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Han Lamers

Director - The Norwegian Institute in Rome

Professor - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas

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Background

Han Lamers is Professor of Classics and Director of the Norwegian Institute in Rome. He joined the Department of Philosophy, Classics, and the History of Art and Ideas in January 2018 as an Associate Professor, was promoted to Full Professor in 2019, and served as Head of Subject from 2020 to 2025.

Lamers studied Classics at the University of Leiden (BA, MPhil) and Art History at KU Leuven (BA, MA) and holds a PhD (2013) from Leiden University. His research focuses on the reception of ancient Greece and Rome, with a particular focus on the cultural history of ancient Greek and Latin in early modern and modern Europe. He is especially interested in how these languages were used and re‑interpreted after antiquity.

Before coming to Oslo, Lamers was postdoctoral research fellow at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, the University of Ghent, and KU Leuven and received research fellowships from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), the Berlin Centre for the History of Knowledge (MPIWG), and the Volkswagen Foundation. He was also Visiting Professor at the Department of Art History of the University of Leuven (Spring 2019).

Lamers serves as Co-Editor of Symbolae Osloenses: Norwegian Journal of Greek and Latin Studies, alongside Anastasia Maravela. He is member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of the Classical Tradition and the book series Innovative Contributions in Classics (Brepols), and Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia (Peeters). He also is in the advisory board of JOLCEL, an open-access journal on the cultural history of Latin (first issue in June 2019). In the past, he was guest editor of the European Review of History (2014), the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (2018), History of Humanities (2020), and the Journal of Latin Cosmopolitanism and European Literatures (2023).

Lamers was admitted to the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFFO) as both a non-fiction author and a translator.

In addition to doing research, Lamers taught classes and courses in the fields of Classics and the classical tradition, Renaissance literature and history, and the history of Classics and Art History.

Lamers is Academic Member of the Heterodox Academy and the Heterodox Classics Community.

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How Early Modern Scholars Used Ancient Greek to Shape Their National Identities

The Politics of Language: How Latin Helped Shape Mussolini's Italy

Teaching

ROMA2020 Roma - sted og symbol (Fall 2025, Fall 2026)
ANT1502 Antikkens kunst og antikken i kunst/Art in Antiquity & Antiquity in Art (Spring 2026)
ANT1500 Antikken gjennom tidene/The Classical Tradition (Spring 2018-2024)
ANT4900 Praksisemne for masterprogrammet i klassiske språk (Spring 2022; Fall 2022)
ANT4502 Classics seminar (Spring 2018; Fall 2021)
ANT4501 Heritage: Premodern Perspectives (Fall 2021)
ANT1100 Antikkens verden/The Ancient World (Fall 2019-2020)
ANT4500 Antiquity in European ideologies (Fall 2018)

LAT2409/4409 Mussolini Dux: The Latin Literature of Italian Fascism (Spring 2022)
LAT4309 Ovid's Metamorphoses (Fall 2021)
LAT2400 Tematisk tekstseminar i latin (Spring 2021; Fall 2021)
LAT3190 Bacheloroppgave i latin (Fall 2019; Fall 2021-2024; Spring 2020-2025)
LAT1404 Latin epic poetry (Spring 2021)
LAT2105 Latin grammar II (Spring 2019; Spring 2021)
LAT2404/LAT4303 Late antique and medieval Latin texts (Spring 2019; Fall 2020)
LAT4109 Neo-Latin Literature (Fall 2019)
LAT4311 Latin verse satire (Fall 2019)
LAT1401 Caesar (Fall 2019; Fall 2022)
LAT2401 Augustan poetry (Spring 2019)
LAT4312 Augustan literature (Spring 2019)
LAT2407/LAT4407 Seneca's Epistulae morales (Fall 2018)
LAT4403 Vergil (Spring 2021)

CLAS 44519 Classical Reception Studies: Key Texts and Ideas (University of Chicago, Department of Classics, Spring 2020) [cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic]
B-KUL-F0JC8A Iconology (KU Leuven, Department of Art History, 4 seminars, Spring 2019)

