The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies and its collaborating partners at the University of Lisbon and the Italian German Historical Institute, invite you to join informal conversations with the world’s preeminent scholars working on the history, spirituality, and educational heritage of the Society of Jesus. These discussions – hosted at the Institute over coffee and also available via Zoom videoconference – are unique opportunities to learn more about the newest and most interesting scholarship in Jesuit Studies.
If you would like to attend a café via videoconference, please register, and you will receive information on how to access the online meeting space 24 hours before the discussion. Please contact the Institute with any questions or if you wish to join or lead a café in the future (iajs@bc.edu).
February 17
The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa
Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J., Director
Nairobi, Kenya
Zoom | 9:20 a.m.–10am (Eastern, UTC-5)
The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa (JHIA) is an institute geared to preserving memory and promoting historical knowledge. It was started in 2010 as an idea of the Superior General of the Jesuits, Most Rev. Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., to encourage the study of his Order’s largely unexplored involvement in the evangelization of Africa.
March 17
The Jesuit Archives & Research Center, St. Louis (MO)
David Miros, Ph.D., Director
St. Louis, MO
Zoom | 9:20 a.m.–10am (Eastern, UTC-4)
The Jesuit Archives & Research Center houses the collective memory of fourteen past and current administrative provinces of the Society of Jesus in the United States. These fourteen include the Buffalo, California, Central and Southern, Chicago, Chicago-Detroit, Detroit, Midwest, Missouri, New England, New Orleans, New York, Northeast, Oregon, and Wisconsin Provinces. The archives also house the records of the governing body of the Society of Jesus in the US, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.
April 21
The Jesuit Archive of the Euro-Mediterranean Province
Maria Macchi, Ph.D., Archivist
Rome, Italy
Zoom | 9:20 a.m.–10am (Eastern, UTC-4)
The Jesuit Archive of the Euro-Mediterranean Province is in Rome, near the Gesù Church. It gathers the documents produced by the five ancient Italian Provinces (Venetian-Milanese, Torinese, Roman, Neapolitan, and Sicilian and the former mission of Albania) and the Italian Province, born in 1978 from the unification of the five provinces. The collections include documents on the life of the Society of Jesus in Italy and the extra-European mission lands after the 1814 restoration.
May 19
The Roman Jesuit Archives (Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu – ARSI)
Festo Mkenda, S.J., Academic Director
Rome, Italy
Zoom | 9:20 a.m.–10am (Eastern, UTC-4)
The Roman Jesuit Archives (Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu – ARSI) are the archives of the general government of the Society of Jesus. Situated in Rome in the General Curia of the Order, their purpose is to preserve, to put in order, and to make available for research the documents related to the general government of the Society of Jesus and its activities from the beginning of its history in the sixteenth century up to the present day.