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.
On 4 June at 10 am, a protest against the closure of Humboldt University’s Winckelmann Institute of Archaeology will take place at Unter den Linden 6. Many members of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society have also signed the petition to save the institute.
Deadline: 12 June
Research Training Group 2844 (University of Marburg, Marburg Centre for the Ancient World) is advertising 12 part-time positions as research assistants for the completion of 12 doctoral theses on the ‘Staging of religious atmosphere in ancient cultures’.
The final, 272nd volume of the *Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum* is scheduled to be published later this year. This marks the completion of this work, whose origins date back to the period before World War II. For decades, it has been a hallmark of the University of Bonn and the Westphalian Academy of Sciences.
From 20 to 25 November 2026, the Roman Institute of the Görres Society is organising its fifth sponsors' trip to Rome. The occasion is the 25th International Festival of Church Music.
You are cordially invited to participate. If you are interested, please contact until 25 June
Father Markus Scheifele (48) is a priest of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart and was ordained in 2007. Over the past 14 years, he has worked at the Diocesan Youth Office – initially for five years in the altar server ministry, and subsequently as head of the Youth Office. At the same time, he served as parish priest in Esslingen am Neckar.
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
On Thursday, 11 June, from 6 p.m., the Roman Institute of the Görres Society will celebrate its annual summer festival in San Giovanni a Porta Latina (Via di Porta Latina 17). It will begin with Holy Mass in the church, followed by a cheerful picnic in the monastery garden of the Rosminians, directly on the Aurelian city wall. Who wants to participate is kindly asked to contact - for the picknick -
On 5 June, a symposium will be held in Verona on Onofrio Panvinio (1530–1568), the Veronese Augustinian hermit, antiquarian and humanist. The event is organised under the patronage of, amongst others, the Roman Institute of the Görres Society and the Vatican Archives.
The 38 member institutions of the association ‘Unione internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma’ (UNIR) are marking their 80th anniversary with a conference in Rome.
From 21 to 25 November, the Fondazione Pro Arte e Musica Sacra is organising its 25th music festival in Rome’s major basilicas, featuring sacred music by Mozart, Perosi and Monteverdi. To mark the occasion, the RIGG is organising a fundraising trip.
From 6 March to 5 July 2026, the Museo del Corso – Polo Museale in Rome will be exhibiting around 50 masterpieces by European artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Lucas Cranach, Titian, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, Orazio Gentileschi, Velázquez and Caravaggio.
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’.
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Deadline: 12 May
The University of Hagen (Germany) offers a Professorship in the History of the European Pre-Modern Era .
On 8 May 2011, Prelate Prof. Dr Erwin Gatz, Rector of the Campo Santo Teutonico and Director of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society from 1975 to 2010, died at the age of 78 whilst on a trip to Maastricht. His scholarly output is unrivalled. His organisational achievements and prudent leadership remain a source of gratitude and remembrance to this day.
On 21 April, the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily “John the Evangelist” in Palermo is organising a study day on Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Letter of 11 December 2025 on the benefits of studying Christian archaeology.
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