PhD supervision and co-supervision:
- Erlend Østrem Myklebust (University of Oslo)
- Alessandro Bonvini (University of Leuven)
- Adriaan Demuynck (University of Leuven)
- Victoria Marie Mostue (University of Oslo), completed 2026
- Nicolò Bettegazzi (University of Groningen), completed 2023
PhD seminars at UiO
- Studying Antiquity: Ethical Challenges and Debates (Norwegian Institute in Rome, 12-13 November 2025)
- Heritage: Premodern Perspectives (Norwegian Institute in Rome, 6-8 Oct. 2021)
- Art and Rhetoric in Roman Literature (Norwegian Institute in Rome, 1-3 Oct. 2018)

Tags: Classics, Latin, Greek, Classical tradition, Classical reception, History of scholarship, History of ideas, Cultural history

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.
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
Lamers, Han & Myklebust, Erlend Østrem (2025). Fascistisk feiring: Romernes arv og språk i riter og folkefester i Mussolinis Italia. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. doi: https:/arrvev.no/artikler/fascistisk-feiring. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2023). Spectacular Latin: The Role of the Latin Language in Political Spectacles under Italian Fascism. Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies. ISSN 2211-6249. 12(2), p. 279–305. doi: 10.1163/22116257-bja10062. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2023). Negotiating Foreign Influence in Fascist Italy: Nicola Festa on Greek Learning in Renaissance Humanism. Italian Studies. ISSN 0075-1634. 78(3), p. 344–360. doi: 10.1080/00751634.2023.2266067. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2023). Language on Display: Latin in the Material Culture of Fascist Italy”. Journal of Latin Cosmpolitanism and European Literatures. ISSN 2593-743X. 8, p. 69–101. doi: 10.21825/jolcel.84801. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This article explores the various uses and functions of the Latin language in the material culture of Fascist Italy. It shows that Latin words and phrases were used across diverse media and artistic styles, served several communicative purposes, and went beyond elitist literary circles. The analysis pays special attention to the material aspects and symbolic implications of the ways in which Latin words were showcased in specific locations and settings. Through brief case studies from graphic design, architecture, monumental sculpture, and landscape design, it demonstrates how Latin could become a means of political messaging, also for those with limited knowledge of the language. Offering a more encompassing discussion of the subject than currently available, the article sets the stage for future research and presents some avenues for further exploration.
Lamers, Han (2023). Ascanio Persio and the Greekness of Italian. In Petrocchi, Alessandra & Brown, Joshua (Ed.), Languages and Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Renaissance Italy. Brepols. ISSN 9782503601816. p. 359–387. doi: 10.1484/M.LMEMS-EB.5.131438. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2023). A Homeric Epic for Frederick Henry of Orange: The Cultural Affordances of Ancient Greek in the Early Modern Low Countries. Humanistica Lovaniensia. Journal of Neo-Latin Studies. ISSN 0774-2908. 72, p. 323–348. doi: 10.2143/HLO.72.0.3292726. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This article explores the cultural significance of Ancient Greek as a literary language in the early modern Low Countries, with a specific focus on a previously unstudied epic poem which depicts, in Homeric Greek, the Battle of Nieuwpoort during the Eighty Years War (2 July 1600). The poem was composed ca. twenty-five years after the event by a sixteen-year-old schoolboy from Amersfoort named Elias Gifford and was dedicated to stadholder Frederick Henry of Orange (1584-1647). The article examines the historical and literary context of Gifford’s poem, preserved in a manuscript held at the Royal Library of the Netherlands in The Hague, and analyses the literary, symbolic, and social affordances of Ancient Greek as a literary medium within the multilingual environment of the early modern Low Countries. Additionally, it briefly discusses the stadholder’s knowledge of Latin and Greek and suggests the possibility that the poem may have targeted a ghost addressee.
