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Research Centre Ukraine / Max Weber Foundation @rcu-mws-ukraine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We warmly invite you to join us for three lectures as part of the public program of the Methodological Seminar on Art History in Ukraine, taking place in Lviv this year! @bhmpi.bsky.social @gettymuseum.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📢 Job Opportunity: Editorial Assistant Publications & Communication (full-time, 40 hrs/week) 📍 Rome, Italy ⏳ Application deadline: 1 November 2026 🔗 Read the full job listing here: www.biblhertz.it/en/opportuni...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wir freuen uns, Teil der aktuellen @zdfde.bsky.social Terra X-Dokumentation „Weltstädte: Rom“ mit Leon Windscheid zu sein. 🫶 Vielen Dank an das gesamte Terra X Team für den Besuch an unserem Institut und für die angenehme Zusammenarbeit! 📺 Hier geht's zum Video 👇

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Wie die "Ewige Stadt" ihr schillerndes Erbe verteidigt, und wie sich die Stadt und ihre Bewohner auf die Herausforderungen der Zukunft vorbereiten.

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📚 NUOVA PUBBLICAZIONE 📚 Federica De Giambattista, “Ludwig Pollak e il Medioevo. Studio, collezionismo e commercio nella Roma postunitaria” 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/it/pub/studi 🛒 Silvana Editoriale

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

⏰ Final week to submit your proposal for “Photographic Communities: How People Collaborate with Images”, a photo-historical seminar at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, taking place March 15–19, 2027. ⏳Deadline: August 31, 2026. 🔗More info & application: www.biblhertz.it/en/opportuni...

(Photo by Massimo Piersanti of a group of several Italian participants around Achille Bonito Oliva at the 7th Paris Biennale, 1971, credit: Rome, MAXXI, Fondo Incontri Internazionali d’Arte)

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

✨📸 The marble busts of Federico Zuccari and his wife Francesca Genga, carved around 1580–1600, are looking camera-ready after their recent restoration! Before their return to Palazzo Zuccari – the historic home of our institute – they're taking a moment in the spotlight 💫

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📚 NEUERSCHEINUNG 📚 Sabine Sommerer, "Performanz der Stühle. Materialität und Medialität mittelalterlicher Sitzgelegenheiten" Römische Studien der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Bd. 53 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/de/pub/roemi... 🛒 Hirmer Verlag

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📣 The Call for Submissions for the next issue of the Römisches Jahrbuch der Bibliotheca Hertziana is out! ⏳Proposals for volume 50, due in autumn of 2027, may be submitted until September 30, 2026. 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/de/opportuni...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

📢 Job Opportunity: Postdoc Researcher (50%) – Digital Humanities & Cultural Heritage Informatics 📍Rome ⏳8 August 2026 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/en/opportuni... 🎓 Early-career researchers with a PhD in Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage Informatics, Computer/Information Science, or related fields.

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It was a pleasure to meet the great team at @maxit.mpg.de to exchange ideas on digital infrastructures! We look forward to what's ahead! @dvstudies.bsky.social @tristanweddigen.bsky.social

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📚 NUOVA PUBBLICAZIONE 📚 Mappare lo spazio sacro. Arredi liturgici dal frammento al contesto (Italia, secoli XI-XIV) A cura di manuela Ginanadrea, Ruggero Longo, Elisabetta Scirocco e Tanja Michalsky 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/it/pub/quade...

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Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte @zikg.eu · 08/06/2026

New #RIHAJournal Special Issue: Mendicants, Humanists and the Aesthetics of the 'civitas'. Rhetoric, Political Debates and Cultural Identity in 14th and 15th Century Italy and their Impact on Art, Architecture, and Urban Space Vol. 17 No. 2 (2026): doi.org/10.11588/rih...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📣 Call for Papers: Aristocrazia cittadina e spazi sacri a Roma e Napoli. Strategie di occupazione, rappresentazione e costruzione dell’identità (1300–1625) 📍Roma 📅15–17 febbraio 2027 ⏳Deadline: 30 giugno 2025 🔗Tutte le informazioni: www.biblhertz.it/3791063/260515

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Call for PapersAristocrazia cittadina e spazi sacri a Roma e Napoli. Strategie di occupazione, rappresentazione e costruzione dell’identità (1300–1625)

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

✨ Congresso “L’unione internazionale in Roma. Un patrimonio da raccontare e da condividere” 🗓️ 28 – 30 maggio 2026 📍Roma, Academia Belgica (via Omero 8)/ École française de Rome (Piazza Navona 62) / Museo nazionale Romano Palazzo Altemps (via di Sant’Apollinare 😎 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/3789244/l-un...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

⏱️Starting WEDNESDAY, 13/05 at 2 pm: Gernsheim Study Days: Framing the Drawing – Drawing the Frame 📅May 13–15 📍Rome and online 🔗 Further information: www.biblhertz.it/3786244/fram...

