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Prof. Dr Jutta Dresken-Weiland (Regensburg) will speak on ‘The relief-carved ciborium columns of San Marco in Venice: the largest pictorial cycle of the early Christian period’.
Our large and very successful conference ‘Popes and Paraments’ will be published in full in the near future. In the meantime, a highly readable interview by Christian Hecht has been published (unfortunately subject to a fee). However, Maja Gilewski's conference report on HSozKult is freely accessible.
Topic: "Wissenschaft in Rom: Die Gründung der Görres-Gesellschaft vor 150 Jahren und ihr Römisches Institut".
Location: Campo Santo Teutonico (Aula Pope Benedict XVI)
Beginning: 6 pm
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The next Görres lecture on 28 February will be given by Yvonne Maria Werner from Lund. The topic is: ‘A priest's life between Rome and Copenhagen: the Danish “Camposantiner” Peter Schindler (1892-1967) and his commitment to the Catholic mission in Denmark’ (in German).
Dr Tamara Scheer, private lecturer at the Institute for Eastern European History at the University of Vienna, will speak on the topic: ‘Linguistic diversity in the Roman Catholic Church in Austria-Hungary’. The focus will be on the 19th/20th century, with particular attention to ecclesiastical institutions.
On 21 November, the Fondazione Vaticana Joseph Ratzinger/Benedetto XVI, in collaboration with the RIGG, will present the autobiographical volume of Ratzinger's collected works and another Ratzinger biography at the Campo Santo Teutonico.
On 29–30 January 2026, the Department of Biblical Studies and Historical Theology at the University of Innsbruck, the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome and the RIGG are hosting a symposium on linguistic diversity in the late Habsburg Empire. Church institutions such as seminaries, parishes and religious orders play a special role in the question of national and practical implications. The main organiser is PD Dr Tamara Scheer (Vienna).
Topic: "Lasst den Muezzin auf dem Minarett!" - Friedrich II. und der Islam (mit einem Exkurs über die Religiosität des staufischen Kaisers)".
The German-Italian medievalist Prof. Dr. Hubert Houben (Lecce) has published numerous works on the Italian Middle Ages, including the booklet Die Normannen (The Normans), published by Beck-Verlag for a general audience. He is a member of the National Academy ‘dei Lincei’ in Rome, Italy's most prestigious academy.
The RIGG program of conferences for the actual academic year 2025/26 is ready for you. We look forward to your participation. You are also welcome to advertise in your circle of friends. Probably the lectures will also be transmitted via zoom. Of course, the year will again conclude with the summer festival "The last speaker".
The conference "Popes and Paraments from Julius II to Benedict XVI - Textiles, Texts and Contexts from Six Centuries" will take place at Campo Santo Teutonico from 26 to 29 November 2025. The conference is being organised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Jörg Bölling (Hildesheim) in collaboration with Stefan Heid.
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