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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.
To mark the 150th anniversary of the Pontifical Priestly College at Campo Santo Teutonico (1876–2026), a commemorative volume edited by Dr Ignacio García Lascurain Bernstorff and Stefan Heid will be published by Herder in September as the 76th The volume will contain over 20 articles spanning approximately 800 pages and will cover both individuals and groups who have shaped the college..
Deadline: 14 August
The DHI Rome is offering a postdoctoral fellowship for historians and music historians.
A new type of souvenir is currently available on the Roman tourist market: a tin plate commemorating the founding of the Vatican City State under the Lateran Pacts of 11 February 1929. As is well known, we are approaching the centenary. The plaque depicts St Peter’s Basilica, with the Campo Santo Teutonico and its three cypress trees clearly visible to the left.
Monsignor Dr Matthias Ambros (Diocese of Passau), who has held various posts at the Roman Curia for several years, completed his habilitation in canon law in Munich. Ambros is a former member of the Camposanto and a member of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society.
My name is Paul Kuntner; I have been studying theology since 2022, initially in Leipzig and now, in the academic year 2025/26, in Rome. As well as attending courses at the Gregoriana, I have also attended classes at St Anselmo and the Orientale. I will be continuing my studies in Munich in the coming winter term. I am primarily interested in New Testament exegesis, particularly Pauline studies, and I am also very enthusiastic about the early history of the Early Church. I am therefore delighted to be able to join the Görres Society.
The European Academy of the Arts, headed by Erdmuthe Brand, has been based in Montepulciano, near Perugia, for 25 years.
Dr Cornelia Bäurle, a RIGG research fellow from 2022 to 2023, has successfully completed her PhD with a thesis on early 16th-century bathroom decorations in Rome and the surrounding area. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr Ulrich Pfisterer. The defence took place on 9 February at the Central Institute for Art History in Munich, which also houses the collection of casts. Congratulations!
Today, 29 June, is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, which has been celebrated in Rome since at least the 2nd century. Since the Reformation, there has been a debate as to whether Peter was ever in Rome at all. Fifteen years ago, the Roman Institute and the Classical Studies Section of the Görres Society organised a conference on this topic in Rome and Freiburg.
The latest publication by the Roman Institute of the Görres Society, in the supplement series of the "Römische Quartalschrift", is by Richard Pfannmüller, a retired secondary school teacher and lecturer in Medieval Latin at Ludwig Maximilian University of Würzburg.
In May 2026, the second double issue of volume 120 (2025) of the RQ was published right on schedule. It contains six articles on Lothar III, a Byzantine mosaic, a collection of Christian archaeological artefacts, travels in Italy, the Una Sancta movement and witness statements in beatification proceedings:
The printed issue, as well as the e-edition and individual articles, can be purchased from Herder Publishers.
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On 25–26 June, a one-day seminar on the topic ‘Constructing the Sacred: Liturgy, Architecture and Experience in the Late Antique East’ will take place at the University of Warsaw. The main focus will be on the (Syrian) bema.
Prof. Dr Holger A. Klein from Columbia University in New York, a specialist in Byzantine art and art history, will speak on 30 May on the topic: ‘Constantinople, Rome and Venice – Cities, Relics and the Vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem’.
Location: Campo Santo Teutonico (Pope Benedict XVI Hall)
Start: 6.00 pm
Anyone wishing to attend via Zoom should contact Stefan Heid.
Eight professorships are currently advertised at universities in Germany and Austria.
Simona Candia is an archaeologist, a licensed tour guide and a lecturer for trainee tour guides. Since 2015, she has been guiding visitors around Rome and sharing her knowledge of the history, art and archaeology of the Eternal City.
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On 4 June at 10 am, a protest against the closure of Humboldt University’s Winckelmann Institute of Archaeology will take place at Unter den Linden 6. Many members of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society have also signed the petition to save the institute.
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