Lamers, Han (2022). Mussolini’s Latin. Symbolae Osloenses - Norwegian Journal of Greek and Latin Studies. ISSN 0039-7679. 96(1), p. 205–229. doi: 10.1080/00397679.2023.2173393. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This article explores the role and functions of Latin in the political rhetoric of Benito Mussolini. Through an analysis of his published writings and speeches, it investigates how Mussolini’s understanding, perceptions, and uses of Latin evolved over time, from his early days as a Socialist leader to his years as head of Italian Fascism. Despite his limited knowledge of the language, Mussolini accorded Latin special symbolic significance and actively sought to cultivate an image of himself as proficient in it. The article demonstrates how Mussolini's initial association of Latin with the Roman Catholic Church and bourgeois culture gave way to a recognition of its political potential in the context of the Fascist cult of Rome. It is shown how Mussolini employed Latin words and phrases for various purposes throughout his political career. Particular emphasis is placed on the ways in which he used Latin to communicate Fascist ideas and to construct his public persona as the ‘Roman-style’ leader of Fascism.
Lamers, Han & Rooy, Raf Van (2022). Graecia Belgica: Writing Ancient Greek in the Early Modern Low Countries. Classical Receptions Journal. ISSN 1759-5134. doi: 10.1093/crj/clac004. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2022). Tempora mutantur… En ny parømiologisk vurdering av ordspråkets historiske bakgrunn og litterære bruksmåter. In Lamers, Han & Bär, Silvio Friedrich (Ed.), Studia in honorem Vibeke Roggen. Hermes Academic Publishing and Bookshop A/S. ISSN 9788280342126. p. 105–126. 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.
Lamers, Han & Rooy, Raf Van (2022). Athenae Belgicae: Greek Studies in Renaissance Bruges. In Ciccolella, Federica (Eds.), When Greece Flew across the Alps: The Study of Greek in Early Modern Europe. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004179424. p. 72–109. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2021). Flower of Time. In Lamers, Han (Eds.), The Right Moment. Essays Offered to Barbara Baert, Laureate of the 2016 Francqui Prize in Human Sciences, on the Occasion of the Celebratory Symposium at the Francqui Foundation, Brussels, 18-19 October 2018. In consultation with Han Lamers. Editorial assistance: Stephanie Heremans & Laura Tack.. Peeters Publishers. ISSN 9789042946729. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The essays collected in this volume explore how and by what means, from antiquity to the present day, the notion of 'the right moment' has been defined, visualized, and experienced. The authors approach the subject from a range of disciplines and often work at the intersection of several of them, including the history of art and architecture, philosophy and art theory, classics and comparative literature, the history of religion and theology, and anthropology. In addition to scholarly exposés, the book contains a number of personal musings and artistic reflections on 'the right moment' in various forms and kinds of imagination - visual, literary, and philosophical.
Lamers, Han (2021). Leonardo Bruni om humanistisk utdannelse. Innledning til hans avhandling «Om studiet av litteratur». Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. 3-4, p. 71–78. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Rooy, Raf Van (2021). The Low Countries. In Pontani, Filippomaria & Weise, Stefan (Ed.), The Hellenizing Muse: A European Anthology of Poetry in Ancient Greek from the Renaissance to the Present. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110641233. p. 216–279. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2021). Der Griechenlandbegriff des Wolfgang Lazius in Wort und Bild: Die Konstruktion des griechischen Raums in den Commentariorum rerum Graecarum libri II (1558). In Donecker, Stefan; Svatek, Petra & Klecker, Elisabeth (Ed.), Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1565): Geschichtsschreibung, Kartographie und Altertumswissenschaft im Wien des 16. Jahrhunderts. Praesens Verlag. ISSN 9783706911177. p. 65–104. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2020). What’s in a Name? Naming the ‘Post-Byzantines’ in Renaissance Italy (and Beyond). In Vaiopoulos, Vaios; Deligiannis, Ioannis & Pappas, Vasileios (Ed.), Post-Byzantine Latinitas: Latin in Post-Byzantine Scholarship (15th-19th cent.). Brepols. ISSN 9782503589947. p. 323–343. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han; Hal, Toon Van & Clercx, Sebastiaan Godefridus (2020). How To Deal With Scholarly Forgetting in the History of the Humanities: Starting Points for Discussion. History of Humanities. ISSN 2379-3163. doi: 10.1086/707690. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This contribution serves to start a more thoroughgoing discussion about the phenomenon of scholarly forgetting within the humanities beyond disciplinary boundaries. How can one explain the fact that knowledge, at some point circulating in the scholarship, eventually sinks into oblivion and, in some cases, even escapes the attention of the historian of scholarship? The essay argues that each instance of scholarly forgetting should be understood against the backdrop of a complex interplay between the Vergessenspotential of the object under consideration and the working context of the forgetting community. It examines how processes of forgetting have coshaped both the humanities and how scholars think about its history. In conjunction with this, it discusses how we, as historians of scholarship, may deal with scholarly forgetting more self-consciously than has been attempted before.
