Forum for Historical Research since 1888
Located next to St. Peter's Basilica, the Campo Santo Teutonico is the retreat of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society (RIGG), the well-known academic centre for research into the history of the Church and Christian cultural heritage.
The "Cooperatores Veritatis" conference on Ratzinger in dialogue with philosophy will take place from 17 to 19 April in Mexico City at the Universidad Panamericana. The conference is supported by the Ratzinger Foundation in Madrid.
The news about the visit of Augsburg Bishop Bertram Meier to the graves of the Ulma family in Markowa (Poland) is an occasion to draw attention to a book about the Ulma family. During the Second World War, the Ulma family hid Jews in their home for years, even though it was punishable by death. This could not remain hidden, and so they were denounced to the Nazis.
Deadline: 30 April
The Schuola Normale Superiore di Pisa offers the chair for modern history .
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Vossenkuhl will be studying at the RIGG for several weeks. He has been a member of the advisory board of the Görres Society since 1981 and from 1993 to 2011 held the so-called Concordat Chair of Philosophy at the LMU Munich, where the founding president of the Görres Society, Count Georg von Hertling, once sat. We hope to welcome Vossenkuhl as a speaker at a Görres lecture soon and recommend his book on what is and what should be:
Jobst Knigge (Hamburg) speaks on "Der Kampf zwischen Bundesrepublik Deutschland und DDR um die deutsche Kultur in Rom".
Location: Aula Pope Benedict XVI (Campo Santo Teutonico)
Start: 6 pm
Who wishes to participate via Zoom is invited to contact
The March issue of the popular archaeology magazine "Archeo" reports on the front page about the excavations at the Shepherds' Field in Bethlehem, which were started last year by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land and the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology and are expected to continue for several years.
The international bookshop "La Leoniana" near the Vatican has reopened under the management of Chiara Proietti. It's worth popping in and having a chat with her. The RIGG is planning to enter into a co-operation with the Leoniana. We will inform you about this soon.
by Nikolas Möller
In 312 AD, Constantine defeated his rival Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. It was probably on this occasion that a seated statue originally depicting Jupiter Optimus Maximus was remodelled for the new autocrat. Fragments of this colossal statue can be seen in the courtyard of the Capitoline Museums.
Prof Dr Andreas Bieringer (Liturgy) and Prof Dr Thomas Meckel (Canon Law) from the Theol. Hochschule Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt a.M. organised an excursion to Rome in March with their students under the theme "City of Grace - City of Law", during which they visited Vatican dicasteries and also listened to art and liturgical history lectures on the important church monuments of the Lateran district (including S. Clemente and Quattro Coronati) and the Esquiline under the guidance of Andreas Raub and Stefan Heid.
During the retirement ceremony for Prof Dr Johannes Grohe, he was presented with a comprehensive commemorative publication at the Pontifical University of S. Croce. The following short video offers an insight into the ceremony.
Topic: "Ein Meisterspion im Vatikan? Das mysteriöse Leben des Prälaten Rudolf Gerlach (1886-1946)"
Hartmut Benz (Ruppichteroth), one of the best experts on the Roman Curia in the 19th/20th century, has shed light on the opaque life of the German Curia prelate Rudolf Gerlach, who came from Baden, in three articles in the Römische Quartalschrift (2021-2023) and presents the results of his research.
Beginning: 6 pm
Location: Hall Pope Benedict XVI (Campo Santo Teutonico)
For participation via Zoom please contact Stefan Heid.
Deadline: 25th June
The Leibniz Institute for European History (IEG) in Mainz offers the position of a scientific collaborator for History of Religion of the 19/20 century.
lla John Cabot University di Roma si tiene un convegno internazionale su Roma nel Rinascimento. Tra i 27 relatori figurano Jörg Voigt (sui Francescani nel XV secolo) e Andreas Rehberg (sulla Curia romana nel XVI secolo).
A lot has happened in German and international research since the working group for hagiographical questions first met 30 years ago. On 12 April 2024 at 19:30, Göttingen historian Hedwig Röckelein will trace these changes using the example of her own research biography under the title "Research on saints in motion - between textuality and materiality".
Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
