01. October 2026 - 31. October 2026

MIDDLE AGES, MODERN AGE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, MUSIC HISTORY
05. October 2026 - 12. October 2026
Roman Studies Course

Studies Course of the DHI Rome for advanced students and doctoral candidates in history.

German Historical Institute in Rome

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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
06. October 2026
"Addio diletta America". 250 Years of American Independence in Italian Perspective

Axel Körner (Universität Leipzig - University College London) 

Public Lecture in relation to the Max Weber Foundation's annual theme Echoes of 1776. Global perspectives on the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.00–20.00

Flyer

Please register for in-person or online attendance

For any issues with registration please contact: info-event[at]dhi-roma[dot]it.



CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
07. October 2026 - 09. October 2026
Venice and Fascism. Museums, Exhibitions, and the Art Market

International conference organised by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich, Università IUAV di Venezia and the German Historical Institute in Rome, in collaboration with the Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice and Ca' Foscari University.

Event within the framework of the German Embassy programme "75 anni. Una storia che diventa futuro –  75 Jahre. Eine Geschichte für die Zukunft" for the 75th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Germany and Italy.

Venice
7 October 2026: Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig, Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza
8 October 2026: Università Ca' Foscari, Ca' Dolfin, Aula Magna Silvio Trentin
9 October 2026: Università IUAV Venezia, Palazzo Badoer, Aula Tafuri



CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
07. October 2026
Ginevra-Venezia, 1934. Il colloquio internazionale L'art et la réalité – L'art et l'État tra cooperazione intellettuale e propaganda

Maddalena Carli (Università degli Studi di Teramo)

Keynote lecture at the international conference Venezia e il fascismo: musei, mostre, mercato

Venice, Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza

17.30 

Livestreamed on GoTo-Meeting
The lecture will be available at a later date on the German Study Centre in Venice's Youtube channel.



MIDDLE AGES
09. October 2026
Rom in Aachen. Zu den vielfältigen Zeugnissen der karolingischen Rom-Rezeption im Zentrum des fränkischen Reichs

Clemens M. M. Bayer

An event of the Friends of the DHI Association in cooperation with the Institute.

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.00–20.00

Flyer

Please register for in-person or online attendance

For any issues with registration please contact: info-event[at]dhi-roma[dot]it.



MIDDLE AGES
14. October 2026 - 15. October 2026
Going Home. Transmitting Models of Jerusalem Homeland to the Latin West in the Middle Ages

Conference organised by Heidelberg University in collaboration with DHI Rome.

German Historical Institute in Rome

For any issues with registration please contact: info-event[at]dhi-roma[dot]it.



CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
20. October 2026
"Weck den Italiener in dir!". Italien im bundesdeutschen Film der 1950er Jahre

Margit Szöllösi-Janze (LMU München)

Public lecture within the framework of the German Embassy programme "75 anni. Una storia che diventa futuro –  75 Jahre. Eine Geschichte für die Zukunft" for the 75th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Germany and Italy.

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.00–20.00

Please register for in-person attendance 

For any issues with registration please contact: info-event[at]dhi-roma[dot]it.



CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
20. October 2026 - 21. October 2026
Research seminar SISCALT

SISCALT Seminar (Società Italiana per la Storia Contemporanea dell'Area di Lingua Tedesca) in collaboration with Università Roma Tre, Università di Tor Vergata and the German Historical Institute in Rome.

Università Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione (Via del Castro Pretorio 20, Rome)

Programme 

Contact: seminario[dot]siscalt[at]gmail.com



MUSIC HISTORY
29. October 2026
Performing Independence. Opera and National Memory in the United States

Sandrine Coyez (Sciences Po, Paris)

Conference within the framework of the Max Weber Foundation's annual theme Echoes of 1776. Global perspectives on the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.00–20.00