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Aventine Symposium – Institute Week in Rome

On June 12, 2025, the concluding symposium of the multi-year international project titled "Curia romana e nazioni europee" took place in the Eternal City, within the prestigious halls of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani (the same venue where the Research Group had organized a conference

2025. June 16.

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XI. Fraknói (Summer) Academy

Organized by the Fraknói Research Group and the Gyula Moravcsik Institute of the HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, the Fraknói Summer Academy was held for the eleventh time between 29 and 31 May 2025. After being held in Nagyvárad last year, this year’s event returned once again to Budaörs and, for the first time, was also hosted in Budapest. This year, the Academy focused on Transylvanian (ecclesiastical) history and historical research.

2025. June 3.

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Jury Service at the History Competition of the Archdiocese of Gyulafehérvár

Between May 16 and 18, 2025, the Pongrácz Saint Stephen History Competition was held for the second time in Gyulafehérvár and Alvinc. Viktor Kanász, research fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, participated as a jury member. The theme of the competition was the life and times of Cardinal George Martinuzzi (Fráter György).

2025. May 19.

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The Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Péter Pázmány Catholic University was established in the June of 2012 as the ‘Impetus’ Church History Research Group in the frame of the Church History Research Institute of the University founded by Rector Péter Erdő in 1999. It carries on independently the latter’s publications (Bibliotheca Historiae Ecclesiasticae Universitatis Catholicae de Petro Pázmány Nuncupatae) and researches in Rome and in Vienna, with the involvement of academic and other funding sources.

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MTA ’Impetus’ 2012–2017