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Wonderful days in Cambridge with Visualizing the Unknown @huygensknaw.bsky.social and Visualizing Science @bhmpi.bsky.social teams to explore collections and exchange with scholars working on Visual Culture and Natural History. @Fitzwilliammuseum @hpscambridge.bsky.social @whipplemuseum.bsky.social

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Noa Garcia @noagarciad.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The deadline for this PhD position is approaching! This is a great opportunity for students interested in working at the intersection of AI and art. Truly interdisciplinary PhD positions are rare, apply by May 31st.

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

⏰ Tonight! Join us in person or on Vimeo, all links below 👇

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

⚛️ Happy #WorldQuantumDay! On April 14 we celebrate quantum physics and Max Planck's immense contribution to the field. ✨ As part of the #maxplancksociety that bears his name we’re honoured to carry this spirit of discovery and innovation into today’s scientific research across all fields!

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

New #callforpapers: ✨ Lacuna – Conservation, Law, and the Ethics of the Incomplete 📅 Dec. 2–5 📍 Rome ⏳ May 11 We invite proposals for the upcoming conference LACUNA that addresses #lacunae as sites of interpretation, decision, and critique across disciplines. 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/cfp-lacuna

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Henriette Hertz Lecture by @sgwynethr13.bsky.social “Ut pictura comoedia: The Andreini Family and the Arts in Renaissance and Baroque Italy” 📅 21 April 2026, 6 pm 📍 Rome

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

📢Predocs wanted at the International Max Planck Research School for Multimodal Digital Humanities, a new doctoral program at the intersection of AI, art & architectural history and linguistics. 🎓 Interdisciplinary profiles welcome ⏳31/5/26 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/en/careers/o...

AI generated image using prompt "abstract image with no identifiable objects of AI & humanities, multimodal research, art history & linguistics, cultural analysis, interdisciplinary collaboration"

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Italian Academy, Columbia University @italianacademy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Next week—Thu, Mar 26, 10AM-6PM "Material Histories of Italian Colonialism" Scholars from many disciplines exploring objects from museums and private homes. On Zoom or register in-person here: tinyurl.com/p553ttpz @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @bhmpi.bsky.social, @camilleriana.bsky.social

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📢 REMINDER: We're hiring a #DigitalHumanities Scientist to join our interdisciplinary DH Lab in Rome! 🔎 Focus: Digital art history, AI & machine learning, cultural heritage data, collaborative research ⏳ April 30, 2026 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/en/opportuni...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Last week, fellows from the Research Groups of Francesca Borgo & @sietskefransen.bsky.social joined Gleb Shtyrmer for a hands-on workshop on Renaissance drawing techniques. 🪶✏️They made their own pens & inks following 15th/16th-century recipes and manuals and practiced by copying Renaissance works!

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

📚 For #InternationalWomensDay we highlight women’s voices in travel literature from our library. Our library display features works by women (1776–1936) documenting their journeys and perspectives in a field long dominated by men. ℹ️ Travel Literature Collection: www.biblhertz.it/en/library/c...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

✨Maarten van Heemskerck e il fascino di Roma. Percorsi visivi della Città Eterna✨ The Allure of Rome. A visual journey through drawings by Maarten van Heemskerck and other artists, original antiquities, and photographic documentation. 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/en/news/heem...

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The Netherlands in Italy @nlinitaly.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Rome through the eyes of a Dutch Master 🎨 Opening at Palazzo Poli: Maarten van Heemskerck e il fascino di Roma. For the first time, the Roman drawings of Maarten van #Heemskerck return to the Eternal City — a true Renaissance time machine. 📅 March 3 – June 7, 2026 @bhmpi.bsky.social

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

📢 We are hiring a Digital Humanities Scientist to join our interdisciplinary DH Lab in Rome 🔎 Focus: Digital art history, AI & machine learning, cultural heritage data, collaborative research ⏳ Deadline: April 30, 2026 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/en/opportuni...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Christoph Luitpold Frommel si è spento a Roma l’11 febbraio 2026 all’età di 92 anni. Dal 1980 al 2001 è stato Direttore dell'Hertziana e nel corso della sua vita si è dedicato allo studio dell’architettura italiana del Rinascimento. [...] Segue: www.biblhertz.it/it/news/from...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📣 We are seeking to appoint a Scientific Assistant for the department of Tanja Michalsky starting October 2026. 📍Rome-based ⏳Deadline: 31 March 2026 🔗Full call here: www.biblhertz.it/3771494/2602...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

In collaboration with the Fondazione Palazzo Butera (Palermo) we are offering a fellowship to support pre & postdoc research projects on Palermo and Sicily for a four-month period to be spent in Palermo and Rome, by the end of 2026. ⏳ February 28, 2026 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/3767329/2601...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 11/02/2026

A position with prospects! We offer excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of #science. Applications are possible between February 11th and April 15th, 2026. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #lisemeitnergroups

The Lise Meitner Excellence Programme is designed to attract and specifically promote exceptionally qualified female scientists.

