Det Danske Institute for Videnskab and Art in Rome

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Det Danske Institut for Videnskab og Kunst i Rom ( Italian Accademia di Danimarca , "Danish Institute for Science and Art in Rome") is a Danish research institution based in Rome .

history

The beginnings of the institute go back to the end of the 19th century. In 1887 the Danish philanthropist and patron Jacob Christian Jacobsen died in Rome. In 1876 he founded the Carlsberg Foundation , which was endowed with extensive funds . The foundation sent a historian to Rome for the first time in 1896 and subsequently repeatedly financed research projects in Rome and Italy. Establishing a Danish institute of its own in Italy remained an idea, even after the Svenska Institutet i Rome began its work in 1926 .

It took until after World War II to develop the plans to the point where a Danish facility could be established in Rome. In 1956, on the initiative of the Carlsberg Foundation, Det Danske Institut for Videnskab og Kunst in Rome was established. It initially moved into the Palazzo Primoli in Via Zanardelli near Piazza Navona . In 1959 the Dronning Ingrids romerske Fond ("Roman Foundation Queen Ingrids") was founded with financial support from the Carlsberg Foundation . Ingrid of Sweden , Queen of Denmark from 1947 to 1972, was honorary president of the institute from 1959. The Dronning Ingrids romerske Fond provides the resources that the management can use to award grants, research projects and book purchases.

In 1967 the Danske Institute moved to its current headquarters at Via Omero 18, where the Carlsberg Foundation had a new building built by the internationally renowned architect Kay Fisker . The building has been rebuilt several times since its construction, most recently in 2014–2015.

tasks

One of the tasks of the Danske Institute is to strengthen and develop the cultural ties between Denmark and Italy. The research projects supported by the institute cover a broad spectrum and range from archaeological excavations to philological investigations in the various areas of historical sciences, church history, art, literature and music history. In addition, artists, photographers, architects and musicians are supported and promoted. Workshops, symposia, colloquiums and conferences, concerts and exhibitions are organized together with the other Nordic institutes in Rome.

The Danske Institute is a member of the Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell'arte in Roma , the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica and the Unione Romana delle Biblioteche Scientifiche , an association of scientific libraries in Rome, established in 1992 . The institute provides a library that contains 20,000 titles from scientific journals, monographs, music recordings and the like. The Analecta Romana Istituti Danici is published as a separate journal , which is supplemented by a series of monographic supplements.

Since 2015, the "Queen Margrethe Rome Prize" has been awarded with funds from the Carlsberg Foundation. It is preferably given to Danish researchers who have achieved excellent scientific results in one of the fields of activity of the Danish Institute in Rome. Margrethe II has been the institute's patron since 2011.

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Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 40.1 ″  E