Roman Institute of the Görres Society

Science Center for History since 1888

From The Institute

Every year around Easter, the Roman Institute of the Görres Society publishes and sends out a detailed, illustrated annual report. However, the report is already available as a PDF and can be viewed and downloaded here:

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Mihajlo Džamtovski (* 1996 in Pančevo, Serbia) completed his bachelor studies in archaeology at the University of Belgrade and his master studies in archaeology at the University of Ljubljana. He is currently a student in the preparatory year of doctoral studies at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology in Rome and is a holder of the scholarship of the Holy See. His research interests include the period of late antiquity in the Balkans and the reception and usage of archaeology and history by contemporary societies in the central Balkan area. 

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Prof. Dr Wolfgang Bergsdorf passed away in Bonn on 9 January at the age of 82. From 2007 to 2015, he succeeded Paul Mikat as President of the Görres-Gesellschaft, which he led with great care. The Roman Institute of the Görres-Gesellschaft, whose Board of Directors he chaired during these years, owes him a great debt of gratitude. Since the establishment of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Roman Institute of the Görres-Gesellschaft in 2012, he has been a member of its board.

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Jonas Eger (* 2001 in Kempten/Allgäu) entered the St Jerome's Seminary in Augsburg after graduating from high school and began studying Catholic theology at the University of Augsburg in 2020. In 2022, he was sent to Rome to study at the Pont. Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum there. Since then, he has been studying philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

I was born in Unna in 1997, started studying Protestant theology in Münster in 2015, completed the 46th year of theological studies in Jerusalem in 2019/20, and then studied in Göttingen until the ecclesiastical examination in March 2023, where I then started my doctorate. I am currently studying the history of theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant'Anselmo. I am particularly interested in icons and their ecumenical significance.

Johannes Schubert (* 2003 in Gera) began his master's degree in theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt after graduating from high school in 2021. He is currently studying at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana in Rome. With a wide range of interests, he does voluntary work in his free time and is a virtuoso organ player.