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 Casa di Goethe has acquired a previously unknown sketchbook by Friedrich Overbeck, a sketchbook by Friedrich Preller the Younger and a drawing by Christoph Heinrich Kniep. They will be presented at 7.00 pm at the Casa di Goethe by Director Gregor Lersch, Golo Maurer from the Hertziana and Claudia Nordhoff.
On Friday, 30 October, Prof. Dr Jochen Johrendt (Wuppertal) will give a talk on the topic ‘The Bishop of Rome and his chapters: St Peter’s in the Vatican and St John’s in the Lateran during the High Middle Ages’.
On 19 October, Pope Leo XIV appointed our member Mons. Prof. Carlo dell’Osso, Secretary and Professor of Patrology and Church History at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, as a member of the Holy See’s International Theological Commission. Prof. Dr Jan-Heiner Tück (Vienna) was also appointed.
Cathedral Chapters in the Middle Ages – A Comparison of Germany and Italy
Prof. Dr Enno Bünz, Professor of Saxon and Comparative Regional History at the Department of History, University of Leipzig, and Dr Jörg Voigt, Medieval History Officer at the Roman Institute of the Görres Society, are organising an international conference on medieval cathedral chapters.
Deadline: 1 November
Job vacancy for the post of Curator of International Touring Exhibitions at the British Museum in London.
Viola Olschewski is currently undertaking a dual Master’s degree in History at Ruhr University Bochum. She also works there as a lecturer in the field of regional memory culture in the Ruhr region.
The commemorative volume *Das Deutsche Kolleg im Vatikan. Der Campo Santo Teutonico 1876–2026: Ort leidenschaftlicher Kirchlichkeit und Debatte* (The German College in the Vatican. The Campo Santo Teutonico 1876–2026: A Place of Passionate Devotion and Debate) is an 851-page work dedicated to the long history of the Priestly College, told through the stories of outstanding and ‘remarkable’ figures who lived there and made significant contributions to academia, politics and pastoral care.
Deadline: 15 November
The DHI in Rome is advertising a post for a research fellow in early modern history (to succeed Alexander Koller).
Die Verehrung des Evangelisten Markus in Venedig ist von zentraler religiöser und kulturgeschichtlicher Bedeutung für Europa. Man denke nur an den Dom San Marco und den Löwen als Signé für Markus und die Lagunenrepublik.
Gudrun Sailer has recored a four-part Broadcast on Rome with Stefan Heid; the first part has now been released.
In celebration of the Görres Society’s 150th anniversary: Look forward to lectures by Britta Kägler, Jochen Johrendt, Gudrun Trausmuth, Wolfgang Braungart, Johan Ickx, Matthias Asche, and Michael Brandt!
Prof. Dr Britta Kägler (Passau) will speak on the topic of ‘Science in the Vatican’ – a book launch on the history of the Görres Society’s Roman Institute.
The event is being held in conjunction with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Holy See.
The final, 272nd volume of the *Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum* is scheduled to be published later this year. This marks the completion of this work, whose origins date back to the period before World War II. For decades, it has been a hallmark of the University of Bonn and the Westphalian Academy of Sciences.
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On 15 October at 3 pm, the first volume of an Italian translation of the "Liber Pontificalis" will be presented at the Istituto Italiano per la Storia Antica by Tessa Canella, Paolo Liverani and Fabio Stok. The book launch will also be streamed via Zoom.
To mark the retirement of Director Prof. Dr Hans-Walter Stork, the Archiepiscopal Academic Library in Paderborn is organising a symposium on Roman topics. Jörg Voigt, Medieval Studies Officer at the RIGG, will convey the greetings of the Roman Institute with a lecture on ‘Daily Life at the Late Medieval Curia – Serious and Light-hearted’.
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