Český historický ústav v Římě v letech 2008–2014 ; The Czech Historical Institute in Rome between 2008–2014

The Czech Historical Institute in Rome, which is a part of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, was established in December 1993 and has been functioning since 1st January 1994. It is the only research outpost of the Academy abroad in the area of the humanities and social sciences. It continues the traditions of the Czech Archival Expedition in Rome, which functioned between 1887–1914, and the Czechoslovak Historical Institute in Rome, which functioned between 1921/1923–1939 and 1945–1948. This paper deals with the activities and transformations of the Czech Historical Institute in Rome in the years 2008–2014, and the following topics in particular: an economic crisis in the Rome Institute caused by fi nancial factors and its successful overcoming of it (2007–2009); the locus of the Institute and its facilities; presentation and lecture activities of the Institute; conferences, the Institute’s periodical publication Bollettino dell’Istituto Storico Ceco di Roma and new publication series (Biblioteca dell’Istituto Storico Ceco di Roma; Acta Romana Bohemica); editions of primary sources (Monumenta Vaticana res gestas Bohemicas illustrantia; Epistulae et acta nuntiorum apostolicorum apud imperatorem); an inventory of manuscripts related to the Czech Lands be it through their author, topic or place of origin, and which are deposited in the Vatican and other Italian libraries; investigations of the history of Czech historical research in the Vatican, Rome and Italy; further research topics undertaken by the Czech Historical Institute in Rome. Th e annex to this publication includes a list of scholarship recipients in the Czech Historical Institute in Rome for the years 2008–2014, also stating their home institutions and research topics.