The third international conference on the history of the humanities, "The Making of the Humanities III", will take place at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, from 1 till 3 November 2012. This is the third of a biennially organized conference that brings together scholars and historians of humanities disciplines to draw the outlines for a comparative history of the humanities. The theme of the meeting in 2012 will be The Making of the Modern Humanities, focusing on the period 1850-2000. For more info, see here.