Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici 02 2020

Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici (English: Institute for Etruscan and Italic Studies) is a cultural institution based in

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. It was founded in 1925 with the aim of promoting and enhancing in Italy and worldwide studies on the

Etruscan civilization The Etruscan civilization () was developed by a people of Etruria in ancient Italy with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. After conquering adjacent lands, its territory covered, at its greatest extent, rou ...

and other peoples of ancient Italy.

History

Founded in 1925 with the name of "Comitato Permanente per l’Etruria" by the will of the Italian archaeologist Antonio Minto, renamed later as "Istituto Internazionale di Studi Etruschi" in 1932, "Istituto di Studi Etruschi ed Italici" in 1951, and finally in "Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici" in 1989. As stated in its 1989 statute, the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici "aims to promote, intensify and coordinate research and studies on the civilization of the Etruscans and subordinately of other peoples of ancient Italy.

Publications

Since 1927, one of the Institute's tasks has been the publication of the annual journal "Studi Etruschi", published by the publisher Leo S. Olschki in Florence, and the publisher Giorgio Bretschneider in Rome. The Institute also produces the following series: * Monumenti Etruschi. Volumi 1 – 13. * Biblioteca di "Studi Etruchi". Volumi 1 – 59. * Capua preromana. Volumi I – X.

Sections abroad

The institute also has 5 additional sections: * Section "Etruria Padana and northern Italy", with headquarters in

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. * Austrian section, established in

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. * French Section. * German section. * Section USA based in New York.

Directors

* Antonio Minto (1927-1953) *

Giacomo Devoto Giacomo Devoto (19 July 1897 – 25 December 1974) was an Italian historical linguist and one of the greatest exponents of the twentieth century of the discipline. He was born in Genoa and died in Florence. Career In 1939 he founded with Bruno Mig ...

(1954-1959) *

Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

(1964) *

Luisa Banti Luisa Banti (1894 – 1978) was an Italian archaeologist, art historian, and educator specializing in the Etruscan and Minoan civilizations. Her best known work is ''Il mondo degli Etruschi'' (The World of the Etruscans). First published in 1960 ...

(1964-1971) *

Massimo Pallottino Massimo Pallottino (9 November 1909 in Rome – 7 February 1995 in Rome) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Etruscan civilization and art. Biography Pallottino was a student of Giulio Quirino Giglioli and worked early in his career on ...

(1972 - 1995) *

Guglielmo Maetzke Guglielmo Maetzke (Florence, 12 July 1915 - 19 March 2008) was an Italian archaeologist and etruscologist. A pupil of the Etruscologist Massimo Pallottino, he directed important excavation campaigns in Tuscany, Lazio, Campania and Sardinia. Bio ...

(1995-1996) * Giovannangelo Camporeale (1997-2016) *

Giuseppe Sassatelli Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuse ...

(2017-)

Note

References

* Massimo Tarantini, ''Archeologia e scienze naturali in Italia. Il caso dell'organizzazione degli studi etruschi (1925-1932)'', in Rassegna di Archeologia, s. B, vol. 19 (2002), pp. 321–351. {{DEFAULTSORT:Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici Archaeological organizations Cultural institutions of Tuscany Etruscology