Czech Historical Institute in Rome

Reestablished in 1993, the Czech Historical Institute in Rome continues the tradition and scientific mission of the Czechoslovak Institute in Rome, which was founded between 1921 and 1923 and existed until the annexation by German occupying forces in 1939 and then briefly from 1945 to 1948, when again it was shut down by the totalitarian government. The institute is part of the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Since 1998, is has been a member of the prestigious international organization Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell’Arte in Roma.

Contact address

Czech Historical Institute in Rome 
(Istituto Storico Ceco di Roma)
Via Concordia 1, 00 183 Rome, Italy

Director

Prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Pánek, DrSc.

Secretary of the Committee of the Czech Historical Institute in Rome

PhDr. Jiřina Jedináková
email: jedinakova@kav.cas.cz
tel: +39 06 700 0645

Committee of the Czech Historical Institute in Rome

Notice

Due to the pandemic, the institute is operating in a strictly regulated regime in compliance with Italian and Czech legislation and also with regard to the temporary closure and reopening of archives and libraries in Rome and the Vatican. If possible, by decision of the Committee of the Czech Historical Institute in Rome, the institute sends approved scholarship holders to undertake their research stays.

The Czech Historical Institute in Rome publishes the journal Bollettino dell’Istituto Storico Ceco di Roma.

Scholarships

The institute provides researchers in historical, philological, legal, and art sciences history, and archaeological disciplines scholarships in the form of gratuitous accommodation and use of the institute’s equipment. Scholarship stay applications are approved annually by the Committee of the Czech Historical Institute in Rome of the Presidium of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Reports on research topics are presented in the periodical Bollettino dell´Istituto Storico Ceco di Roma and in the almanac Annuario, which is published by Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell’Arte in Roma.

Deadline for submitting applications

30 April 2023 – for 2nd half of 2023

Czech Historical Institute in Rome scholarship stay application form
Czech Historical Institute in Rome scholarship stay report form

Original documents are available in Czech only.