01. March 2026 - 31. March 2026

MIDDLE AGES
02. March 2026 - 04. March 2026
Die Governance der italienischen Stadtkommunen zwischen Tradition und Innovation. Italienische und deutsche Forschungsperspektiven

Conference in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University and Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo (ISIME).

2–3 March 2026: German Historical Institute in Rome
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4 March 2026: ISIME (Piazza dell'Orologio 4, Rome)
For the participation please contact  Florian Hartmann; Julia André

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MIDDLE AGES
02. March 2026
La civiltà comunale italiana in prospettiva europea

Andrea Zorzi

Public lecture as part of the conference "La governance dei comuni italiani fra tradizione e innovazione. Prospettive di ricerca italiane e tedesche".

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.00–19.30

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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
05. March 2026
Die Stimme(n) in der Demokratie

Simone Derix (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Annual Lecture on the occasion of the meeting of the Academic Advisory Board

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.00–19.30

Flyer (PDF)

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MIDDLE AGES
09. March 2026 - 12. March 2026
Schlaglichter der italienischen Geschichte im Mittelalter

Spring School in cooperation with the RWTH Aachen University, with financial support by the Friends of the German Historical Institute in Rome.

German Historical Institute in Rome



CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
09. March 2026 - 13. March 2026
"Il mondo a Roma". Transnationale Zugänge zur italienischen Zeitgeschichte

Spring School in cooperation with Goethe University Frankfurt and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

German Historical Institute in Rome



CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
10. March 2026
Book presentation and conversation

"Reach for the fullness of a human life" (Goethe). King Ludwig I of Bavaria and his art agent Johann Martin von Wagner in Rome in 1352 letters.
Golo Maurer in conversation with the editors Hannelore Putz, Martin Baumeister and Ferdinand Kramer.

Casa di Goethe event in collaboration with the German Historical Institute in Rome.

Casa di Goethe (Via del Corso 18, Rome)

19.00–20.00



MIDDLE AGES, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
11. March 2026
Wege in und aus dem Nationalsozialismus. Der Historiker Hermann Heimpel

Frank Rexroth (University of Göttingen)

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.00–19.30

Flyer

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MIDDLE AGES
17. March 2026
Davide Cristoferi

Socio-Economic Inequalities during the Conjuncture of the Fourteenth Century. Sources
and Methods, Dynamics and Representations (Italy and Europe, c. 1270 – c. 1350), FUP, 2025
Chair: Sandro Carocci

16.00

Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma-CSIC (Via di Sant'Eufemia, 13)



CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
26. March 2026 - 27. March 2026
Catolicismo y democracia. La iglesia católica en América Latina durante la segunda mitad del siglo xx. Catholicism and Democracy. The Catholic Church in Latin America during the Second Half of the XXth Century

Conference of the Transnational Research Group funded by the Max Weber Foundation The Global Pontificate of Pius XII. Catholicism in a Divided World, 1945−1958.

Internal event

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile

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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
26. March 2026
Material Histories of Italian Colonialism

International conference organised by Bibliotheca Hertziana in collaboration with the German Historical Institute in Rome and the Ragusa Foundation.

Programme

Flyer

Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, New York 

Links to register for a in person or online (Zoom meeting ID: 930 1444 7485; passcode: 903818) attendance.



MUSIC HISTORY, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
27. March 2026 - 28. March 2026
Quo vadis, impegno? Trends and ideas in socially and politically engaged music from the 1960s to the present day. Symposium in honor of Luca Lombardi's 80th birthday.

A collaboration between the Department of Music History at the German Historical Institute in Rome, the Department of Musicology at the University of Heidelberg and Sapienza University of Rome, and the Goethe-Institut in Rome.
 

27 March 2026, German Historical Institute in Rome
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28 March 2026, Goethe-Institut Rom (Via Savoia 15) 
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MIDDLE AGES
31. March 2026
Gilded Entanglements. Adriatic Networks of the Precious Metal Industries

Speaker: Katalin Prajda (Trieste, Italy)
Discussant: Andrea Fara (Rome, Italy)

Event within the framework of the seminar series "Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History", organised by the German Historical Institutes in Paris and Rome.

Livestream

17.00–18.00

Flyer and complete programme of the seminar series

Contact: Kordula Wolf

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