June 2015: Inaugural Symposium on Jesuit Studies Held

The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies hosts the inaugural International Symposium on Jesuit Studies at Boston College. The event’s program (available here) features an inauguration by William P. Leahy, S.J., president of Boston College, and three keynote address: John O’Malley on “Aspects of the Distinctiveness of the Society of Jesus;” Paul Grendler on “The Culture of the Jesuit Teacher 1548–1773;” and Yasmin Haskell on “Suppressed Emotions: The Heroic Tristia of Portuguese ex-Jesuit, Emmanuel de Azevedo.”

 

  • Update: The Journal of Jesuit Studies has published versions of the three keynote address (Volume 3, Issue 1).