Lamers, Han (2020). Afterlife of antiquity: Historical meanderings. Ikon - Journal of the iconographic studies. ISSN 1846-8551. 13, p. 19–34. doi: 10.1484/J.IKON.5.121561. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Constantinidou, Natasha (2019). Receptions of Hellenism in Early Modern Europe. In Lamers, Han & Constantinidou, Natasha (Ed.), Receptions of Hellenism in Early Modern Europe. 15th-17th Centuries. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004343856. p. 1–25. doi: 10.1163/9789004402461_002. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This volume investigates modes of receiving and responding to Greeks, Greece, and Greek in early modern Europe (15th-17th centuries). The book's seventeen detailed studies illuminate the reception of Greek culture (the classical, Byzantine, and even post-Byzantine traditions), the Greek language (ancient, vernacular, and 'humanist'), as well as the people claiming, or being assigned, Greek identities during this period in different geographical and cultural contexts. Discussing subjects as diverse as, for example, Greek studies and the Reformation, artistic interchange between Greek East and Latin West, networks of communication in the Greek diaspora, and the ramifications of Greek antiquarianism, the book aims at encouraging a more concerted debate about the role of Hellenism in early modern Europe that goes beyond disciplinary boundaries, and opening ways towards a more over-arching understanding of this multifaceted cultural phenomenon. Contributors: Aslıhan Akışık-Karakullukçu, Michele Bacci, Malika Bastin-Hammou, Peter Bell, Michail Chatzidakis, Federica Ciccolella, Calliope Dourou, Anthony Ellis, Niccolò Fattori, Maria Luisa Napolitano, Janika Päll, Luigi-Alberto Sanchi, Niketas Siniossoglou, William Stenhouse, Paola Tomè, Raf Van Rooy, and Stefan Weise.
Lamers, Han (2019). Janus Lascaris’ Florentine Oration and the ‘Reception’ of Ancient Aeolism. In Abbamonte, Giancarlo & Harrison, Stephen (Ed.), Making and Rethinking the Renaissance. Between Greek and Latin in 15th-16th Century Europe. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110657838. p. 27–50. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This paper reconsiders Janus Lascaris’ Florentine Oration (1493) by analyzing its central argument that the Latin language is Greek (Latina lingua Graeca est). It situates Lascaris’ thesis in the context of ancient ideas about the relationship between Latin and Greek (chiefly Aeolism) and their reception in later periods. Specifically, it discusses his use of etymology, indebted not only to Latin but also to Byzantine sources. Outlining a ‘reconstructive’ method based on etymology to trace Latin words to their alleged Greek roots, Lascaris’ Florentine Oration not only marks an important moment in the reception history of Aeolism, but also complicates the ways in which the story of its reception has usually been told.
Lamers, Han (2019). Mellom Hellas og Europa: Det forestilte Athen i tidligmoderne tid. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. 31(1-2), p. 29–37. Full text in Research Archive
Bettegazzi, Nicolò; Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2019). Viewing Rome in the Latin Literature of the ventennio fascista Francesco Giammaria's Capitolium novum. Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies. ISSN 2211-6249. 8(2), p. 153–178. doi: 10.1163/22116257-00802002. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This article analyses Francesco Giammaria’s Capitolium Novum, a Latin poem describing a tour of the historic center of Rome in 1933, in its historical, architectural, and intellectual contexts. It offers a detailed analysis of three key sections of the poem, which deal with the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine, and the Ara dei caduti fascisti respectively. The authors show how Giammaria’s poem responds to urbanistic interventions in the city center during the ventennio, and specifically to the Fascist ‘recoding’ of the city as the ‘Third Rome’, with a narrative emphasizing the historically layered nature of Rome. Giammaria offers his own interpretation of the respective importance and interrelation of the city’s historic layers: the rhetoric of his poem is aimed at superimposing Catholic Rome over pagan Rome, and at framing all historical layers of the city, including the Fascist one, as part of its Christian mission and destiny. Thus, Capitolium novum resonates with efforts of intellectuals gathered around Carlo Galassi Paluzzi’s Istituto di Studi Romani, who aimed to promote a cultural reconciliation between Fascism and Catholicism.
