21. May 2025 - 21. May 2035

MUSIC HISTORY
29. May 2025 - 30. May 2025
Empty Boxes? Modeling the Lost and Ephemeral in Premodern Sacred Spaces

International and interdisciplinary conference

Promoting Institutions:
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
German Historical Institute in Rome
Research Project CANTORIA – Music and Sacred Architecture
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Universität Zürich

Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, Rome

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MUSIC HISTORY
04. June 2025
Musica a Villa Massimo. Prima e dopo la caduta del Muro

Marica Coppola

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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MUSIC HISTORY
16. June 2025
Tracce di improvvisazione nella musica strumentale dopo Beethoven

Conference in cooperation with the University of Pavia and the PRIN-Project "Improvvisazione/Composizione. La doppia identità della musica europea".

German Historical Institute in Rome

Contact: Elisa Novara

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MUSIC HISTORY, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
23. June 2025
"Sind eben nur für Musik da." Heavy-Metal-Fans in der DDR

Nikolai Okunew

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, MUSIC HISTORY
29. September 2025
Prototypisch untypisch – Sinus-Milieus, musikalischer Geschmack und die Vermessung des Alltags

Silke Borgstedt

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, MUSIC HISTORY
13. October 2025
Sociologia della musica. La costruzione sociale del suono dalle tribù al digitale

Lello Savonardo

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.30–20.00

Simultaneous translation Italian-German

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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, MUSIC HISTORY
17. November 2025
Streaming, Liveness und die Pandemie. Digitale Mediamorphosen des Musiklebens im frühen 21. Jahrhundert als Generationenphänomen

Steffen Lepa

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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