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The German Historical Institute in Rome is part of the Max Weber Foundation and funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. We study the Italian history and music history, as well as the history of German-Italian relations from the early Middle Ages to the present day. Central to us are an interdisciplinary and transepochal perspective and a particular focus on transregional and transnational contexts in southern Europe and the Mediterranean area.
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Internships at the DHI Rome
Every year, the German Historical Institute in Rome awards several six-week internships to students of history, music history and Digital Humanities mainly of higher semesters, whose studies are focused on the field of German-Italian relations or Italian history.
The application deadline for the period January to June 2026 is 14 September 2025.
Applications are accepted exclusively in our ...
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Different political systems or political milieus give rise to different forms of feminism. These divergent facets of feminism form regional splinters and offshoots, but also supra-regional alliances. From the various feminist positions, the function of art – shaped by political backgrounds – has different meanings. The conference will therefore focus on art, particularly music, ...
Colonial Objects. Material Culture of Italian Colonialism
Deadline: 5 September 2025
Italian museums and private homes hold a substantial number of objects intertwined with the history of colonialism. Their conservation raises questions about their cultural and political significance, alongside debates regarding their provenance and the practices surrounding their restitution. Furthermore, these objects still circulate widely — through auctions, ...
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The label "border" can encompass a wide range of phenomena: geographical limits, political boundaries, areas under military control, and porous zones of interaction. This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach, viewing the border space as a place of contact and contrast, an area of both peaceful and violent exchange, of mobility of ideas and people, a structural element deployed by social actors to organise or ...
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