Lamers, Han (2018). Hellenism and Cultural Unease in Italian Humanism: The Case of Francesco Filelfo. In Keyser, Jeroen De & François, Ide (Ed.), Francesco Filelfo, Man of Letters. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004382190. p. 22–44. doi: 10.1163/9789004382190_004. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2018). Constructing Hellenism: Studies on the History of Greek Learning in Early Modern Europe. Introduction. International Journal of the Classical Tradition. ISSN 1073-0508. 25(3), p. 201–215. doi: 10.1007/s12138-018-0467-9. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2018). Additional Evidence That Poliziano’s Epm. 74 Is Not His. Neulateinisches Jahrbuch. Journal of Neo-Latin Language and Literature. ISSN 1438-213X. 20, p. 574–575. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2018). Voor anker in drijfzand. De obelisk en de Codex van het Mussolini-Forum. Lampas. Tijdschrift voor classici. ISSN 0165-8204. 51(4), p. 375–392. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2017). Latinizing Mussolini's Message: Nicola Festa's Latin Translation of the 'Proclamation of Empire' (1936/7). International Journal of the Classical Tradition. ISSN 1073-0508. 24(2), p. 198–218. doi: 10.1007/s12138-016-0424-4. 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.
Lamers, Han (2024). The Latin Poems of Manilius Cabacius Rallus of Sparta. On Longing, Fortune, and Displacement. A Critical Edition with Annotations and a Translation. De Gruyter Brill. ISBN 9789004548985. 383 p. doi: 10.1163/9789004548985. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Bär, Silvio Friedrich (2022). Studia in honorem Vibeke Roggen. Hermes Academic Publishing and Bookshop A/S. ISBN 9788280342126. 564 p. 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.
Lamers, Han (2021). The Right Moment. Essays Offered to Barbara Baert, Laureate of the 2016 Francqui Prize in Human Sciences, on the Occasion of the Celebratory Symposium at the Francqui Foundation, Brussels, 18-19 October 2018. In consultation with Han Lamers. Editorial assistance: Stephanie Heremans & Laura Tack. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9789042946729. 609 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The essays collected in this volume explore how and by what means, from antiquity to the present day, the notion of 'the right moment' has been defined, visualized, and experienced. The authors approach the subject from a range of disciplines and often work at the intersection of several of them, including the history of art and architecture, philosophy and art theory, classics and comparative literature, the history of religion and theology, and anthropology. In addition to scholarly exposés, the book contains a number of personal musings and artistic reflections on 'the right moment' in various forms and kinds of imagination - visual, literary, and philosophical.
Lamers, Han; Reitz-Joosse, Bettina & Sanzotta, Valerio (2020). Studies in the Latin Literature and Epigraphy of Italian Fascism. Leuven University Press. ISBN 9789462702073. 380 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This book deals with the use of Latin as a literary and epigraphic language under Italian Fascism (1922–1943). The myth of Rome lay at the heart of Italian Fascist ideology, and the ancient language of Rome, too, played an important role in the regime’s cultural politics. This collection deepens our understanding of ‘Fascist Latinity’, presents a range of previously little-known material, and opens up a number of new avenues of research. The chapters explore the pivotal role of Latin in constructing a link between ancient Rome and Fascist Italy; the different social and cultural contexts in which Latin texts functioned in the ventennio fascista; and the way in which ‘Fascist Latinity’ relied on, and manipulated, the ‘myth of Rome’ of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italy. Contributors: William Barton (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Xavier van Binnebeke (KU Leuven), Paolo Fedeli (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro), Han Lamers (University of Oslo), Johanna Luggin (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Antonino Nastasi (Rome), Bettina Reitz-Joosse (University of Groningen), Dirk Sacré (KU Leuven), Valerio Sanzotta (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Wolfgang Strobl (Toblach).
