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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 from mid-August to the end of 2026 is 15 March 2026.

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Research Grants

Deadline: 19 April 2026. As part of its mission, the German Historical Institute in Rome awards scholarships for the training of young academics in the fields of history and music history. The DHI Rome offers various programmes: research scholarships, travel grants, and scholarships to apply for third-party funding.
The duration of the scholarship can be up to 12 months. The current calls for  ...   


Comparative Perspectives on Genetic Criticism in Music Extension of Submission Deadline: Following several requests, the submission deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended to 25 February 2026. The IMS Study Group Comparative Perspectives on Genetic Criticism, founded in 2025, invites proposals for its first international conference at the DHI Rome. The conference seeks to take stock of current  ...   


Digital Approaches to Restorations and Philology. New Challenges in Music, Dance and Theatre In recent years, digital technologies have been increasingly used to study literary, musical and visual sources related to theatrical works (melodramas, ballets), in order to conduct critical editions or to  ...   


MUSIC HISTORY, New Release

Domenico Cimarosa, Le trame deluse (1786)

Domenico Cimarosa's musical comedy "Le trame deluse", first performed in Naples in 1786, enjoyed great success throughout Europe and was translated into numerous languages. No less a figure than Johann Wolfgang von Goethe adapted the opera in order to stage it at Weimar. Rossini regarded it as more significant than "Il matrimonio segreto", Cimarosa's most famous work. Set in 18th-century Naples, the  ...   


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