Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici


Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici is a cultural institution based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It was founded in 1925 with the aim of promoting and enhancing in Italy and worldwide studies on the Etruscan civilization 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:
The institute also has 5 additional sections: