In 1946, the directors of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies, the American Academy in Rome, the Academia Belgica, the École française de Rome, the Dutch Historical Institute in Rome, the National Institute of Archaeology and Art History, the Institute of Roman Studies, the Romanian School in Rome and the Pontifical Roman Academy of ArchaeologyRead more about L’Unione Internazionale in Roma. A heritage to be told and shared[…]

The Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell’arte in Roma is offering two six-month postdoctoral fellowships. The fellowships will take place in Rome during 2026 or the first half of 2027. Each scholarship involves conducting research at three member institutes of the Unione, including the École française de Rome, with the aimRead more about Call for applications (Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell’arte in Roma)[…]

Rome, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, 30-31 January 2026 Download the programme

The book Domenico di Caleruega, il suo Ordine e la sua memoria da Bologna all’Occidente (Domenico di Caleruega, his Order and his memory from Bologna to the West), published in spring 2025, will be presented by Agostino Paravicini Bagliani and Emore Paoli at the Istituto storico italiano per il medio evo on 19 November 2025 atRead more about Book Launch: Domenico di Caleruega, il suo Ordine e la sua memoria da Bologna all’Occidente[…]

Conference, Bologna, 20-22 November 2025 Download the programme  

Bernard Dompnier, Augustin Laffay OP, Marie Trainar OP: Le monastère et la ville : Les dominicaines de Langeac (1623-2023) (Dissertationes Historicae 44), Viella 2025, pp. 367, ill. ISBN: 979-12-5701-057-7. Price: € 42,-.   A community of Dominican nuns settled on the banks of the Allier in the small town of Langeac, in what is nowRead more about Vol. 44: Le monastère et la ville : Les dominicaines de Langeac (1623-2023)[…]

The figure of the mendicant emerged during the late Middle Ages in response to specific social challenges. Since then, mendicant friars of different spiritualities have played a significant role in shaping the Church throughout history. However, their understanding of mendicancy have undergone profound changes over the centuries. A series of lectures, given by historians fromRead more about Mendicancies in Comparison: Mendicant Orders between Rule and Reality[…]

Thirteenth-century Christians assigned a new value and meaning to the human body, a discovery to which the anti-dualistic preaching of Dominic of Caleruega and his brothers made a decisive contribution. For Dominic, the human body was a vessel created by God, which must therefore be treated with respect for its function as a temple ofRead more about Call for papers: The Dominicans and the Body (AFP 3/2027)[…]

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We are pleased to announce the publication of a new volume of the Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum. The journal is published by the Viella publishing house. The new volume contains the following articles: Kyle C. LINCOLN, “Ad Marchias Daciae:” Revisiting the Gallén Thesis about the Mission of Diego d’Acebo to the Court of Orlamünde with RespectRead more about A new volume of Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum[…]

Viliam Štefan Dóci OP and Riccardo Parmeggiani (eds.), Domenico di Caleruega, il suo Ordine e la sua memoria da Bologna all’Occidente (Dissertationes Historicae 43), Viella 2025, pp. 584, ill. ISBN: 979-12-5469-700-9. Price: € 75,-.   The eighth centenary of the death of Saint Dominic of Caleruega, celebrated in 2021 with the conference “Dominic and Bologna:Read more about Vol. 43: Domenico di Caleruega, il suo Ordine e la sua memoria da Bologna all’Occidente[…]

The conference aims to offer an in-depth and multidisciplinary analysis of the pontificate of Benedict XIII (1724-1730) – Vincenzo Orsini OP. It will take place on May 28, 2025, in the Aula Paolo VI of the Pontifical Lateran University. Download the programme

Émilie Roffidal et Claire Rousseau, Du saint dominicain au docteur commun : Thomas D’aquin et ses représentations (XIVe-XXe Siècle) (Dissertationes Historicae 42), Viella 2024, pp. 212, ill. ISBN: 979-12-5469-572-2. Price: € 50,-.   The volume, edited by the art historians Émilie Roffidal and Claire Rousseau, is dedicated to the iconography of St. Thomas Aquinas –anRead more about Vol. 42: Du saint dominicain au docteur commun : Thomas d’Aquin et ses représentations[…]

Project description The current inventory of the General Archives of the Order of Preachers (AGOP) was printed in 2002; it is the fourth edition of the 1930 Catalogus generalis compiled by Brother Angelus Walz, OP. Of the 21 existing series in the Archives, only a few are described in more detail (cf. Augustin Laffay, PourRead more about Inventory of sources on the history of the Dominicans in German-speaking territories preserved in the General Archives of the Order of Preachers in Rome[…]

The Swiss Institute is pleased to host the annual conference of the Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell’Arte  in Rome. This year’s topic, Iphigenia in Pompeii, with the participation of Professor Francesca Ghedini, is proposed by the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae. The International Union brings together thirty-eight research institutes, both Italian andRead more about Conference of the International Union of Institutes of Archaeology, History and Art History[…]

