Istituto Storico Germanico | German Historical Institute Rome

Jean Paul Laurens, Pope Formosus and Stephen VI (1870) during the trial, Painting, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes (Wikimedia Commons).

The corpse of a #pope dressed in ceremonial robes in the accused's dock. Sounds impossible? This was the fate of Pope Formosus in 897. To find out more, join us (virtually or in person) for the lecture by Sebastian Scholz (in German). #medievalstudies
Info: t1p.de/lalqp Registration: t1p.de/lwgsq

Backside of the German Historical Institute in Rome with green lawn and orange trees in the foreground

🎶 #Music connects! For #WorldMusicDay on October 1, we're sharing our #playlist: as diverse as our team – from classical to rap, featuring sounds that reflect our location & make 🇩🇪🤝🇮🇹 ties audible. Curious? 🎧 open.spotify.com/playlist/63f...

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Applications for the European Diploma in Medieval Studies from the #FIDEM (Fédération Internationale des Instituts d'Études Médiévales) are now open. Deadline: 1 december 2025. More information on their website: fidemweb.org/call-for-app...

City of Jerusalem. Boundaries proposed by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question, Annex B to United Nations Resolution 181 (II). Future Government of Palestine, 29 November 1947.

The contended Holy Land. The Holy See and the State of Israel (1947–1957). Conference (in italian language) by our doctoral candidate Angela Cimino. #contemporaryhistory #MiddleEast #HolySee #Israel
1.10.2025, 17.30. Register for in-person or online attendance: t1p.de/5tgyd.
More info: t1p.de/7fs1z

Der Demokratie zuliebe: Historiker müssen sich in politische Debatten einmischen Als Hochschulprofessorin habe sie die Pflicht, die freiheitliche Demokratie zu schützen. Sie arbeite nicht im Elfenbeinturm, sagt Historikerin Petra Terhoeven.

Die Historikerin Petra Terhoeven, auch aktiv bei #hist4dem, spricht in diesem hörenswerten Interview u.a. über die Resolution des Historikertags 2018 und die Notwendigkeit, Forschungsergebnisse in die Gesellschaft zu tragen. Hört mal rein! #historikertag

Mit vier Auslandsinstituten beteiligen wir uns an der Jahreskonferenz des Leibniz-Forschungsverbundes „Wert der Vergangenheit“ @valuepast.bsky.social zum Thema
„Re-Visions of history in right-wing populism and the far right. European and global perspectives“

Seid ihr Studierende der Geschichte, Musikwissenschaft oder Digital Humanities − und auf der Suche nach spannenden Praktikumsmöglichkeiten?
Wir bieten euch die Chance, wertvolle Erfahrungen zu sammeln, Archive und Bibliotheken zu besuchen und euer Netzwerk zu erweitern: application.dhi-roma.it

Fig.: Alberto Salietti, On the desk, 1946, private collection (courtesy: Il Ponte Casa d'Aste).

#CFP: Colonial Objects. Material Culture of Italian #colonialism.
If you are interested in these topics as well as #conservation, #provenance and #restitution, please send your proposal by 5.9.2025.
We are organizing two international conferences. Further information: t1p.de/bfiwu
#materialculture

Girl with megaphone. Pop Art, comic illustration.

#CfP: #Politics, #Feminisms, #Music. European and global manifestations from 1945 to the present day. Submit topic proposals by 15.08.2025: t1p.de/n5ff9.
#Musicology #ContemporaryHistory #skytorians @animefeminist.com @saranahmed.bsky.social @feministkelly.bsky.social @feministconlaw.bsky.social

Join us in our one-hour session on medieval Islamic cartography! Karen Pinto will tell us what lies behind the harmonious KMMS maps of the Mediterranean. With Giancarlo Casale

📆1 July 2025, 5-6 pm CET online
👉Register here: t1p.de/entanglement...

#medievalsky #medievalmediterranean #medievalmaps

On today's International #Heraldry Day, listen to the lecture by our researcher Andreas Rehberg: Heraldic Competition and Conflicts around the Popes from the 13th to the early 16th century.
Available online on the website of the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald: t1p.de/xrhdo #medievalsky

There are still a few days left until the application deadline (9 June). We look forward to receiving your proposals!

t1p.de/entanglement...

#medievalsky #medievalmediterranean #medievalstudies
#entanglements #mobility #CfP
@dhiparis.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy
@kordulawolf.bsky.social

Digitale Sprechstunde am 3.6.2025 zu unseren Stipendien-Programmen (Forschungs- und Reisestipendien sowie Stipendien zur Stellung eines Antrages auf Drittmittelförderung). Wir beantworten Eure Fragen.
Unsere aktuellen Ausschreibungen laufen noch bis 15.6.
👉 t1p.de/983dh
@daadworldwide.bsky.social

‼️Session postponed to 👉July 1, 2025, 5-6 pm CET online. With Karen Pinto (Colorado University) and Giancarlo Casale (European University Institute). The registration link is the same: t1p.de/entanglement... (old registrations remain valid).

