The Belgian Historical Institute in Rome ( nl, Belgisch Historisch Instituut te Rome, french: Institut historique belge de Rome, it, Istituto storico belga di Roma), founded 1902, is a scholarly research institute focused on the study of Roman, and more broadly Italian, history and antiquities. It is currently located in the

Academia Belgica The Academia Belgica is an academic organization. The goal of the Academy is to promote the cultural, scientific and artistic cooperation between Italy and Belgium. The organization was founded in 1939 when the Belgian princess Marie-José marri ...

and is one of a number of

Roman Historical Institutes Roman Historical Institutes are collegiate bodies established at Rome, for the purpose of historical research, mostly in the Vatican archives. These have been set both by ecclesiastical authority, and by national governments. Opening of the Vatican ...

Foundation

The idea for the foundation of a Belgian historical institute in Rome for the identification and publishing of Italian sources relating to Belgian history came from the ecclesiastical historian

Alfred Cauchie Alfred Cauchie (1860—1922) was a professor of history at the Catholic University of Leuven (1835–1968), Catholic University of Leuven. Life Cauchie was born in Haulchin, Belgium, Haulchin, Hainaut (province), Hainaut, on 26 October 1860, and w ...

, professor at the

Catholic University of Leuven University of Leuven or University of Louvain (french: Université de Louvain, link=no; nl, Universiteit Leuven, link=no) may refer to: * Old University of Leuven (1425–1797) * State University of Leuven (1817–1835) * Catholic University of ...

. He published a pamphlet to this effect in 1896. The institute was founded in 1902, in the

Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni The Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni (also known as Palazzo Rusticucci or Palazzo Accoramboni) is a reconstructed late Renaissance palace in Rome.Castagnoli (1958) p. 419 Erected by the will of Cardinal Girolamo Rusticucci, it was designed by Dom ...

, with

Ursmer Berlière Ursmer Berlière, born Alfred Berlière (1861–1932) was a monk of Maredsous Abbey and a monastic historian whose bibliography ran to 360 publications.Philibert Schmitz, "Berlière, Alfred", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 30(Brussels, 1 ...

as its first director.

Publications

The institute has a strong focus on the publication of historical sources, primarily in the series ''Analecta Vaticano-Belgica''. The institute's ''Bulletin'' ceased publication in 2010 and has been replaced by a digital journal, ''Forum Romanum Belgicum''.

Directors

The directors of the institute have been the following: *1902–1906:

*1906-1916:

Godefroid Kurth Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916) was a celebrated Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat. He is known for his histories of the city of Liège in the Middle Ages and of Belgium, his Catholic account of the formation of modern Europe in ' ...

*1916-1918: Charles Moeller *1918-1922:

*1922-1930: Ursmer Berlière *1930-1935:

Henri Pirenne Henri Pirenne (; 23 December 1862 – 24 October 1935) was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual. Pirenne made a lasting contributio ...

*1935-1947:

Joseph Cuvelier Joseph Cuvelier (1869–1947) was a Belgian archivist and historian. Life Cuvelier was born in Bilzen on 6 May 1869 and was educated at state secondary schools there and in Tongeren.Camille Tihon, "Cuvelier (Joseph)", ''Biographie Nationale de Bel ...

*1947-1955:

Camille Tihon Camille Tihon (1890–1972) was a Belgian archivist and historian. Life Tihon was born in Remicourt, Belgium, on 25 June 1890. He studied at the University of Liège under Eugène Hubert and Karl Hanquet, graduating with a doctorate for a thesis o ...

*1955-1972:

Charles Terlinden Charles Terlinden (1878—1972) was a Belgian historian, professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, and papal chamberlain.Henri Haag, "Terlinden, Charles", ''Nouvelle Biographie Nationale''vol. 3(Brussels, 1994), 323-325. Life Terlinden was ...

*1972-1986: Léon-Ernest Halkin *1986-2001: Ludo Milis *2001-2009: Michel Dumoulin *2009-: Jan De Maeyer

References

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* {{authority control Organisations based in Rome Research institutes established in 1901 Historical research institutes