conques Across Time: Inventions and Reinventions (9th–21st Centuries). Viella. ISSN 9791254699232. p. 123–137. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. & Racaniello, Kris N. (2025). Post-Medieval Processions and the Majesty of Sainte Foy. In Foletti, Ivan & Palladino, Adrien (Ed.), Conques Across Time: Inventions and Reinventions (9th–21st Centuries). Viella. ISSN 9791254699232. p. 351–354. Full text in Research Archive
• Andås, Margrete Helen Syrstad & Aavitsland, Kristin Margrethe Bliksrud (2024). Byen som religiøst landskap. In Bauer, Egil Lindhart; Eriksen, Stefka G.; Hegdal, Håvard; Stige, Morten & Berge, Sara Langvik (Ed.), Det gamle Oslo 1000–1624. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202738464. p. 348–361. doi: 10.23865/cdf.239. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  I 1624 brant Oslo. Den nye byen Christiania ble etablert på andre siden av Bjørvika, nedenfor Akershus festning, og de nedbrente restene av Oslo ble jevnet med jorden. Området ble tatt i bruk til landbruk, og slik forsvant det gamle Oslo gradvis fra syn og sinn. Først med de store gravearbeidene for jernbanen fra slutten av 1800-tallet dukket restene av hus, kirker og borger igjen opp fra glemselen. De siste årene, med byggingen av Follobanen og utviklingen av Bjørvika-området, har arkeologiske utgravninger avdekket omfattende spor av middelalderens by og havn. Gjennom bidrag fra arkeologer, historikere, kunsthistorikere, bygnings-, religions-, tekst- og stedsnavnforskere, latinister og runologer, samler denne boka ny forskning og nye resultater fra disse utgravningene. Selv om mange sider av byens historie for alltid vil være tapt for oss, er kunnskapen om det gamle Oslo større enn noen gang.

• Foletti, Ivan & Lešák, Martin F. (2024). Du désert au Paradis: Conques et son environnement prémoderne. Les Cahiers de Saint-Michel de Cuxa. ISSN 1140-7530. LV, p. 5–12. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). Changing burial practices in Late Antiquity: embracing complexities. In Norstein, Frida Espolin & Selsvold, Irene (Ed.), Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition. Routledge. ISSN 9781032573458. p. 186–202. doi: 10.4324/9781003441557-16. Full text in Research Archive
• Norstein, Frida Espolin; Selsvold, Irene & Voutsaki, Sofia (2024). Death and transformation: burial practices and societal change. In Norstein, Frida Espolin & Selsvold, Irene (Ed.), Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition. Routledge. ISSN 9781032573458. p. 3–20. doi: 10.4324/9781003441557-2. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2024). The Romans who didn’t build: Crassus, Cicero, and Marcus Aurelius’ architectural legacy, or lack thereof. Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia (ACTA). ISSN 0065-0900. 37, p. 175–197. doi: 10.5617/acta.10482. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, Rome’s leaders patronised the construction of public buildings and infrastructure projects. Doing so could bring prestige, popularity, and present and posthumous fame. However, there are also several notable Romans who were markedly more restrained than their peers in this activity. Given the acknowledged advantages of this form of civic munificence, this paper asks why certain individuals did not engage in it. Focusing on the city of Rome, it considers the building activity of Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Each presents a distinct standalone case, thus providing new insights into this element of their individual biographies. Taken collectively, the discussion adds to our picture of attitudes toward building and architecture in Roman society overall, further illuminating that its perceived role within politics, society, and culture was of variable value.

• Engh, Line Cecilie; Aavitsland, Kristin Margrethe Bliksrud; Johansson, Karl G.; Jørgensen, Jon Gunnar; Gullbekk, Svein Harald & Orning, Hans Jacob [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2024). An Introduction to Standardization in the Middle Ages. In Engh, Line Cecilie; Gullbekk, Svein Harald & Orning, Hans Jacob (Ed.), Standardization in the Middle Ages. Vol. 1: The North. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110773712. p. 1–17. doi: 10.1515/9783110773712-001. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The aim of the introduction is twofold: to present central theories on standardization, and to discuss how to frame and use the concept of standardization in the Middle Ages. We argue that standardization proceeded by way of flux and flexibility: negotiations, interpretations, and adaptations. We suggest that such processes are possibly even required for successful standardization to take place. On the surface, the tensions between center and periphery, unity and diversity, predictability and flexibility, and standards and variations may seem like cases of order versus confusion: as if medieval people aspired to homogeneity but constantly succumbed to chaos. But, in fact, the two poles - on the one hand unitas and predictability and on the other, varietas and flexibility - are two sides of the same coin. It takes attention to both poles to understand processes of standardization in the Middle Ages. Finally, the introduction presents the chapters of the book, which pursue lines of interrogation that oscillate between Bronze Age weights and the Exchequer Standards, Roman script and the Vadstena cursive, Gulathingslaw and Gratian, the parochial system and Hólar bishopric, medieval seals and modern restaurants, Nidaros and Constantinople, Hovedøya and Clairvaux, coinage of Viking Ribe and Eucharist bread wafers, Skaldic and Christian poetry, and more.

• Eck, Marianne Ritsema van (2023). Helena on the Move. The Makings of a Medieval Saint. In Barr, Jessica & Zimbalist, Barbara (Ed.), Writing Holiness: Genre and Reception across Medieval Hagiography. Brepols. ISSN 9782503601984. p. 35–64. doi: 10.1484/M.CURSOR-EB.5.134066. Full text in Research Archive
• Aavitsland, Kristin Bliksrud (2023). Golden Altars: Evoking the Heavenly Jerusalem. In Stang, Margrethe Cecilia Molland & Tillery, Laura (Ed.), The Medieval Scandinavian Art Reader. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 9788230402986. p. 183–202. Full text in Research Archive
• Foletti, Ivan & Lešák, Martin F. (2023). Hidden Treasure and Precious Pearl: Sant'Agnese fuori le mura, its Apse Mosaic, and the Experience of Liturgy. In Scirocco, Elisabetta & Blaauw, Sible De (Ed.), From Words to Space: Textual Sources for Reconstructing and Understanding Medieval Sacred Spaces. Campisano editore. ISSN 9791280956200. p. 75–96. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2023). The ‘Glorious Traveler’: St Foy´s Triumphal March from Rodez to Conques or the Liturgical Afterlife of Two Medieval Reliquaries. Convivium: Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean. ISSN 2336-3452. p. 42–63. doi: 10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.137360. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2023). Notes from Rome 2022-23. Papers of The British School at Rome. ISSN 0068-2462. 91, p. 307–319. doi: 10.1017/S0068246223000168. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2022). Santa Maria Maggiore v pozdní antice. Prostor jako stvořený pro stacionární liturgii? In Horáková, Tereza & Řezníčková, Veronika (Ed.), Zadání, umělecká úloha a funkce v architektuře a ve výtvarném umění. Books & Pipes. p. 177–193. Full text in Research Archive
• Sande, Siri & Handberg, Søren (2022). Classical Archaeology in Norway. In Göransson, Kristian & D'Alessio, Maria Teresa (Ed.), Atti della tavola rotonda tenuta in occasione dei 70 anni dell'Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica (AIAC). Edizioni Quasar. ISSN 9788854912595. p. 53–66. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2022). Transforming a Desert, Claiming the Domain: The Early Medieval Landscape of Conques. Convivium: Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean. ISSN 2336-3452. IX(1), p. 148–167. doi: 10.1484/J.CONVI.5.131650. Full text in Research Archive
• Foletti, Ivan & Lešák, Martin F. (2022). Reconsidering ‘Romanesque’ Art Through the Pilgrim’s Body: The Migrating Art Historians Project Five Years Later. Peregrinations. VIII(2), p. 43–67. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2022). Notes from Rome 2021-22. Papers of The British School at Rome. ISSN 0068-2462. doi: 10.1017/S0068246222000241. Full text in Research Archive
• Sande, Siri (2022). How Silly was Praxilla? Gourds, Succulents and the Female Sex. In Lamers, Han & Bär, Silvio Friedrich (Ed.), Studia in honorem Vibeke Roggen. Hermes Academic Publishing and Bookshop A/S. ISSN 9788280342126. p. 39–53. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This book pays homage to Vibeke Roggen, Associate Professor of Latin at the University of Oslo, who has been a driving force and guiding spirit of classical culture in Norway. On the occasion of her retirement in 2022, national and international colleagues as well as former students joined forces to acknowledge her commitment to Classics by contributing to this Festschrift. It is dedicated to Vibeke Roggen in gratitude and admiration for the inexhaustible energy, enthusiasm and generosity with which she has promoted the study of Latin and classical culture over the last few decades. Divided in four main thematic sections ("Verba et voces", "Studia Neolatina", "Miscellanea litteraria et historica", and "Paedogogica"), the book contains contributions in Norwegian, Danish, English, German, Latin, and Spanish. Contributors include Tor Egil Førland, Mari Brenna Volland, Siri Sande, Silvio Bär, Anastasia Maravela, Giuliano Sidro, Monika Asztalos, Boris Maslov, Milena Minkova, Han Lamers, Egil Kraggerud, Pieta van Beek, Andreas Fritsch, William M. Barton, Minna Skafte Jensen, Sigrid Albert, Synnøve des Bouvrie, Marek Thue Kretschmar, Paola Marongiu, Christian Laes, Dirk Sacré, Eirik Welo, Tuomo Pekkanen, Giancarlo Rossi, Sofia Heim, Pål Rykkja Gilbert, J. Rasmus Brandt, Tor Ivar Østmoe, Victoria Mostue, Halfdan Baadsvik, Mathilde Skoie, Hilde Sejersted, Tilman Hartenstein, Toon Van Hal, Jan Papy, Federico Aurora, Iris Brecke, and Thea S. Thorsen.