Lamers, Han & Constantinidou, Natasha (2019). Receptions of Hellenism in Early Modern Europe. 15th-17th Centuries. De Gruyter Brill. ISBN 9789004343856. 562 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This volume, edited by Natasha Constantinidou and Han Lamers, investigates modes of receiving and responding to Greeks, Greece, and Greek in early modern Europe (15th-17th centuries). The book's 17 detailed studies illuminate the reception of Greek culture (the classical, Byzantine, and even post-Byzantine traditions), the Greek language (ancient, vernacular, and 'humanist'), as well as the people claiming, or being assigned, Greek identities during this period in different geographical and cultural contexts. Discussing subjects as diverse as, for example, Greek studies and the Reformation, artistic interchange between Greek East and Latin West, networks of communication in the Greek diaspora, and the ramifications of Greek antiquarianism, the book aims at encouraging a more concerted debate about the role of Hellenism in early modern Europe that goes beyond disciplinary boundaries, and opening ways towards a more over-arching understanding of this multifaceted cultural phenomenon. Contributors include Aslıhan Akışık-Karakullukçu, Michele Bacci, Malika Bastin-Hammou, Peter Bell, Michail Chatzidakis, Federica Ciccolella, Calliope Dourou, Anthony Ellis, Niccolò Fattori, Maria Luisa Napolitano, Janika Päll, Luigi-Alberto Sanchi, Niketas Siniossoglou, William Stenhouse, Paola Tomè, Raf Van Rooy, and Stefan Weise
Lamers, Han & Glas, Nico de (2019). Manuel Chrysoloras: Vergelijking tussen het Oude en het Nieuwe Rome. Brief aan de keizer van Byzantium. Ta Grammata. ISBN 9789082735635. 80 p. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2019). Afterlife of Antiquity: Anton Springer (1825-1891) on the Classical Tradition. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9789042938786. 130 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This essay deals with the early history of the notion of an ‘afterlife of antiquity’ as a metaphor for thinking about antiquity’s continued presence in later periods. Nachleben der Antike is often associated with Aby Warburg and Renaissance art but was first applied to the classical tradition of the Middle Ages by the Czech-German historian Anton Heinrich Springer (1825–1891). His provocative essay on the subject, first published in 1862, is a very early attempt to emancipate the classical tradition from strait-laced classicism and to see it as a historical problem. Springer’s approach anticipated some important later trends in understanding antiquity’s continued presence and significance. Afterlife of Antiquity returns something of the original resonance to Springer’s idea and sheds light on its significance in the history of scholarship. Recognizing some of the theoretical tensions inherent in Springer’s discussion, the current work examines how the notion of an afterlife of antiquity was embedded in the author’s wider interest in artistic tradition and how he used it as a polemical concept targeting both anti-classicizing Romanticist and traditional humanist views of medieval culture. This issue of Studies in Iconology also includes the first English translation of Springer’s Das Nachleben der Antike im Mittelalter, a largely forgotten classic of humanities scholarship, read and admired by Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky.
Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2017). The Codex Fori Mussolini: A Latin Text of Italian Fascism. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350054868. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This is a slightly revised paperback edition of the 2016 hardcover edition (see below). The year is 1932. In Rome, the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini unveils a giant obelisk of white marble, bearing the Latin inscription MVSSOLINI DVX. Invisible to the cheering crowds, a metal box lies immured in the obelisk's base. It contains a few gold coins and, written on a piece of parchment, a Latin text: the Codex fori Mussolini. What does this text say? Why was it buried there? And why was it written in Latin? The Codex, composed by the classical scholar Aurelio Giuseppe Amatucci (1867-1960), presents a carefully constructed account of the rise of Italian Fascism and its leader, Benito Mussolini. Though written in the language of Roman antiquity, the Codex was supposed to reach audiences in the distant future. Placed under the obelisk with future excavation and rediscovery in mind, the Latin text was an attempt at directing the future reception of Italian Fascism. This book renders the Codex accessible to scholars and students of different disciplines, offering a thorough and wide-ranging introduction, a clear translation, and a commentary elucidating the text's rhetorical strategies, historical background, and specifics of phrasing and reference. As the first detailed study of a Fascist Latin text, it also throws new light on the important role of the Latin language in Italian Fascist culture.

