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On 13 June, the President of the University of Augsburg, Professor Dr Sabine Doering-Manteuffel, appointed Dr Rainald Becker (Munich) as University Professor in the Chair of European Regional History and Bavarian and Swabian Regional History. He succeeds Prof. Dr Marita Krauss.
Ingolstadt is a beautiful city with important churches and cultural sites. Since 1972 it has also been home to the Bavarian Army Museum, which moved from Munich to the New Palace in Ingolstadt. This huge building complex now also houses the First World War Museum.
In the meantime, you can register for the 18th CIAC in Belgrade (the earlier the cheaper!) and register a presentation topic (call for paper).
There are also promotional posters and a Facebook page
The General Assembly from 22 to 24 September in Tübingen will again offer a rich programme under the guiding theme of "Freedom". Speakers include Boris Palmer and Paul Kirchhof. Other highlights: The History Section will speak about the threat to academic freedom, the Law and Political Science Section will talk about migration and citizenship, the Political Science Section about paternalism and the like. Andreas Holzem will lecture on the Thirty Years' War in the Corpus Catholicorum.
It is important to sign up, to find his name in the list of the participants.
Attention should be drawn to two theological conferences in August:
1-3 August 2023 in Cologne: Internationaler Priesterkreis, about "evangelisation"
28-30 August 2023 Sommerakademie in Aigen im Mühlkreis (Austria) about "sacramentals" (with three speakers from Rome: Michael Kahle, Markus Graulich, Ralph Weimann).
The Museum of the Cathedral of Hildesheim offers a series of events during the Day of World Heritage.
On 25 May, the Munich Görresian Circle will meet again. At 7 pm, Dr Ignacio García will speak at the Katholische Hochschulgemeinde of the Technical University of Munich (Karlstr. 32) on the topic "The German-Roman medievalist Augustin Theiner C.O. and Bavaria". Please register with
Since 1 May, registration is open for participation in the 18th International Congress of Christian Archaeology 2-6 September 2024 in Belgrade. The earlier the registration, the cheaper it is.
On 2 May, the Bishop Sproll Memorial will be inaugurated in the Episcopal Ordinariate of Rottenburg. Among others, Prof. Dr Dominik Burkard (Würzburg) and Dr Herbert Aderbauer will speak about the Rottenburg Bishop Joannes Baptista Sproll (1870-1949)
On 24 May at 6.30 p.m., a ceremony will be held at the Hochschule St. Georgen in Frankfurt to celebrate the 85th birthday of Father Klaus Schatz. In addition to the history of the Jesuits, Father Schatz has especially researched the First Vatican Council. Schatz's collected essays on Vatican I were recently published as the first volume of the new series "Studies on the History of Councils" by the Aschendorff publishing house (commissioned by the Gesellschaft für Konziliengeschichtsforschung).
Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