• Prescott, Christopher (2021). Engaging global issues and local values – scales, culture, concepts and politics. In Higgins, Valerie & Douglas, Diane (Ed.), Communities and Cultural Heritage Global Issues, Local Values. Routledge. ISSN 9780367467975. p. 192–197. doi: 10.4324/9781003031192. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2021). Organised crime in trafficking of cultural goods in Turkey and interconnections between antiquities trafficking and narcotics trafficking, arms trafficking and political violence. In Traviglia, Arianna; Milano, Lucio; Tonghini, Cristina & Giovanelli, Riccardo (Ed.), Stolen heritage: Multidisciplinary perspectives on illicit trafficking of cultural heritage in the EU and the MENA region. Edizioni Ca’ Foscari (ECF). ISSN 9788869695179. p. 115–155. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). An ancient debate on urban renewal and built heritage: Dio Chrysostom and the city of Prusa. Urban History. ISSN 0963-9268. doi: 10.1017/S0963926821000663. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). 'A city of brick’: Augustus out of context. OMNIBVS. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2021). The Roman Cult of Hercules. In Ogden, Daniel (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Heracles. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190650988. p. 489–506. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190650988.013.36. Full text in Research Archive
• Sande, Siri (2021). Panegyrics, Poetry and Hair in the Late First and Early Second Century AD. Symbolae Osloenses - Norwegian Journal of Greek and Latin Studies. ISSN 0039-7679. 95(1), p. 192–233. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2021). It is not against the law, if no-one can see you: Online social organisation of artefact-hunting in Former Yugoslavia. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology. 4(1), p. 169–187. doi: 10.5334/JCAA.76. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2021). It is not against the law, if no one can see you: Online social organisation of artefact-hunting in former Yugoslavia. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology. 4(1), p. 169–187. doi: 10.5334/jcaa.76. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2021). Conflict antiquities’ rescue or ransom? The cost of buying back stolen cultural property in contexts of political violence. International Journal of Cultural Property. ISSN 0940-7391. 28(1), p. 5–26. doi: 10.1017/S0940739121000084. Full text in Research Archive
• Sande, Siri (2020). Barnet i skjellet. Klassisk Forum. ISSN 0801-3179. 1, p. 50–73. Full text in Research Archive
• Sande, Siri (2020). Emotions in Antiquity and ancient Egypt. In Lindhagen, Marina Prusac (Eds.), Emotions in antiquity and ancient Egypt. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 9788280842077. Full text in Research Archive
• Sande, Siri (2020). Følelser i antikken og det gamle Egypt. In Lindhagen, Marina Prusac (Eds.), Følelser i antikken og det gamle Egypt. Kulturhistorisk Museum. ISSN 9788280842060. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2020). One size does not fit all? Interpreting complex diachronic Neolithic-period data in Norway. In Gron, Kurt J.; Sørensen, Lasse & Rowley-Conwy, Peter (Ed.), Farmers at the Frontier: A Pan-European Perspective.. Oxbow Books. ISSN 9781789251401. p. 381–400. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This article deals with the history of late hunter-gatherer and early agricultural societies in Scandinavia through the Norwegian case. Here, the Neolithic is not perceived as a slow but steady introduction and consolidation of agriculture. Instead, the Neolithic period in Norway represents a jagged history, and is perhaps not primarily about agriculture. In the Early and Middle Neolithic this article mainly deals with regions beyond the Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB), though borders and distinctions are not always clear (Glørstad, 2009). In the Late Neolithic the focus is the Nordic region. This article groups the discussion around three chronological epochs: the Nordic Late Neolithic (LN, c. 2350-1700 BC), the Middle Neolithic B (MNB, c. 2700-2350 BC), the Early and Middle Neolithic A (EN and MNA 3950-2700 BC) extending into the last six hundred years of the preceding Late Mesolithic (LM). The evidence demonstrates that with the transition to the LN, farming and stockholding are cemented as the foundation of the economy. The MN B (i.e. the time of the Corded Ware Culture, CWC, i.e. Scandinavian Battle Axe Cultures) remains an enigma in which agro-pastoralism probably is not an important factor. In terms of the preceding Neolithic and Mesolithic periods, there is a continuous process of vegetation and landscape management, though if and how agriculture is a factor here remains uncertain.

• Prøsch-Danielsen, Lisbeth; Prescott, Christopher & Fredh, Erik Daniel (2020). Land cover and exploitation of upland resources on the Høg-Jæren Plateau, southwestern Norway, over the last 6500 years. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. ISSN 2352-409X. 32. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102443. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This study explores the use of upland resources on the Høg-Jæren Plateau (360 m asl) in southwestern Norway during the last 6500 years. Human activities and land-use variations were reconstructed using a compilation of data from pollen analysis of six sediment cores retrieved along an altitudinal transect belonging to the present day farm Aniksdal (approx. 31 km2), with archaeological finds and historical records. Vegetation modelling was also used to quantify land-cover at regional (REVEALS model) and local (LOVE model) scales. The combined records show that humans were active in the area during the last 6500 years, and they created increasingly more open land in the region (from 60 to 90% cover). Locally, the land-use in the uplands varied substantially, but with generally increased cover of heath- and/or grassland through time, accompanied by greater burning as indicated by the rise in microscopic charcoal. These vegetation changes suggest active clearance and probable management using fire throughout the period studied. Hunter-gatherers dominated the land-use in the early part of the record (c. 4500–2400 BCE). They possibly kept livestock sometime after 3950 BCE, though management favouring wild animals and certain plants is also a reasonable explanation for the increased open land during this period. After 2400 BCE, an agricultural society was established and grazing activities dominated the land-use at Høg-Jæren (c. 2400–500 BCE), followed by establishment of the infield/outfield system (c. 500 BCE–1000 CE), with permanent fields and settlements in the valley, and a mixed use of the uplands. Hay-production became increasingly important, and shielings were established in the uplands during the last 1000 years, probably used as bases for a combination of grazing, hay-production and dairy farming. The study shows the importance of combining data from several disciplines to provide a relatively detailed spatial and temporal reconstruction of human activity.