#medievalsky #medievalmediterranean #medievalmaps

Why did so many men enjoy picking up a rifle and practising shooting in the German Empire between 1871 and 1914?
📖 Presentation of the book by @camilleriana.bsky.social: Una cultura delle armi (Carocci, 2024)
🗓 29.05. at 17.30
Casa della #Memoria e della Storia
#Siscalt #bookrecommendations

CANCELLED / POSTPONED! Meeting will be rescheduled

Call for Papers - Deadline: 9 June 2025!
#medievalsky #medievalmediterranean #medievalstudies
#entanglements #mobility #CfP

+++Attention+++ - The presentation has been postponed to 5 June, at the same time, at the same codes/links.
We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your attention!

Thinking Between Languages conference @maxweberstiftung.de ends with panel discussion Simultaneous Interpretations: the Max Weber institutes as translators of languages, (academic) cultures, methodologies @ghilondon.bsky.social @ghiwashington.bsky.social @dhiroma.bsky.social @mwfdelhi.bsky.social

The Professional Practice and Self-Representation of Dragomans in 17th Century Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomatic Relations
17 May 2025, 10.00 am
Public lecture by our researcher Elisabeth Lobenwein as part of this international workshop
Zoom online: t1p.de/7csyf Meeting-ID: 667 3206 1286, Kenncode: 084610

A book of our series “Ricerche dell'Istituto Storico Germanico di Roma” will be presented online by #Siscalt
on 15.5., at 5.30 p.m.: Cecilia Molesini, "Frammenti di Heimat. Storia emotiva dei tedeschi espulsi dopo la Seconda guerra mondiale".
t1p.de/sarwo
#WWII #refugees #displacement

bulbous vase-like shape image of the blue-colored Mediterranean sea, Norman-Sicilian parchment copy of the 12th century (Courtesy: Leiden University Libraries, Cod. Or. 3101, fol. 33).

Interested in medieval Islamic cartography and curious about what lies behind the harmonious KMMS maps of the Mediterranean? With Karen Pinto & Houari Touati. Join us!

27 May 2025, 5-6 pm CET online
Registration: t1p.de/entanglement...

#medievalsky #medievalmediterranean #medievalmaps

Foto-Portrait of the philosopher and political theorist Otto Kallscheuer.

After the 20th century, after colonialism, world wars and totalitarianism - does the powerless papacy still have a political function today?
Lecture (in german language) by Otto Kallscheuer
Info: t1p.de/n0ukt
12.05.2025, 18.00
👉In-person/online: t1p.de/xwdyf
#skytorians #pope #papacy #globalpolitics

Speaker: Martina Kessel, Adam Knowles, Debarati Bagchi, Kenneth F. Ledford and Sarah Weicksel

Tomorrow📢
Historians on Democracy Part 3: Democratic Institutions

📅 May 6, 2025
🕔 17–18 MEZ | 11–12 EST
🎙️ Martina Kessel, Adam Knowles, Debarati Bagchi, Kenneth F. Ledford and Sarah Weicksel
🎥 Stream via Zoom & YouTube

Register now: maxweberstiftung.de/historians-on-democracy

10 GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR PHD STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS TO ATTEND ISIG’S ANNUAL STUDY WEEK The Italian-German Historical Institute offers 10 grants to PhD students and recent postdocs who wish to attend the 65th Study Week Historians and Civic Engagement from 1945 to the Present Day.

Historians and Civic Engagement from 1945 to the Present Day. The ISIG Study Week 2025 (Trento, 3-5 September 2025) will focus on this topic.
The application deadline for 10 grants for phd students and post-docs who wish to attend the event is 20 April.
t1p.de/nimis

Fiscal Rule. #Taxes, State and Politics in Italy since 1945. Who pays, how much and how...
Presentation of the book of our researcher @larsdoepking.bsky.social. 16 April 2025, 17.30, Rome,
Fondazione Gramsci. Follow live on www.fondazionegramsci.org #ContemporaryHistory #skytorians #Italy

Zum Semesterbeginn nach Rom!
Unser jährlicher #Studienkurs zur #Geschichte der ewigen Stadt vom Frühen #Mittelalter bis in die #Gegenwart findet diesmal vom 5.-13.10. statt.
Bewerbungen bitte bis 30.4.: application.dhi-roma.it
#skytorians #italianhistory
@vhdonline.bsky.social @kultweet.bsky.social

#Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Über die nicht immer einfache Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Vatikan und der Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften um die Jahrhundertwende. Vortrag von @markschies.bsky.social, 17. März, 18 Uhr.
Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo
Registrierung: eveeno.com/mediaevistik...

Ein mit KI-Unterstützung generiertes Bild zeigt einen personifizierten Computer, der auf einer Vespa sitzend in Rom am Pantheon vorbeifährt.

Digitale Forschung in föderierten Datenräumen am Beispiel ausgewählter Bestände unseres Instituts.
Vortrag von Torsten Schrade (@adwmainz.bsky.social) 13.3.25, 18 Uhr
#EOSC #nfdi4memory #nfdi4culture #digitalhumanities #forschungsdaten #researchdata
👉Anmeldung: t1p.de/d0dvu
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Richard Erkens, unser ehemaliger wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der #Musikgeschichte erinnert sich im Gespräch mit der @maxweberstiftung.de an seine fünf Jahre "Freiraum zum Forschen" bei uns und berichtet über seine aktuellen Herausforderungen in Venedig, wo er das Deutsche Studienzentrum leitet.