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 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)[…]

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[…]

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

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

A historical colloquium named after brother Isnard Wilhelm Frank OP († 13.10.2010), Dominican priest, medievalist and historian of the Order, was held already for the fourth time already in the hospitable atmosphere of the priory of Vienna; for the second time as a cooperation between the priory, the Historical Institute of the Order of PreachersRead more about Building Bridges and Paving the Way: Dominicans at the Frontiers of Catholic Christianity. Conference report[…]