• Prescott, Christopher & Rasmussen, Josephine Munch (2020). Exploring the “Cozy Cabal of Academics, Dealers and Collectors” through the Schøyen Collection. Heritage. 3(1), p. 68–91. doi: 10.3390/heritage3010005. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In the wake of the trade in ancient materials, several ethical and political issues arise that merit concern: The decimation of the cultural heritage of war-torn countries, proliferation of corruption, ideological connotations of orientalism, financial support of terrorism, and participation in networks involved in money laundering, weapon sales, human trafficking and drugs. Moreover, trafficking and trading also have a harmful effect on the fabric of academia itself. This study uses open sources to track the history of the private Schøyen Collection, and the researchers and public institutions that have worked with and supported the collector. Focussing on the public debates that evolved around the Buddhist manuscripts and other looted or illicitly obtained material from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, this article unravels strategies to whitewash Schøyen’s and his research groups’ activities. Numerous elements are familiar from the field of antiquities trafficking research and as such adds to the growing body of knowledge about illicit trade and collecting. A noteworthy element in the Schøyen case is Martin Schøyen and his partner’s appeal to digital dissemination to divorce collections from their problematic provenance and history and circumvent contemporary ethical standards. Like paper publications, digital presentations contribute to the marketing and price formation of illicit objects. The Norwegian state’s potential purchase of the entire Schøyen collection was promoted with the aid of digital dissemination of the collection hosted by public institutions. In the wake of the Schøyen case, it is evident that in spite of formal regulations to thwart antiquities trafficking, the continuation of the trade rests on the attitudes and practice of scholars and institutions. Keywords: antiquities trafficking; ancient manuscripts; Afghanistan; Norway; research ethics; provenance; Schøyen collection

• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). Criminal money and antiquities: An open source investigation into transnational organized cultural property crime. In Benson, Katie; King, Colin & Walker, Clive (Ed.), Assets, crimes and the state: Innovation in 21st century legal responses. Routledge. ISSN 9780367025922. p. 154–167. doi: 10.4324/9780429398834. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Art and antiquities have been identified as assets for terrorist financing and money laundering, and their trade is, therefore, being targeted for regulation. However, there is little data on cultural property trading and even less on cultural property crime, and cultural property traders are resisting anti-money laundering (AML) regulation. This chapter presents evidence from open-source research that demonstrates the participation of organised crime networks, organised crime groups, politically motivated armed groups, and politically exposed persons in the art market. It also demonstrates the contributions of innovative assemblages of governance to generating and mobilising such evidence in order to inform and augment cultural property policing. This evidence indicates that the market is being exploited and must be regulated. However, as there is little policing to identify and stop such activity and there is ever more online activity that is even more difficult to police, the most effective form of AML action would be monitoring, investigating, and prosecuting suspect activity under existing law.

• Lešák, Martin F. (2020). Stational Liturgy and Local History: Leo III’s Apse Mosaic at Santa Susanna. Convivium: Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean. ISSN 2336-3452. p. 154–175. doi: 10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.130990. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2020). Holy Monday at the Santa Prassede: Stational Liturgy and Paschal I’s Mosaic Decoration. In Lešák, Martin F.; Rosenbergová, Sabina & Tvrzníková, Veronika (Ed.), Step by Step Towards the Sacred. Ritual, Movement, and Visual Culture in the Middle Ages. Viella. ISSN 9788833137018. p. 81–106. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). Treasure-hunters 'even from Sweden', organised criminals and 'lawless' police in the Eastern Mediterranean: Online social organisation of looting and trafficking of antiquities from Turkey, Greece and Cyprus. Revista d'Arqueologia de Ponent (RAP). ISSN 1131-883X. p. 215–240. doi: 10.21001/rap.2020.30.11. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). Private 'rescue'-by-purchase of stolen cultural goods: The material and social consequences and the complicity of Europe and North America. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. ISSN 2202-7998. 10(1), p. 65–82. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v10i1.1526. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). 'You just have to wear it': Trafficking of metal-detected antiquities from South-East Asia. In Hufnagel, Saskia & Moiseienko, Anton (Ed.), Policing Transnational Crime: Law Enforcement of Criminal Flows. Routledge. ISSN 9780815354635. p. 63–95. doi: 10.4324/9781351132275. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Roman letters: discoveries and exhibitions in the Eternal City. The Norwegian Institute in Rome Online. Full text in Research Archive
• Sande, Siri (2019). Julia, Domna, Caracalla (og kanskje Geta). Klassisk Forum. ISSN 0801-3179. 1-2, p. 18–53. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2019). Antiquities trafficking and conflict financing: The fight against looting and smuggling of cultural property goods in a global perspective of peace. In Caracciolo, Ida & Montuoro, Umberto (Ed.), Preserving cultural heritage and national identities for international peace and security. G. Giappichelli Editore. ISSN 9788892180710. p. 15–26. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2019). To get a good price, 'you have to sell in international bidding sites': Trafficking of metal-detected cultural goods from South Asia. In Hufnagel, Saskia & Moiseienko, Anton (Ed.), Criminal networks and law enforcement: Global international perspectives on illicit enterprise. Routledge. ISSN 9780815386001. p. 93–119. doi: 10.4324/9781351176194-6. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter analyses open-source evidence to advance understanding of the trafficking of cultural goods in South Asia. It focuses on Afghanistan; India, including India-administered Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan, including Pakistan-administered Azad-Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan; and Sri Lanka. The chapter explores the China-administered Aksai-Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract in Kashmir. The brand advertises in markets where economic insecurity and rich legends of ancient treasures coincide, such as Iran, Tunisia, China and Greece. The United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and France are some of the markets that consume ‘large numbers’ of cultural objects from Pakistan. Partly due to the geographical span of ancient societies and partly due to the political span of modern crises, cultural property crime in Afghanistan and Pakistan appears to be a highly transnational enterprise. Gandharan culture spans eastern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan. Antiquities from Afghanistan are fraudulently documented and illicitly transported by elements within the government and the military in Pakistan.

• Barker, Simon (2019). The demolition, salvage and recycling industry in Imperial Rome. Ædificare. Revue internationale d’histoire de la construction. ISSN 2557-3659. 4, p. 37–88. doi: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09276-6.p.0037. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In Rome, during the Republic and Empire, while there was an ever-increasing supply of new building materials and decorative stones, a large amount of material was also recovered and processed for reuse. This article sheds light on the practical aspects of this recycling, including its organization, the processes implemented in major disassembly projects, and the importance of recycling in the urban economy of construction.