We are pleased to announce the conference Travelling to the East. Marco Polo and the Mendicant Friars, organised by the Dominican Study Institute, Istanbul, with the support of the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers. Download the programme: In viaggio verso Oriente_pdf Dominican Study Institute: https://senpiyer.org/venezia/

The Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers in Rome, Instituto Histórico de la Provincia Dominicana de Hispania and Institut d’Histoire des Missions (Institut Catholique de Paris) are jointly organising a study day dedicated to the Dominican Missions in the Modern Era. The event will take place on 11 June 2024 at the Santa SabinaRead more about Study day: Dominican Missions in the Modern Era[…]

A conference “Travelling to the East. Marco Polo and the Mendicant Friars” will be held on Friday 25 – Saturday 26 October 2024 ( Istituto di Studi Ecumenici “San Bernardino”, Biblioteca monumentale, Sestiere Castello 2786 – 30122 Venezia). The Conference Scientific Committee is inviting proposals for the conference. Subjects of specific interest for the thematicRead more about CfP: Travelling to the East. Marco Polo and the Mendicant Friars[…]

The presentation of the book, A Cathedral of Constitutional Law. Essays on the Earliest Constitutions of the Order of Preachers, with an English Translation of Fr Antoninus H. Thomas’s 1965 Study edited by Anton Milh, OP, and Mark Butaye, OP, was held in Rome at the National Institute of Roman Studies on 15 February 2024Read more about A Closer Look at the ‘Earliest’ Constitutions of the Order of Preachers[…]

The Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers, in collaboration with Dominican Sisters Europe, hosted a formation course on the ‘History, Tradition and Spirituality of the Dominican Order’ for novices and junior professed sisters from 10-15th November 2023 in Rome. The conference was a classic Dominican balance of study, prayer and community shared between twenty-threeRead more about History, Tradition and Spirituality of the Dominican Order. Course for novices and sisters in temporary vows[…]

Invitation to the conference “Archives of Monasteries and Orders from the Middle Ages to the Present: Between Governance, Authority of Knowledge and Historical Research” (Archive der Klöster und Orden vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart: Zwischen Verwaltung, Wissensautorität und historischer Forschung), with the participation of members of the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers. ConferenceRead more about Invitation to the Conference on the Archives of Religious Orders[…]

The institution for the training of the Friars Preachers in Vienna, which had existed as a studium generale since the middle of the 15th century, suffered a serious crisis during the Protestant Reformation. As part of the efforts to revive the organisation of studies in the Dominican Province of Teutonia, which had been growing sinceRead more about The Philosophical-Theological Training and Academic Activity of the Friars Preachers in Vienna in the 17th–18th Centuries[…]

In a non-representative survey of my sisters about how many times an event should be held to establish a tradition, the answer was clear: three times. Considering that this is indeed a revived tradition of several previous meetings between 1996 and 2006, the regular conferences of Dominican history students, organised by the Historical Institute ofRead more about Meeting of the Dominican History Students, Ávila 6-11 September 2023[…]

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Alessandra Bartolomei Romagnoli: Agiografie Domenicane, a cura di Gianni Festa OP (Dissertationes Historicae 41). Angelicum University Press, Roma 2022, pp. 32 ill. ISBN 978-88-99616-61-8. Price: € 130,-.   Hagiography was a form of sacred writing that the Dominicans practised with particular diligence and commitment. One of its purposes was to convey to the faithful doctrinalRead more about Vol. 41: Agiografie domenicane[…]

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In its 1971 obituary of Irish Dominican Cardinal Michael Browne, the New York Times characterized him as “Tradition’s voice at Vatican II.” Browne was considered a stern conservative by many of his contemporaries, but his work, as Hugh Fenning OP writes, “has yet to be evaluated by historians.” This work is currently being undertaken byRead more about The World in Black and White? Michael Browne OP as Master of the Order (1955-1962)[…]

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Brückenbauer und Wegbereiter: Die Dominikaner an den Grenzen der katholischen Christenheit / Building Bridges and Paving the Way: Dominicans at the Frontiers of Catholic Christianity. Herausgegeben von Viliam Štefan Dóci OP und Thomas Prügl unter Mitarbeit von Gabriel Jordan Theis OP (Dissertationes Historicae 40). Angelicum University Press, Roma 2022, 264 S.   The ten essaysRead more about Vol. 40: Brückenbauer und Wegbereiter: Die Dominikaner an den Grenzen der katholischen Christenheit / Building Bridges and Paving the Way: Dominicans at the Frontiers of Catholic Christianity[…]

This is the question with which Sr Sabine Schratz OP, member of the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers, grappled in a recent presentation. Her talk, on 1st June 2022, was part of a series on the jubilees of a variety of religious orders, hosted by the German Embassy to the Holy See inRead more about Does the Church still need Dominicans?[…]

