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 Pontifical Priestly College at Campo Santo Teutonico is celebrating its 150th anniversary from 2 to 4 October with a large gathering of former students, as has always been the custom on such occasions. Rector Prelate Dr Peter Klasvogt will welcome the guests with discussions, presentations, receptions and an excursion to Castelgandolfo. The Roman Institute is contributing an extensive commemorative publication entitled “Das Deutsche Kolleg im Vatikan” (The German College in the Vatican). The celebrations will culminate in a festive Mass on 4 October at 10.00 am, to which everyone is warmly invited.
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’.
Jörg Voigt (Hanover), the RIGG’s medieval studies expert, will speak on 22 September at the École Française in Rome, on 26 September at Eberbach Abbey, and on 1 October at the Archiepiscopal Academic Library in Paderborn.
The church-based foundation SocioMovens, established by Prelate Dr Peter Klasvogt, Rector of the Campo Santo Teutonico, will receive the International Westphalian Peace Prize in Münster on 1 October. The other recipient is NATO. SocioMovens focuses primarily on youth projects in Eastern and Central Europe.
Tim Hager (born 1996) studied history at the University of Passau and is currently working on his PhD. His thesis, supervised by Prof. Dr Thomas Kohl (European Medieval Studies and Cultures, University of Passau), focuses on early Carolingian successions. He is a scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
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.
Deadline. 9 October
The University of Bamberg is advertising a post for a Professor of Church History .
Gudrun Sailer has recored a four-part Broadcast on Rome with Stefan Heid; the first part has now been released.
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.
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!
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..
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.
On 26 September, the student societies will hold their annual symposium at the Institutum Augustinianum in the Vatican on the theme ‘Christian faith and politics in the light of the theology of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI’. Speakers will include Kurt Koch, Peter Schallenberg, Stephan Herzberg and Katharina Westerhorstmann.
The European Academy of the Arts, headed by Erdmuthe Brand, has been based in Montepulciano, near Perugia, for 25 years.
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