• Clarke, John R & Barker, Simon (2019). Reconstructing the decorative program of diaeta 78. In Clarke, John R & Muntasser, Nayla K (Ed.), Oplontis: Villa A (“of Poppaea”) at Torre Annunziata, Italy: Decorative Ensembles: Painting, Stucco, Pavements, Sculptures. American Council of Learned Societies Humanities E-Book Series. ISSN 9781597409322. p. 806–842. Full text in Research Archive
• Barker, Simon & Fant, J Clayton (2019). Stone sources and types: report on provenance analyses for the lithic elements from Villa A, Oplontis. In Clarke, John R & Muntasser, Nayla K (Ed.), Oplontis: Villa A (“of Poppaea”) at Torre Annunziata, Italy: Decorative Ensembles: Painting, Stucco, Pavements, Sculptures. American Council of Learned Societies Humanities E-Book Series. ISSN 9781597409322. p. 959–1051. Full text in Research Archive
• Barker, Simon & Fant, J Clayton (2019). Lithic Decoration: Sources, Styles, Repairs and Spoliation. In Clarke, John R & Muntasser, Nayla K (Ed.), Oplontis: Villa A (“of Poppaea”) at Torre Annunziata, Italy: Decorative Ensembles: Painting, Stucco, Pavements, Sculptures. American Council of Learned Societies Humanities E-Book Series. ISSN 9781597409322. p. 1052–1189. Full text in Research Archive

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• Lamers, Han; Reitz-Joosse, Bettina & Schön, Katharina-Maria (2026). Texts of Tyranny: A Selection of Latin Texts from Fascist Italy and National Socialist Germany [forthcoming]. De Gruyter Brill. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Myklebust, Erlend Østrem (2025). Mussolini's Medals: Latin - Materiality - Politics. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9789042956049. 109 p. doi: https:/www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?search_key=9789042956049&series_number_str=26. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Glas, Nico de (2024). Laonikos Chalkokondyles. Over de opkomst van de Osmaanse Turken en de ondergang van Constantinopel. Onderzoekingen van een ooggetuige. Ta Grammata. ISBN 9789083234762. 496 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Laonikos uit Athene is een tijdgenoot van de Val van Constantinopel in 1453 en van de verovering van het Byzantijnse Rijk door de Osmaanse Turken. Hoe heeft het zover kunnen komen? Om die vraag te beantwoorden zet Laonikos zich kort na de Val tot het schrijven van zijn geschiedwerk. Onderzoekingen noemt hij zijn geschrift, en geen kroniek, geen politieke of militaire geschiedenis. Ook doet Laonikos niet aan kruistochtretoriek, aan het afbranden van Turken of islam. Hij schrijft met open geest en met de zakelijke benadering van de klassieke Thucydides, die hem tot voorbeeld diende. En tegelijk met de belangstelling voor andere volken en culturen die hij van Herodotus kende. Met als resultaat: een eigenzinnige geschiedenis van de zwanenzang van Byzantium en de opkomst van het Osmaanse Rijk. Laonikos voegt een verrassend moderne stem uit het verleden toe aan hedendaagse discussies over culturele verscheidenheid en West-Europese blik op de wereld. Dit boek is van belang voor iedereen met interesse in de receptie van de oudheid, geschiedschrijving, late middeleeuwen, Byzantium en Osmaanse wereld.

• Norstein, Frida Espolin & Selsvold, Irene (2024). Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition. Routledge. ISBN 9781032573458. 254 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Foletti, Ivan; Lešák, Martin F. & Palladino, Adrien (2022). Dynamics of Medieval Landscape: Cultural Shaping of the Environment. Brepols. ISBN 9782503597461. 188 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Biffis, Mattia; Hardy, Samuel Andrew; Prescott, Christopher & Michelloni, Manuela (2021). ACTA AD ARCHAEOLOGIAMET ARTIVM HISTORIAM PERTINENTIA XXXII (n.s. 18). Scienze e Lettre. ISBN 9788866872047. 192 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F.; Rosenbergová, Sabina & Tvrzníková, Veronika (2020). Step by Step Towards the Sacred. Ritual, Movement, and Visual Culture in the Middle Ages. Viella. ISBN 9788833137018. 144 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Biffis, Mattia (2020). “The return of Andrea Casali: Legal evidence, imposture, and the portrait in Late Renaissance Italy,” in Chiara Franceschini (ed.), Sacred Images and Normativity: Contested Forms in Early Modern Art (Turnhout: Brepols, 2020). Brepols. ISBN 9782503584669. 13 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Lešák, Martin F. (2026). Journey North: Norwegian Scholars in Cividale del Friuli. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  What is the story behind a poster above the library door at the Norwegian Institute in Rome announcing a public lecture that Hans Peter L‘Orange delivered on the Tempietto Longobardo in Cividale del Friuli in 1952? What connected Norwegian scholars to the small Friulian town of Cividale, once the capital of the Lombard Kingdom? Curious to find out, I boarded an overnight train from Rome to Cividale and spent a week exploring the archives of the city as well as nearby Udine.

• Lešák, Martin F. (2026). The Forum Romanum and the Stational Liturgy in the Early Middle Ages. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  After the Roman Empire’s adoption of Christianity in the fourth century AD, the Forum Romanum – the traditional heart of the city’s civic life – only gradually transformed, as churches such as Santi Cosma e Damiano and Sant’Adriano were established within its ancient fabric. This paper will examine how the Forum was utilized within the papal stational liturgy, a ritual practice that shaped the early medieval cityscape of Rome through processions, prayers, and religious gatherings scheduled on specific days in designated churches throughout the liturgical annual cycle. By focusing on the stations held at the Forum and the processional routes that led through it, this contribution will explore how Christian worship engaged with a space laden with imperial, civic, and sacred memory.

• Lešák, Martin F. (2026). Where is the Pope on Sunday!? Fermentum and Stational Practice in Late Antique Rome. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2026). Why Greek Still Matters: The Language that Shaped Europe (Delphi Economic Forum). Full text in Research Archive
• Constantinidou, Natasha & Lamers, Han (2026). Condensing Demosthenes: Tradition and Innovation in Early Modern Sententiae Collections – The Case of Johannes Loïnus (1551). Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). The Greek Proverbs of Hermodorus Rhegius and Their Context: A Recent Find from the Library of Orléans (France). Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2026). Learned Objects: Greek in the Material Culture of Early Modern Europe. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han; Michelloni, Manuela; Lešák, Martin F. & Kendall, Virginia Grace (2026). Unlocking the Archives of the Norwegian Institute in Rome. Full text in Research Archive
• Torgersen, Eivind; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Treasure hunt reveals unknown Greek proverbs. [Internet]. Alpha Galileo. doi: https:/www.alphagalileo.org/fr-fr/Item-Display-fr-FR/ItemId/271477. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Two researchers in a French library have uncovered 90 previously unknown Greek proverbs, hidden for centuries in a forgotten manuscript. Now they are ....

• Lombardi, Chiara; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Manuscrito em Orléans revela 90 provérbios gregos inéditos e amplia legado de Hermodorus Rhegius - La Via Italia | Conectando a Comunidade Italiana. doi: https:/laviaitalia.com.br/noticias/cultura-noticias/manuscrito-orleans-90-proverbios-gregos-ineditos-hermodorus-rhegius. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Manuscrito em Orléans revela 90 provérbios gregos inéditos atribuídos a Hermodorus Rhegius, ampliando estudos de paremiologia e memória cultural.

• Definition, Greece High; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). 90 Lost Greek Proverbs Rediscovered in a French Manuscript. doi: https:/www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2026/4/18/90-lost-greek-proverbs-rediscovered-in-a-french-manuscript. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Greek proverbs have carried wisdom, humor, and everyday truths across centuries. Now, scholars have uncovered 90 previously unknown Greek proverbs , hidden for hundreds of years inside an old manuscript in France. The remarkable discovery adds a new chapter to the long story of Greek oral tradition.

