Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
On 4 December at 3.30 pm, our Directorate member Prof. Dr Michael Matheus (Mainz) Prof. Dr Michael Matheus (Mainz) will be speaking at ‘La Nuvola’ in Rome on the subject of ‘Ninfa e la misura del mondo - percezioni e narrazioni tra scienza, letteratura e belle arti’
On 10 December at 5 p.m. in the large auditorium of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, a ceremony will be held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana, founded in 1924 and probably the most important journal in this field. On this occasion, Paolo Liverani (Florence) will present the anniversary issue (2024, no. 2), which is entirely dedicated to this occasion.
A side note on the website of the Vatican Archives is a sensation for researchers all over the world: after years of strict restrictions, also due to Covid, the new prefect Rocco Ronzani has now changed the regulations: Pre-registration is no longer required. However, if the 60 places are full, you can no longer get in. You will have to get up early!
Deadline: 30 November
The 4th course on papal archives and Roman Catholicism will take place in Rome from 27 to 31 January
This year's festival of sacred music offers works by Mozart, Bach, Puccini and Bruckner in the great basilicas of Rome.
The large 13th volume (in three parts!) of Joseph Ratzinger's Opera Omnia with the famous interviews he gave to Vittorio Messori and Peter Seewald, among others, is now available in the Italian translation by Pierluca Azzaro. The volumes will be presented on 21 November at 5 pm at the LUMSA University in Rome in the presence of Mons. Georg Gänswein in attendance. The volume is entitled ‘In dialogo con il proprio tempo'. Registration is requested (see programme).
On 14 November at 4.30 pm, Prof. Dr Gisela Drossbach from the University of Augsburg will give a lecture at the University of Roma Tre on the subject of ‘Materiality, transfer and innovation of papal letters around 1200’.
The German Historical Institute always offers interesting guided tours, on 8 November in the Opera House at Stazione Termini
In honour of Richard Krautheimer (1897-1994), the archaeologist protected by the Vatican during the Nazi era, who was closely associated with the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology (see personal lexicon on Christian archaeology), high-level lectures will be held in the Curia Iulia on the Forum Romanum: on 31 October, 9 and 23 November, 7 December.
The 23th Festival of Sacred Music in Rome starts on 23th October at 20.30 with the Requiem of Verdi directed by Daniel Harding.
Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
