As part of the Ph.D. program in Global History of Empires at the University of Turin (call), a special position will be available within the BlackItaly project this year. This three-year fellowship will focus on African slaves traded in the Italian states during the premodern period.

Dal 3 al 28 giugno 2026 sarà apeta a Palazzo Thun (Trento) la mostra African Voices against Slavery, risultata dal progetto di ricerca African Abolitionism: The Rise and Transformations of Anti-Slavery in Africa (AFRAB) coordinato dalla prof.ssa Benedetta Rossi (University College London) dal 2020 al 2025. La mostra approda a Trento, per la prima volta in Italia, grazie alla collaborazione con il progetto Black Italy. The Italian Peninsula and the Atlantic Slavery: a Forgotten History e con l'Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico della Fondazione Bruno Kessler.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the ARO 2026/1 FORUM on 'New Studies on the German Peasants’ War'

International Conference | 16–18 September 2026 Fondazione Bruno Kessler Italian-German Historical Institute (FBK-ISIG) Trento, Italy

Three postdoctoral research positions are available within the project 'Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy' (TRAVEL), funded by a Consolidator Grant from the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (2026-2029, PI: Sandra Toffolo). Deadline: 8 May 2026.

ISIG intende accogliere nella propria collana “Quaderni”, edita da Viella, una ricerca originale in lingua italiana, frutto del lavoro di una/un giovane studiosa/o e promuoverne la pubblicazione.

The Italian-German Historical Institute (ISIG) of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento is an advanced research centre that promotes research in early modern and contemporary history, with particular emphasis on transnational history.