• Καθημερινή, Η; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Ανακαλύφθηκε συλλογή 90 παροιμιών του 17ου αιώνα. doi: https:/www.kathimerini.gr/society/564118567/anakalyfthike-syllogi-90-paroimion-toy-17oy-aiona/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Τις είχε καταγράψει ο Ερμόδωρος Ρέγγιος (1579-1655), ένας από τους Ελληνες λογίους της πρώιμης νεότερης εποχής που διέδωσαν την ελληνική παιδεία στην Ευρώπη

• Couto, Erica; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Descubren 90 proverbios griegos ocultos en un manuscrito del siglo XVII: revelan el proceso olvidado que permitió difundir el saber griego en Europa durante siglos. doi: https:/muyinteresante.okdiario.com/historia/hallazgo-90-proverbios-griegos-desconocidos-manuscrito-siglo-xvii-transmision-cultural.html. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  90 proverbios inéditos, recién descubiertos, revelan el papel de los manuscritos en la transmisión de la cultura griega en Europa.

• Italia, Agenzia Giornalistica; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Da un antico manoscritto emergono 90 proverbi greci inediti. doi: https:/www.agi.it/cultura/news/2026-04-14/manoscritto-proverbi-greci-orleans-36578688/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Il manoscritto conservato a Orleans, in Francia. Il ritrovamento è è frutto di uno studio di ricercatori norvegesi

• Melchiorri, Gaspare; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Scoperti in un manoscritto 90 proverbi greci seicenteschi sconosciuti. doi: https:/www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/Scoperti-in-un-manoscritto-proverbi-greci-seicenteschi-sconosciuti. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Scoperti in un manoscritto 90 proverbi greci seicenteschi sconosciuti

• Torgersen, Eivind; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Skattejakt avdekket ukjente greske ordtak. [Internet]. Forskningsnytt - Universitetet i Oslo. doi: https:/www.uio.no/forskning/forskningsnytt/artikler/2026/skattejakt-avdekket-ukjente-greske-ordtak.html. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Ved en tilfeldighet fant forskere fra Universitetet i Oslo 90 hittil ukjente gamle greske visdomsord på et bibliotek i Orléans i Frankrike.

• Παπαγρηγορίου, Στέλιος; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). «Συζήτηση» τεσσάρων αιώνων:Φως σε ελληνικές παροιμίες από τους ερευνητές που τις εντόπισαν απρόσμενα - CNN.gr. [Internet]. CNN Hellas. doi: https:/www.cnn.gr/style/politismos/story/525273/syzitisi-tessaron-aionon-fos-se-ellinikes-paroimies-apo-tous-erevnites-pou-tis-entopisan-aprosmena. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  «Πολλές από τις παροιμίες που καταγράφηκαν τον 17ο αιώνα ακούγονται ακόμη οικείες στους Έλληνες σήμερα»: οι ερευνητές Han Lamers και Toon Van Hal μιλούν στο CNN Greece για την ανακάλυψη δεκάδων ελληνικών παροιμιών σε άγνωστο μέχρι σήμερα χειρόγραφο του 17ου αιώνα και εξηγούν τι αποκαλύπτουν για τη γλώσσα και την καθημερινή ζωή των Ελλήνων της εποχής.

• Cogos, Sasha; Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2026). Cachés dans les écrits d’un érudit orléanais depuis trois siècles, des proverbes grecs sortent de l'oubli par hasard. [Internet]. La République du Centre. doi: https:/www.larep.fr/orleans-45000/loisirs/caches-dans-les-ecrits-dun-erudit-orleanais-depuis-trois-siecles-des-proverbes-grecs-sortent-de-l-oubli-par-hasard_14997860/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Orléans, juillet 2025. Une découverte historique vient de secouer la médiathèque : deux chercheurs, Néerlandais et Belge, ont retrouvé 90 proverbes grecs inédits. Repris par les médias du monde entier, ce trésor oublié depuis trois siècles multiplie par quatre les écrits connus de cette collection.

• Lamers, Han & Doherty, Matthew (2026). How Early Modern Scholars Used Ancient Greek to Shape Their National Identities. [Internet]. Scientia. doi: 10.33548/scientia1350. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Nicolaysen, Anne (2026). A House Full of Life: 2025 at the Norwegian Institute in Rome. doi: https:/www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english/research/news-and-events/ciao-from-rome/lamers&nicolaysen.html. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  If you have ever wondered what goes on behind the stylish façade of the Norwegian Institute in Rome, 2025 provided a clear answer: a lot. Teaching, research, and events filled the calendar. Each year, the Institute publishes a detailed report on its activities; this blog offers a selection of highlights, so you don’t have to read the entire report to get a sense of what we’ve been up to.

• Lešák, Martin F. (2026). In Search of the Possible: Gregory the Great and the Stational Liturgy in Rome. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2026). (Re)ordering Space: A Case of Stational Liturgy in Rome. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2026). Ekkoet frå Konstantin. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2026). From Jóns stúka to Silvesters saga: The reception of Constantine's Donation in Twelfth-Century Scandinavia. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2026). From the Holy Land to Denmark, via Flanders. Entanglements Reflected in a Twelfth-Century Cistercian Manuscript. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Hal, Toon van (2025). Middle Greek Proverbs in Seventeenth-Century France: 90 New Proverbs of Hermodorus Rhegius Found in Orléans. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2025). The Afterlife of Laonikos Chalkokondyles in Early Modern Europe. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Lamers, Han (2025). Networks in growth - The Norwegian Institute in Rome. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  A new arrangement aims to strengthen the connections between the Norwegian Institute and Italian scholars.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Lamers, Han (2025). Styrker samarbeidet med italienske forskarar - Det norske institutt i Roma. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Det norske instituttet i Roma (DNIR) har blitt vertskap for utvalde forskarar. Den nye ordninga skal bidra til å styrka banda til italienske forskingsmiljø.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Kibsgård, Ingrid Serenne Aakre (2025). Those who turned to Rome for help - The Norwegian Institute in Rome. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Historian Ingrid Kibsgård searches for victims of the Spanish Inquisition in the archives of the Apostolic Penitentiary.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Kibsgård, Ingrid Serenne Aakre (2025). Dei som bad Roma om hjelp - Det norske institutt i Roma. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Historikar Ingrid Kibsgård jaktar på offer for den spanske inkvisisjonen i arkivet til det pavelege pønitentiariet.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Selsvold, Irene (2025). The secrets of Vulci - The Norwegian Institute in Rome. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Irene Selsvold explores traces of Etruscan city culture alongside Swedish colleagues.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Selsvold, Irene (2025). Løyndommane i Vulci - Det norske institutt i Roma. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Irene Selsvold utforskar spor av etruskisk bykultur saman med svenske kollegaer.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Fenn, Taran Palmstrøm (2025). Med historia mellom hendene - Det norske institutt i Roma. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Mikaela og Taran kombinerer det tradisjonsrike FIDEM-kurset i mellomalderhandskrift med forskingsopphald ved Det norske instituttet (DNIR).

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Exploring Rome’s Christian visual language - The Norwegian Institute in Rome. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Art historian Martin Lešák, the Norwegian Institute’s most recently arrived postdoc, will spend the next few years delving into the interaction between liturgy and visual decorations in Rome’s churches.

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø & Lešák, Martin F. (2025). På oppdagingsferd i Romas kristne visuelle språk - Det norske institutt i Roma. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Kunsthistorikar Martin Lešák, den nyaste postdoktoren på Det norske instituttet, skal bruka dei neste åra på å fordjupa seg i samspelet mellom liturgi og utsmykkingar i romerske kyrkjer. 

• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). French law manuscripts in medieval Norway. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). The manuscript transmission of Ailnoth’s Chronicle. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). European saints in Danish manuscripts: evidence from the long twelfth century. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). The Missionaries and Their Books. European Regional Influences on Early Scandinavian Manuscript Culture. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). Rome and the Danish Cistercians: the Case of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Lat. 636. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). Manuscripts as sources for liturgical practice in Norwegian parish churches: some reflections. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). Latinske handskrift og fragment frå norsk mellomalder. Forskingshistorie og status quo. Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). Prosjektpresentasjon: "Rome in the North: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Lat. 636 in Context". Full text in Research Archive
• Myking, Synnøve Midtbø (2025). Presentasjon av prosjekt: "Roma i Norden: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Lat. 636 i kontekst". Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Těžba, dražba, politika. Nový život středověkých iluminací kutnohorského dolování stříbra. Re:vize. ISSN 3029-5653. 7–8, p. 33–35. doi: https:/www.revize-casopis.cz/vsechny-clanky/lokal/tezba-drazba-politika/. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Siluety, zvony a čas. Poutníci v krajině a mimo ni. Re:vize. ISSN 3029-5653. 11–12, p. 51–53. doi: https:/www.revize-casopis.cz/vsechny-clanky/minor/siluety-zvony-a-cas/. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). The Image-Shaping Power of Liturgy: Two Case Studies from 9th-Century Rome. doi: https:/sabkmuenchen.com/2024/12/13/vortrag-von-dr-martin-lesak/. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Silver Mining, Art and Landscape at the end of the Middle Ages. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). The Image-Shaping Power of Liturgy: Santa Sussana in Rome Across Centuries. doi: https:/www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english/research/news-and-events/events/2025/circolo-gianicolense%2015May25.html. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Ritual Space and Prospection: The Ninth-Century Mosaics in Rome Through a Liturgical Lens. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. & Cigaina, Lorenzo (2025). Gli altari ‘in medio’ di Roma alla luce delle fonti archeologiche e liturgiche. doi: https:/www.dainst.org/veranstaltungen/noslug/345. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). A Failed Experiment? The Old Testament Cycle at Santa Maria Maggiore and the Early Medieval Liturgy. Full text in Research Archive
• Lešák, Martin F. (2025). Exploring New Paths for Art History: Ritual Processions and Medieval Reliquaries from Conques. doi: https:/www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences/2025/150-years-of-art-history.html. Full text in Research Archive
• Doherty, Matthew & Lamers, Han (2025). The Politics of Language: How Latin Helped Shape Mussolini’s Italy. [Internet]. Scientia. doi: 10.33548/SCIENTIA1289. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Denecker, Tim (2025). Corpus textuum fascisticorum Latinorum - Library of Latin Texts. doi: https:/about.brepolis.net/library-of-latin-texts. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2025). Uses of Latin in Contemporary Political Discourse. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2025). Latin in Far-Right Political Communication. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2025). DVX. A Latin Word in Fascist Propaganda—Semantic and Semiotic Multiplicity as Instruments of Power. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2025). Fascist Latin Texts. doi: https:/flt.hf.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2025). Roma og Mussolinis antikken. Full text in Research Archive
• Bastrup, Olav Rune & Lamers, Han (2025). Det du trodde stammet fra antikken - Mussolini preger ennå Roma. [Journal]. St. Olav. Katolsk tidsskrift for religion og kultur. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2025). Review: ANNA M. SITZ, Pagan Inscriptions, Christian Viewers: The Afterlives of Temples and their Texts in the Late Antique Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Roman Studies. ISSN 0075-4358. doi: 10.1017/S0075435825000346. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2024). Dangerous Documents: Editing Latin Texts of Italian Fascism and German National Socialism. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2024). Dangerous Documents: Editing Latin Texts of Italian Fascism and German National Socialism. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2024). Latijn als propagandamiddel: Hoe het Italië van Mussolini een oude taal gebruikt voor een nieuw wereldrijk. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2024). Conference Report - Dangerous Documents: Approaches to Making Fascist Materials Available (University of Oslo, 21 June 2024). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13895626. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene; Sabatini, Serena & Gustavsson, Anna (2024). A new cult complex from the urban plateau at Vulci. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). Fragmenting the gods: the materiality of Christian reuse in Late Antiquity. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). Death and Difference in Late Antiquity. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). Death is complicated: the Christianisation of burial practice in Late Antiquity beyond dichotomies. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). The Christianisation of Sacred Space in the cities of Western Asia Minor in Late Antiquity. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). Civilisationers undergång. [Radio]. Sveriges Radio: P3 Dystopia. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). Fra tempel til kirke i senantikken: metoder og motiv. Full text in Research Archive
• Selsvold, Irene (2024). På Spåret. [TV]. SVT. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2024). Out of Storage: three Exhibitions in Rome in 2023. West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture. ISSN 2153-5531. p. 321–325. doi: 10.1086/734169. Full text in Research Archive
• Engh, Line Cecilie & Aavitsland, Kristin Margrethe Bliksrud (2024). Introduction: On the Same Page. In Engh, Line Cecilie & Aavitsland, Kristin Margrethe Bliksrud (Ed.), Standardization in the Middle Ages: Vol. 2: Europe. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110987126. doi: 10.1515/9783110987126-001. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2024). Latijn als propagandamiddel: Hoe het Italië van Mussolini een oude taal gebruikt voor een nieuw wereldrijk. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2023). Mussolini's Latin. Full text in Research Archive
• Lilleslåtten, Mari & Lamers, Han (2022). 100 år siden Mussolini tok makten: Hvordan kunne Italia bli et fascistisk diktatur? [Internet]. Forskning.no. doi: https:/www.forskning.no/historie-partner-podcast/100-ar-siden-mussolini-tok-maktenhvordan-kunne-italia-bli-et-fascistisk-diktatur/2101589. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2022). Et gammelt språk for en “ny mann”: Det gamle Roma og latin i Mussolinis Italia, 1922-1943. Full text in Research Archive
• Zorgati, Ragnhild Johnsrud; Aavitsland, Kristin Bliksrud & Oftestad, Eivor Andersen (2022). Norgeshistorie - tro og tilhørighet. Episode 3: Jerusalem-koden. [Radio]. NRK P2. Full text in Research Archive
• Stålsett, Sturla Johan (2022). Diakoni og sårbarhet i en åpen folkekirke. Nytt norsk kirkeblad : for teologi og praksis. ISSN 0802-9504. p. 205–218. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Attitudes to architectural restoration in Ancient Rome. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Objecting to urban redevelopment in the Roman world. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2021). Illegal Traffic in Antiquities and Cultural Materials from Syria. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2021). How Does the Market Get Away with It? Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Want to See an Ancient Roman City? Don't go to Rome. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Napoleon in Rome and the Origins of Archeology. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). A New Floor for Rome’s Colosseum: What You Need to Know. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Ancient Roman Baths: An Archeological Explanation. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Rarely Seen Ancient Mosaics on Show in Rome. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Pompeii Exhibit in Rome’s Colosseum Asks Important Questions. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher Stephen (2021). Suetonius on the Buildings of Rome. Full text in Research Archive
• Lamers, Han (2020). Latijn als propagandamiddel: Hoe het Italië van Mussolini een oude taal gebruikt voor een nieuw wereldrijk. Full text in Research Archive
• Synnevåg, Anne; Prescott, Christopher & Kristiansen, Kristian (2020). Forskningspodden: Alle pesters mor https://forskning.no/bakterier-pest-podcast/forskningspodden-alle-pesters-mor/1703372. [Journal]. Forskning.no. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Pandemier forandrer verden. Gang på gang gjennom historien har en bakterie eller et virus snudd opp ned på menneskenes liv. Det skjedde også for 5000 år siden, da en grufull pest rammet de første bøndene i Europa. En pandemi som åpnet veien for et krigerfolk som kom til å ta over hele kontinentet. Forskningspodden er laget i samarbeid med Fritt Ord.