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Lorens of Orléans on the Decalogue and the Creed, ed. by Simon Tugwell OP (Monumenta Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum Historica, vol. 34), Roma: Angelicum University Press 2021, 176 pp. ISBN: 978-88-99616-44-1. Price: € 35,-.   This edition of two chapters of Lorens of Orléans’ best-selling Somme le Roi in French and Occitan is intended as aRead more about Vol. 34: Lorens of Orléans on the Decalogue and the Creed[…]

We are pleased to announce a new publication on St. Dominic: Domenico di Caleruega alle origini dell’Ordine dei Predicatori. Le fonti del secolo XIII. Edited by Gianni Festa, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani and Francesco Santi (Millenio medievale 121, Testi 33), Firenze 2021. One of the editors, Brother Gianni Festa OP, is the former Postulator General ofRead more about Domenico di Caleruega alle origini dell’Ordine dei Predicatori. Le fonti del secolo XIII[…]

The Itinerarium Romanum of Ignatius Swieteczky O.P. A Critical Edition and Translation of a Travel Diary of 1777. Ed. by Jakub Zouhar – Petr Polehla (Monumenta Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum Historica 33), Roma 2021. 622 pp., 15 ills. ISBN: 9788899616434. Price: € 60,00.   This book presents the first critical edition and translation of the travelRead more about Vol. 33: The Itinerarium Romanum of Ignatius Swieteczky O.P. A Critical Edition and Translation of a Travel Diary of 1777[…]

International conference on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the death of Dominic of Caleruega (1221-2021). Bologna 22-25 September 2021 The international symposium, organized on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the death of Dominic of Caleruega, who died in Bologna on 6 August 1221, is the official conference of the Order ofRead more about Dominic and Bologna: Genesis and Development of the Order of Preachers[…]

Fra trionfi e sconfitte: la politica della santità dell’Ordine dei Predicatori, ed. by Viliam Štefan Dóci OP and Gianni Festa OP (Dissertationes Historicae 39), Roma: Angelicum University Press 2021, 554pp. ISBN: 978-88-99616-39-7. Price: € 60,-.   In its eight centuries of history, the Order of Preachers has developed a ‘politics of holiness’, giving substance toRead more about Vol. 39: Fra trionfi e sconfitte: la politica della santità dell’Ordine dei Predicatori[…]

Vol. 38: Dominik Jurczak OP: Vangelo e la liturgia domenicana dopo la riforma di Umberto di Romans. Con l’edizione dell’incipit evangeliorum e dell’evangelistarium dal codice XIV L1 di Santa Sabina. Angelicum University Press, Roma 2021. ISBN: 978-88-99616-38-0.   For the Friars Preachers, the Gospel was not considered to be just any book. On the contrary,Read more about Vol. 38: Vangelo e la liturgia domenicana dopo la riforma di Umberto di Romans[…]

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Brother Augustin Laffay, O.P., Archivist of the Order of Preachers and member of the Historical Institute of the Order (Rome), has been appointed by the Holy Father as a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. The news was published in the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office on Monday, February 22, 2021.Read more about Br. Augustin Laffay OP appointed as a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences[…]

The Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers and the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas invite you to the series of conferences Garrigou-Lagrange fra storia e teologia dedicated to Brother Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP (1877-1964), professor at the Pontifical College Angelicum. The conferences will take place on 25 February and 18Read more about Lectures: Garrigou-Lagrange between History and Theology[…]

A meeting of Dominican students of history, organised by the Historical Institute of the Order in collaboration with the General Archives and the General Postulation, was held in Rome from 22 to 25 September 2020. After the last meeting of this kind in the Jubilee Year 2016 in Toulouse, the cradle of the Order, theRead more about Meeting of the Dominican Students of History (Rome 22-25 September 2020)[…]

Fr Wolfram Hoyer, historian, archivist of the Dominican Province of Southern Germany and Austria, former member of the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers and member of the Academic Committee of the journal Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum, was snatched from this life in a tragic car accident.   Christian Walter Hoyer was born in AugsburgRead more about Obituary: Fr Wolfram Christian Hoyer (* 09/06/1969 † 30/07/2020)[…]

On Friday, 3 July 2020, Fr Walter Senner OP died of lung failure in Mainz University Hospital at the age of 71. The Dominican Order loses a true friar and priest and an internationally renowned scholar – a historian of philosophy. Many lose a good colleague and friend.   Biography Walter Senner was born inRead more about Necrology: Prof. Dr Walter Senner OP (30 July 1948-03 July 2020)[…]

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On the occasion of the second centenary of the entrustment of the parish church of St. Catherine of St. Petersburg to the Order of Preachers and the arrival of the first friars in the capital of the Russian Empire in the years 1815-1816, the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers organized an International HistoricalRead more about New Publication on the Relations between the Dominicans and Russia[…]

Vol. 37: I Domenicani e la Russia. A cura di Viliam Štefan Dóci OP e Hyacinthe Destivelle OP con collaborazione di Fabio Simonelli. Angelicum University Press, Roma 2019, 470 p. ISBN: 978-88-99616-26-7.