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Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu has published a new collection of essays based from presentations first made at a conference on the restoration of the Society of Jesus. The thirty-seven essays in La Compagnie de Jésus des Anciens Régimes au monde contemporain span from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The volume is edited by Pierre-Antoine Fabre, Patrick Goujon, and Martín […]

The Macau Ricci Institute hosts a new MRI Public Forum led Thierry Meynard S.J., on “From Confucius to Zhu Xi: the adoption of Neo-Confucianism by the Jesuit François Noël in his Philosophia Sinica (1711)”. The lecture takes place on March 17, 18:30-20:00.   According to the Macau Ricci Institute, Jesuits in China since the time of

The indipetae were letters written by Jesuits to their Superior General in application for the extra-European missions, usually called the “Indies.” In Latin, applying for the Indies was petere Indias; from this are derived the expressions indipetae (the letters) and indipeti (the applicants). After the Suppression (1773) and the Restoration (1814) of the Society of

The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies is pleased to announce that the peer-reviewed articles on the Coimbra Jesuit Aristotelian tradition are now included with the search capabilities of the Portal to Jesuit Studies.   Conimbricenses.org facilitates the exploration of the unique educational influence of the Coimbra Jesuit Aristotelian instruction that stretched from Portugal to Asia and

From March 3-5, the Jesuit Historical Institute for Africa and Madagascar hosts an archival workshop in Nairobi. The event is intended for socii in Africa and Madagascar, the provinces’ current and prospective archivists, and relevant librarians of the area.   According to organizers, the “workshop aims at providing basic tools for the treatment of Jesuit

The Beijing Center has recently published a collection of letters written by Matteo Ricci (1552-1610). Only 54 letters survive from the vast correspondence Ricci kept while living as a Jesuit missionary in China. During his time in China, Ricci, according to the center, “created the first European-style world map in Chinese, introduced Euclidean geometry to

The Renaissance Society of America annual conference, held in Toronto from March 17-19, features more than 30 presentations related to the field of Jesuit Studies. More information about the conference and the RSA can be found at: http://www.rsa.org/   Information about the Jesuit Studies-related presentations can be found in the beta version of the Jesuit Online Bibliography. Available in

Following on the work of Fr. Joseph Dehergne, SJ, who compiled a directory of the Jesuits in China from 1552 to 1800, a new directory of Jesuits in China during the 19th and 20th centuries is now available from the Taipei Ricci Institute.   The Directory of the Jesuit in China from 1842 to 1955

The Renaissance Society of America annual conference, held in New Orleans from March 22-24, features several presentations related to the field of Jesuit Studies. Summaries of some of the presentations appear below.   More information about the conference and the RSA can be found at: http://www.rsa.org/     “‘We Must Stop This Snaking Plague!’: Jesuits and