Wednesday (26 March)

2pm – 3.30pm
Special event:
Book Launch “The Global Pontificate of Pius XII. War and Genocide, Reconstruction and Change, 1939-1958”
Speakers: Dr Simon Unger (German Historical Institute in Rome) and Dr Nina Valbusquet (École française de Rome)
Moderator: Dr Katarzyna Nowak (University of Vienna)
This event is open to the public.

Thursday (27 March)
12.30pm – 1.45pm: Dr Katarzyna Nowak (University of Vienna):
Opening Session:
Welcome and Participant Introductions, with a short talk by Dr. Alfredo Tuzi (Vatican Apostolic Archive/Archivio ApostolicoVaticano): Getting Started in the Vatican Archives: Admission Process andGuidelines /in Italian with a summary in English/

2pm – 3.30pm: Prof. Marialuisa Lucia Sergio (Università degli Studi Roma Tre):
Pius XII and the Global South: Decolonization, International Relations, and the Church’s Evolving Role in Development and Welfare: New Insights from the Vatican Archive

3.45pm – 5.15pm: Dr. Gianfranco Armando (Archivio Apostolico Vaticano):
La caritàdi Pio XII. L’azione umanitaria della S. Sede nella Seconda guerra mondiale enella ricostruzione post-bellica: Ufficio Informazioni, Commissione Soccorsi,Pontificia Commissione Assistenza /in Italian with a summary in English/

5.30 – 7pm: Dr. Sergio Palagiano (Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu):
Le fonti per il Pontificato di Pio XII (1939-1958) nell’Archivum RomanumSocietatis Iesu, Archivio generale della Compagnia di Gesù: panoramica eprospettive di ricerca /in Italian with a summary in English/

Friday (28 March)

2pm – 3.30pm: Dr. Alejandro Mario Diequez (Archivio Apostolico Vaticano):
Migrants, Refugees and the Sources of Vatican Archives /in Italian with asummary in English/

3.45pm – 5.15pm: Prof. Patrick Houlihan (Trinity College Dublin):
Humanitarianism and the Vatican during Total War: From Benedict XV to Pius XII, 1914-1958

5.30 – 7pm: Prof. Erica Moretti (Fashion Institute of Technology– SUNY):
Religious Archives in Rome: Uncovering Traces of Humanitarian Subjects from Across the Mediterranean

7.15 – 7.30pm: Closing session