Eventi

Conference 11-12 june Bengt E. Thomasson (1926–2025): A Life for Ancient Rome and Modern Sweden The conference Bengt E. Thomasson (1926–2025): A Life for Ancient Rome and Modern Sweden commemorates the life and work of Bengt E. Thomasson, Director of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome 1961–64, whose scholarship contributed significantly to the […]

CONGRESSO 28-30 maggio 2026 L’Unione Internazionale in Roma. Un patrimonio da raccontare e da condividere Nel 1946, i direttori dell’Istituto Svedese di Studi Classici, dell’American Academy in Rome, dell’Academia Belgica, dell’École française de Rome, dell’Istituto Storico Olandese di Roma, dell’Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte, dell’Istituto di Studi Romani, della Scuola Romena di Roma

OPEN LECTURE 28/04 at 18.00 Horace Engdahl ( Swedish Academy) “Christina as author: the emergence of literary expression in her writing” Historians have underlined the unusual fact that queen Christina was continuously busy reading and writing, unlike most person with a comparable social standing in her era. In addition to numerous letters, she wrote an

XV LECTIO BOËTHIANA 22/04 at 18.00 Anne-Marie Leander Touati: “Piranesi’s marbles in Stockholm: between virtuosity and irony” During his stay in Rome 1783-1784, the Swedish king Gustavus III visited the combined workshop and showrooms of Giovanni Battista Piranesi in Via Felice (Sistina), at the top of the Spanish Stairs. The purchase of the studio’s entire

BOOK PRESENTATION and FILM SCREENING 21/04 at 18.00 In collaboration with Anita Ekberg, International Blonde Anita Ekberg was an incandescent screen presence who was also a site of paradox. A Swedish star who never made a film in Sweden. An iconic star largely remembered for just one film, La dolce vita, in only a sixth

Object Lessons: Knowledge Organization and Antiquity in Institutional Teaching Collections across the Long Nineteenth Century (1750–1940) The Swedish Institute for Classical Studies in Rome and the American Academy in Rome will host a three-day conference on archaeological study collections and their role in our understanding of the past. The conference is organized by scholars from

OPEN LECTURE 26/03 at 18.00 Frederick Whitling: Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and the “Men in Rome” of the Swedish Institute, 1924–1926 This talk deals with the mid-1920s preparations for—and the decisive role of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden in—the establishment of the Swedish Institute in Rome (1925), as well as with the first

BIRGIT AND GAD RAUSING LECTURE03/03 at 18.00 Kathleen Christian (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)Marble to Bronze, Bronze to Marble: Antico, Michelangelo, and the Antique in the 1490s This paper explores a decisive moment in Rome in the 1490s when Renaissance sculptors created paradigmatic strategies for engaging with antique sculptures, focusing on the contrasting responses of the Mantuan

Conferenza 03/02 alle 18.00 L’Istituto Svedese, fondato a Stoccolma l’8 maggio 1925, iniziò ufficialmente la sua attività a Roma il 1 febbraio 1926. Per celebrare questa ricorrenza l’Istituto invita a una conferenza che inaugura la serie di eventi del centenario 2026. Chiara Monterumisi e Monica Prencipe: La costruzione dell’Istituto Svedese di Roma tra visioni culturali

LA FAMIGLIA ETRUSCA – THE ETRUSCAN FAMILY Presentazione degli atti del convegno internazionale di studi del 7-8 novembre 2024 A cura di Laura Ambrosini e Ulf R. Hansson CNR Edizioni, Roma 2025 L’evento si svolgerà presso l’Istituto Svedese di Studi Classici a Roma in Via Omero 14, il 27 gennaio alle ore 16.00 SALUTI Ulf