We share the sad news that former NINO Director Prof. Dr. Johan (Han) de Roos died on 16 December 2020.
During his tenure as director of the NINO from 1990 to 2002, Hittitologist Han de Roos was also the general director of the Netherlands Historical-Archaeological Institute in Istanbul (as NIT was formerly known). You can read a brief In Memorium on website of NINO (www.nino-leiden.nl).