• Rasmussen, Josephine Munch & Prescott, Christopher (2020). Schøyen har en systematisk historie med å kjøpe tvilsomme varer. [Journal]. Morgenbladet. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Den norske samleren Martin Schøyen får hard kritikk i en ny forskningsartikkel. To arkeologer mener Nasjonalbiblioteket har bidratt til å «hvitvaske» manuskriptsamlingen hans. – Et lavmål av forskningsmetodikk, svarer Schøyen.

• Rasmussen, Josephine Munch & Prescott, Christopher (2020). Schøyens bortforklaringer om Taliban Når noe virker for godt til å være sant, er det som oftest det. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  I forrige utgave av Morgenbladet kommenterer Martin Schøyen vår artikkel i Heritage om manuskriptsamlingen hans. På bakgrunn av et stort antall kilder mener vi at Schøyen gikk langt i å konstruere en misvisende historie til et gjenstandsmateriale i samlingen som trolig ble plyndret og ulovlig fjernet fra Pakistan og Afghanistan. I stedet for å svare på spørsmål som reises i artikkelen, beskylder Schøyen oss for slett forskningsarbeid. Han innvender at vi har basert oss på «ukritisk bruk av internett». Kildene i artikkelen vår er forskningspublikasjoner fra Schøyens egen offisielle serie, i tillegg til andre åpne kilder, som enhver kan kontrollere. Når det gjelder nettbaserte kilder, så er Schøyens egen database en av disse. På bakgrunn av publisert forskning, offentlige dokumenter, brev og medieoppslag, har vi også vurdert opplysningene i Schøyens database. Vi har også tatt for oss den sjangeren av smigrende omtaler Schøyen gjerne henviser til. Schøyen er velkommen til å peke på mangler i kildene og i vår analyse, gjerne i form av en åpen redegjørelse med dokumentasjon på samlingens opphav og eierhistorie. Det hadde tjent saken om Schøyen forteller hvem han har handlet buddhistiske manuskripter fra. I 2019 ble aktører i et traffickingnettverk tiltalt i New York for organisert kriminalitet. I tiltalen beskrives det hvordan «Butt-nettverket» gjennom en årrekke har forsynt det internasjonale antikvitetsmarkedet med stjålet materiale fra India, Afghanistan og Pakistan. Stemmer det ikke at Parvez Butt er av dem Schøyen direkte eller via mellomledd har handlet manuskripter fra? Hvem er de andre aktørene Schøyen har handlet med? Og Schøyens forskere: hvor involvert har de vært i Schøyens innkjøp? Det er mange spørsmål som står ubesvarte. Disse er det viktig å avklare fordi Schøyen har brukt norsk forvaltnings eksporttillatelser til videre omsetning av materialet. Schøyen svarer som før med å angripe kritikere: «Artikkelen fortjener ingen kommentar.» Videre kommenterer han: «Når det gjelder gammelt nytt som ‘forskerne’ gjentar til kjedsommelighet, hvordan de buddhistiske manuskriptene kom fra Afghanistan til England, tenke seg til uten eksporttillatelse fra Taliban (!), så er dette godt dokumentert på Schøyencollection.com under spesialsamling 22 Buddhism.» Det stemmer ikke at dette er godt dokumentert på Schøyens nettside. Schøyen oppgir Sam Fogg som forhandleren han kjøpte 108 fragmenter fra på midten av 1990-tallet. Materialet fra forhandleren i London skulle vise seg å inneholde tyvgods fra Kabul museum, og etter offentlig press overleverte Schøyen dette til museet. Når det gjelder det meste annet i den buddhistiske samlingen, omtrent 4000–5000 fragmenter og 7000 såkalte mikrofragmenter, er det fortsatt høyst uklart hvordan dette har tilkommet Schøyen. Videre lager Schøyen en stråmann om en eventuell eksporttillatelse fra Taliban. Men siden han reiser spørsmålet: Er materialet eksportert med Talibans medvirkning? Schøyen har alltid spilt opp til forestillingen om at private samlere redder kulturarv fra jihadistisk ikonoklasme. Bildet er selvsagt mer komplisert. Det er kjent at Taliban har tjent penger på plyndring av arkeologisk materiale som er etterspurt i det internasjonale kunst- og antikvitetsmarkedet og fra kjøpere som Schøyen. Beskyttelsespenger og skattlegging av handelen har også vært en del av inntjeningsmodellen til Taliban og andre krigsherrer involvert i arkeologisk materiale. Det er fortsatt all grunn til å tro at både Schøyen og Taliban profitterte på plyndringen. Når noe virker for godt til å være sant er det som oftest det – som Schøyen selv sier i en faks vi gjengir i vår artikkel. Når et oppsiktsvekkende materiale plutselig dukker opp på markedet, er forklaringen oftest en av to: Enten er materialet ulovlig, eller også

• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Rome’s Torlonia Marbles Go on View After Seven Decades (exhibition review). Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Architectural Criticism in the Roman World and the Limits of Literary Interaction. In Langlands, Rebecca; König, Alice & Uden, James (Ed.), Literature and Culture in the Roman Empire, 96-235: Cross-Cultural Interactions. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781108493932. p. 247–268. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2020). Eva Mortensen & Rubina Raja (red.): Store danske arkæologer på jagt efter fortidens byer. Aarhus 2019. 299 sider. ISNB 978-87-7184-7512. Kuml : Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab. ISSN 0454-6245. p. 341–343. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2020). Omaggio di Henrik Ibsen in memoria di P.A. Munch. Newsletter degli Amici del Cimitero Acattolico di Roma. 50, p. 8–8. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher & Pileberg, Silje (2020). Who lost when the ancient wonders of Rome were built? [Internet]. https://partner.sciencenorway.no/university-of-oslo/who-lost. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2020). Henrik Ibsen's address in memory of P.A. Munch. Friends of the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome Newsletter. 15(50), p. 8–8. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). ‘This business has no party’: Online social organisation of looting and trafficking. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). Trafficking of antiquities by refugees: Failed policy and exploited victims. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). Introduction: A multiplicity of crimes by a network of networks. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2020). Il patrimonio culturale nei conflitti armati. Finestre sull'arte. ISSN 2612-6931. 2020(6), p. 25–25. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Attualità: dibattito sull’arte negli attuali scenari di guerra. Intervengono: Paolo Brusasco (Docente di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte del Vicino Oriente, Università di Genova, Direttore della Missione Assiria), Barbara Caranza (Restauratrice, Presidente di CHIEF Onlus - Cultural Heritage International Emergency Force), Massimo Carcione (Docente di Organizzazione internazionale del Patrimonio Culturale, Università di Bologna), Silvia Chiodi (Dirigente di ricerca, CNR), Franco D’Agostino (Docente di Assiriologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza, e Direttore degli scavi di Abu Tbeirah, Iraq), Michela De Berardin (Co-direttrice di The Journal of Cultural Heritage Crime), Elena Franchi (Storica dell’arte, ricercatrice, giornalista), Manlio Frigo (Ordinario di Diritto Internazionale, Università di Milano), Edoardo Greppi (Ordinario di Diritto Internazionale, Università di Torino), Marco Iamoni (Docente di Storia del Vicino Oriente e di Archeologia del Vicino Oriente e del Mediterraneo, Università di Udine; vicedirettore del Progetto Archeologico “Terra di Ninive”), Simona Maggiorelli (giornalista, direttrice di Left), Federica Mucci (Associato di Diritto Internazionale, Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Davide Nadali (Associato di Archeologia e storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente antico, Università di Roma La Sapienza), Luca Peyronel (Ordinario di Archeologia e storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente antico, Università di Milano; Direttore del Progetto Archeologico Italiano nella Piana di Erbil), Christopher Prescott (Archeologo, Università di Oslo; Direttore dell’Istituto Norvegese in Roma).

• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). Open-Source Research: What Can Be Found and How to Find It. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). NETCHER H2020 Public Conference on Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage. [Internet]. YouTube. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). Open-Source Research: What Can Be Found and How to Find It. Full text in Research Archive
• Hardy, Samuel Andrew (2020). This black market is destroying our history. [Internet]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=137&v=y1IjwCdj47. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Opposition to Public Building in the Ancient World. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Fascist Archeology in Mussolini’s Rome. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Moving Ancient Egyptian Obelisks. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Finding Wonderful Things: What the media missed while covering the discovery of two statues in Rome. History Today. ISSN 0018-2753. 70(4). Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Bring Looted Etruscan Art Home (exhibition review). Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2020). Review of Birgit A. Olsen, Thomas Olander and Kristian Kristiansen (eds.) 2019 Tracing the Indo-Europeans: New evidence from archaeology and historical linguistics. Oxbow books, Oxford. Primitive tider. ISSN 1501-0430. 22, p. 67–70. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Uncovering the History Behind the Myth of Troy. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Who built Rome's monuments? A comparative approach to architectural authorship in Ancient and Early Modern Italy. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Roman Aqueducts: An Overlooked Ancient Wonder. Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Siwicki, Christopher (2020). Piranesi’s Visions of Rome (exhibition review). Art & Object. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2019). Third millennium narratives and some maps. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2019). Anna Sörman Gjutningens arenor: Metallhantverkets rumsliga, sociala och politiska organisation i södra Skandinavien under bronsåldern [Casting Spaces: The Spatial, Social and Political Organisation of Metalworking in Southern Scandinavia during the Bronze Age]. Current Swedish Archaeology. ISSN 1102-7355. 26, p. 20–24. Full text in Research Archive
• Pellagatti, Paola; Campbell, Peter & Prescott, Christopher (2019). Remembering Sebastiano Tusa. Full text in Research Archive
• Prescott, Christopher (2019). Taking centre stage: Migrations in Norwegian Prehistory. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Discussion of migrations in Norwegian Prehistory involves three inter-related. The first is the political-intellectual history of the concept in archaeology. Key words here are the role of historical disciplines in the project to re-establish a sovereign Norwegian State in the 1800’s, culture-historical archaeology up to the 1950’s, and later emphasis on ecology and social explanations (with 1970’s processual trends). Later trends in small-scale post-modernism were not concerned with the issue. A kind of neo-diffusionism, influenced by social anthropology, in the late 1990s-2000s was contentious, but new methods and data sparked a general acceptance of migration as an explanatory factor from around 2010. These developments are not solely academic, but reflect contemporary politics. The next set of issues are associated with methodological turns and growing data in archaeology. The “third science revolution”, detailed technology studies and richer source materials have created a renewed empirical foundation – but also growing theoretical debates. All though migration is frequently referred to in Scandinavian archaeology, the theoretical and anthropological perceptions of the concept are at odds. This partly reflects the ongoing debate about the relationship between the humanities and sciences. The third issue is the actual cases that argue migrations in prehistory. My own involvement circles around the establishment of agricultural production, cultural change (including language) and a shift in social trajectory in the third millennium BC – i.e. with the Nordic Late Neolithic transition. The keywords here are pre-existing hunter-gatherers (and maybe small-scale pastor-agriculturists), the limited impact of Corded-Ware groups and the importance of the Bell Beaker Horizon. The role of migratory movements has expanded and important elements in other periods, for example in the Early and Middle Mesolithic. This affects the fundamental narratives of the past.

• Barker, Simon (2019). Recycling in Late Antique houses and villas in the western provinces. Full text in Research Archive
• Barker, Simon (2019). The Recycled Statue in Late Antiquity. Full text in Research Archive
• Barker, Simon (2019). Marble and the Vesuvian cities: approaching marble decoration on a citywide scale. Full text in Research Archive
• Prochaska, Walter; Barker, Simon & Perna, Simona (2019). Fluid Analysis and ICP-MS Analysis for determining Alabaster Provenance. Full text in Research Archive
• Barker, Simon & Perna, Simona (2019). Uses and Symbolism of Alabaster from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Full text in Research Archive
• Villa, Igor; Barker, Simon & Perna, Simona (2019). Ancient Alabaster, New Provenance Methods and Quarry Data. Full text in Research Archive
• Barker, Simon & Ward, Courtney (2019). The Economics of Constructing Republican Tombs: the case of Giaus Cestius and his Pyramid. Full text in Research Archive
• Barker, Simon (2019). Defining Spolia-monuments and the Recycling-habit of Late Antiquity. Full text in Research Archive
• Mostue, Victoria Marie; Lamers, Han & Güthenke, Constanze (2025). Philology on the Fringe: Case Studies in the History of Classical Philology in Nineteenth-Century Norway. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Selv om klassisk filologi har vært en del av norsk akademia siden grunnleggelsen av det første norske universitetet i 1811, er dens historie fortsatt i stor grad understudert. Denne avhandlingen undersøker utviklingen og forvandlingen av 1800-tallets norske klassiske forskning ved Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet (nå Universitetet i Oslo) og plasserer den i sin nasjonale og internasjonale intellektuelle kontekst. Avhandlingen tar for seg tre sentrale problemstillinger: norske klassisisters akademiske profiler, oppfatningen av klassisk filologi og de klassiske språkene i den aktuelle perioden og fagets interaksjon med bredere norske og internasjonale politiske, kulturelle og institusjonelle endringer. Denne oppgaven har en todelt struktur. Den første delen gir en oversikt over klassisk filologi ved universitetet, forklarer disiplinens hovedtrekk og plasserer de viktigste aspektene ved dens utvikling innen pågående politiske og kulturelle strømninger i 1800-tallets Norge (s. 21–62). Den andre delen består av tre kasusstudier av enkelte forskere: professor i gresk Frederik Ludvig Vibe (1803–1881), professor i gresk Peter Olrog Schjøtt (1833–1926), og stipendiat i latin Bastian Anastasius Dahl (1851–1895). Hver kasusstudie utforsker ulike aspekter ved norsk klassisk forskningshistorie. Den første studien (s. 63-99) analyserer en latinsk tale som Vibe holdt i 1835 og fokuserer på debatten om gresk og latins posisjon i norsk utdannelse i første halvdel av århundret. Med utgangspunkt i Schjøtts omfattende akademiske forfatterskap undersøker den andre studien (s. 100–153) den metodologiske utviklingen innen klassisk filologi og beslektede disipliner – hovedsakelig arkeologi og lingvistikk – både innenfor og utenfor universitetet i siste halvdel av århundret. Ved å kombinere analysen av både publiserte og upubliserte kilder, utforsker det siste kasusstudiet (s.154–191) den internasjonale rekkevidden av norsk forskning gjennom Dahls liv og virke. Gjennom brede undersøkelser og tre kasusstudier utforsker og kontekstualiserer denne avhandlingen norsk klassisk forskningshistorie på 1800-tallet og viser at de norske forskerne jobbet i et internasjonalt miljø samtidig som de dyrket særegne nasjonale trekk.

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