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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.
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.
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
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
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 & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2024). Dangerous Documents: Editing Latin Texts of Italian Fascism and German National Socialism. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2024). Mussolini Dux: De Latijnse Literatuur van het Italiaanse Fascisme. 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
Lamers, Han (2023). Editorial Note. Journal of Latin Cosmpolitanism and European Literatures. ISSN 2593-743X. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2023). Mussolini Dux: De Latijnse literatuur van het ventennio fascista in context. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2023). Politieke iconologie - Beeld en taal in Mussolini's Italië. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2023). DVX: A Latin Word in the Political Material Culture of Mussolini's Italy. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2023). Roma og Mussolinis antikken. 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
Lamers, Han; Wolff, Elisabetta Cassina & Lilleslåten, Mari (2022). 100 år siden Mussolini og fascistene tok makten i Italia. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2022). New Directions in the Study of Latin under Fascism. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2021). Rubens en Herodotus. Frons: Blad voor Leidse classici. 41(2), p. 85-92–85-92. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2021). Review of Rosa Maria Piccione, Greeks, books and libraries in Renaissance Venice. Transmissions: studies on conditions, processes and dynamics of textual transmission, volume 1. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2021. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). ISSN 1055-7660. 12(44). Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Reitz-Joosse, Bettina (2021). Mussolini Dux: Die lateinische Literatur des italienischen Faschismus. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2021). The Lure of Latin under Italian Fascism. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2021). « La langue des vainqueurs » : la politisation de la langue latine dans l’Italie fasciste, 1922–1943. Présentation des recherches en cours et prospectives. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2021). Hvordan ble antikken (mis)brukt i politisk propaganda? Det gamle Roma i Mussolinis Italia. 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
Lamers, Han; Reitz-Joosse, Bettina & Toebosch, Theo (2020). Latijnse teksten hielpen Mussolini zijn fascistische gedachtegoed te verankeren. [Journal]. NRC Handelsblad. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2019). [Review of] Michail Chatzidakis, Ciriaco d’Ancona und die Wiederentdeckung Griechenlands im 15. Jahrhundert. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2017. History of Humanities. ISSN 2379-3163. 4(2), p. 481–484. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Haanæs, Øystein Rygg (2019). Mussolini brukte latin for å knyte fascismen til det mektige Romarriket. [Internet]. forskning.no. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han & Haanæs, Øystein Rygg (2019). Language as a weapon: How Mussolini used Latin to link fascism to the mighty Roman Empire. [Internet]. AlphaGalileo. Full text in Research Archive
Lamers, Han (2017). Janus Lascaris. In Papy, Jan (Eds.), Erasmus’ droom. Het Leuvense Collegium Trilingue 1517-2017. Peeters Publishers. ISSN 9789042935594. p. 265–267. 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.