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 7 December at 5 pm, in the church of the Campo Santo Teutonico, numerous candidates will be received into the Archconfraternity, including several people from Germany who are closely connected to the RIGG. On 8 December at 10 a.m., Bishop Dr Bertram Meier of Augsburg will celebrate the Patrocinium. Afterwards, Prelate Dr Hans-Peter Fischer will bid farewell after 12 years in office as Rector of the Campo Santo Teutonico.
Thema: Der Historiker und umtriebige "Camposantiner" Paul Maria Baumgarten (1860-1948). Neues aus römischen und deutschen Archiven
Deadlines: 16 Dicember and 13 January
Director of the Cologne City Museum (16.12.).
Classical Archaeology in Würzburg (13.1.).
In the webinar of the Görres Society, Stefan Heid will speak in two episodes about the history of the Roman Institute, which was founded in 1888. The lectures will take place on 14 (!) December and 17 January at 7.30 pm each.
Once again this year, the Roman Institute of the Görres Society has an Advent calendar. Every day, you can open a door on our Instagram page, behind which a researcher associated with our Institute or a research project is hidden. As every year, you can also win attractive prizes this year. And this is how it works:
Cardinal Ravasi, until now President of the "Catacomb Commission", is replaced by the previous Secretary, Mons. Pasquale Jacobone. He in turn will be replaced as secretary by Dr Raffalla Giuliani. In practice, this will not result in any major change.
Deadline: 5 january
The University of Mainz offers a post-doctoral position within the Research Training Group "Byzantium and the Euromediterranean War Cultures. Exchange, Demarcation and Reception".
The review "Der Sonntag" from Wien brings a series of articles on Christian archaeology. In the first episode, Stefan Heid tells journalist Agathe Lauber-Gansterer about the history and current significance of this field of research..
For the 24th time, the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology is offering a weekly course on the production and distribution of materials and small objects in Late Antiquity from 6 to 10 March 2023.
For many years now, the Paul Maria Baumgarten Institute for Papacy Research, directed by Prof. Dr. Jochen Johrendt, a student of Rudolf Schieffer, has existed at the University of Wuppertal. The institute is named after the enigmatic and certainly tragic figure of Baumgarten (+ 1948), a convert born in Wuppertal-Barmen in 1860, who was associated with the Campo Santo Teutonico throughout his life and, in addition to his journalistic and church-political activities, was above all an expert on the Curia. The Institute is very well networked in Italy. The current assistant of the RIGG, Nicola Gadaleta, completed parts of his studies in Wuppertal.
Prof. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani gave an impressive lecture at the RIGG conference "Travelling Popes in the Middle Agesr", which we document here. The introduction is by Christiopher Kast.
Deadline: vorerst Ende September
The Catholic Academy of Bavaria in Munich has a number of job openings (technical, housekeeping etc.).
From 17-19 November, an English-Italian-language conference on "Pluralisation of Religion in Rome between the End of the Papal State and the Beginning of Fascism (1870-1922)" will be held at the German Historical Institute in Rome, organised by Martin Wallraff (Munich). The topic is the non-Catholic religious presence in Rome.
On Monday, 28 November, Stefan Heid will speak at the Bernhardinum of the Benedict XVI Cistercian High School Heiligenkreuz near Vienna at 7.15 pm on the topic: "Model House Church? From the search for traces of private worship celebrations in the early church".
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