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

📢 Call for Applications: Paris–Rome Fellowship in Digital Art History 2026/2027 funded by the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) and the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History (BHMPI) ⏳Application deadline: March 15, 2026 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/3773078/2602...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🧳 🇮🇹 We are awarding travel grants for early-career researchers funded by the Ursula Nilgen Hertziana Foundation for stays in Italy for projects on medieval art. 💶 Grant coverage of up to €3,000 📍 Research location: Italy 🔗 More: www.biblhertz.it/3771232/2602...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

📚 NEW PUBLICATION 📚 🖋️ “Napoli dalle colline: città e campagna, cultura e natura nella veduta di Jan van Stinemolen (1582)”, guest-edited by Tanja Michalsky and Adrian Bremenkamp (RIHA Journal 2025, Special Issue) 🔗 Read it here: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ri...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

📢The Department Weddigen (Art of the Modern Age in a Global Context) invites applications for Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships for the 2026/27 academic year. 📅Funding period of 3 to 12 months. 📍Fellowships are Rome-based ⏳February 28, 2026 🔗Full call: www.biblhertz.it/3766598/Pred...

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Research Centre Ukraine / Max Weber Foundation @rcu-mws-ukraine.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Delighted to announce the second edition of our Methodology Seminar! The academy is funded by the Connecting Art Histories initiative of the Getty Foundation @gettymuseum.bsky.social , supported by the Bibliotheca Hertziana — Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social , and the RCU.

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

📣 Our Max Planck Research Group "Machine Visual Culture: Artificial Intelligence and the History of Seeing" led by Leo Impett published 2 calls: ▪️Digital Humanities Research Scientist ▪️Predoctoral & Postdoctoral Research Fellows 📍 Rome-based ⏳ January 12, 2026 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/it/opportuni...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

📢 Call for Applications – Postdoctoral Fellowship in our Lise Meitner Group “Decay, Loss, and Conservation in Art History”. Duration of up to 12 months, starting in the spring of 2026. 📍 Rome-based ⏳ January 15, 2026, 12:00 CEST 🔗 Read the full call here: www.biblhertz.it/3741351/2511...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Yesterday we closed Chi esce entra – A Tribute Exhibition to a Disappearing Building. We thank the artists, staff & the 18,000+ visitors who shaped this unique project. The building will soon change again, but this chapter lives on in the catalog & in an upcoming online exhibition. Stay tuned 👀

Photo of the location at via Gregoriana 9 from the corridor towards Via Gregoriana illuminated by red light from the installation by Prem Sahib. Photo taken by Enrico Fontolan.

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Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut @khiflorenz.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📷PHAROS launches Artresearch.net, a groundbreaking new platform for exploring works of art and architecture. Funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Bibliotheca Hertziana (@bhmpi.bsky.social), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (@nehgov.bsky.social).

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

📚 Exhibition catalog: “Chi esce entra. A Tribute Exhibition to a Disappearing Building”, edited by Simon Würsten Marin. With contributions by Tristan Weddigen, Simon Würsten Marin, Margherita Fratarcangeli, He Shen 何珅 and photographs by Enrico Fontolan. 🛒 www.dariocimorellieditore.it/libro/979125...

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

📢 Nuova mostra di ricerca: THIS IS NOT THE ROME I EXPECTED TO SEE Narrazioni, sguardi e itinerari nelle guide di Roma e dintorni (1763–1925) A cura di Viviana Costagliola, Vincenzo Moschetti, Fabrizio Toppetti 📅12.11.2025–31.01.2026 🥂Vernissage: 11.11.2025, ore 18:30 🔗 tinyurl.com/299wu7zk

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

❗❕Due to popular demand the exhibition Chi esce entra. A Tribute Exhibition to a Disappearing Building, curated by Simon Würsten Marin, has been extended until Nov 23! 🗓️Open Wed–Fri, 16:00–20:00 ➕Extended hours on Sat & Sun, 14:00–20:00 📍Via Gregoriana 9, Rome 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/chi-esce-entra

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