The Societal Engagements of the Jesuits. From Europe to Japan and Brasil – A Comparative Perspective Online via Zoom | March 6, 2026 | 9:00 AM (ET) We are pleased to invite you to the third edition of the IAJS–ISSJR Online Colloquium, devoted to the societal engagements of the Jesuits from a comparative perspective across […]
February 2026 – 3rd IAJS-ISSJR Online Colloquium (March 6, 2026) Read More »
The Research Group in the History of Sociability (UQAM) invites you to the fourth online seminar of “New Directions in Environmental History.”Claudio Ferlan will present «Cultiver la foi. Missions jésuites, agriculture, environnement et cultures alimentaires dans les Rocheuses au XIXᵉ siècle».The talk examines early Jesuit missions in the western United States, focusing on missionary farming
The fourth issue of the Jesuit Educational Quarterly is now available. JEQ engages the living tradition of Jesuit education with professional, peer-reviewed scholarship, digital content, and collaborative opportunities to explore, better understand, and magnify the histories and heritage of the Jesuit educational tradition.
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The latest issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies 12/4 (December 2025) is now available, featuring seven open-access articles spanning early modern intellectual history, material and visual culture, Roman devotional life, and contemporary Ignatian pedagogy and leadership. This issue contains a broad spectrum of book reviews and review essays that reflect recent scholarship in Jesuit
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The Second World War through Jesuit Archives: The Case of Europe (1939–1945) Edited by: Damien Burke, Rebecca Somerset and Christian TaoutelIHSI Global 2.€35Language englishISBN 978-88-7041-502-5 This book is available from March 1, 2026 The Second World War changed the world’s economic, political and social order. It was also a humanitarian disaster on a scale never
Due to extraordinary maintenance, the Digital Indipetae Database is currently unavailable. Boston College Digital Libraries and the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies (IAJS) are working to restore public access as soon as possible. For questions or urgent requests, please contact us at iajs@bc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
December 2025: Digital Indipetae Database temporary offline Read More »
Interview with the Missionary: Frequently Asked Questions for Jesuit Petitioners for the Indies Volume Authors: Elisa Frei, and Christoph Nebgen Copyright Year: 2025 The open access publication of this book was supported by the Open Access Publication Fund of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. E-BookAvailability: PublishedISBN (pdf): 978-1-947617-41-4ISBN (epub): 978-1-947617-36-0Publication: 24 October 2025 HardbackAvailability: PublishedISBN: 978-1-947617-29-2Publication: 10 November
Daniele Filippi, University of Turin, Italy, will deliver a lecture at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies titled “Musicking Jesuits: Stories of Jesuits and Music in the Early Modern Era.” In this talk, he will explore the many ways Jesuits engaged with and participated in musical life during the early modern period. This event is co-sponsored by
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On Thursday, October 23, IAJS Scholars Emanuele Colombo, Alessandro Corsi, and joined by Sonia Isidori will present the digital humanities framework developed for the Institute’s Portal of Jesuit Studies at the International Seminar “Transcribing America” in Rome (October 21–23). Building on recent case studies arising from research on the litterae indipetae, their presentation will illustrate the implementation of an
Jesuit Educational Quarterly (JEQ) is pleased to announce a call for manuscript submissions on the topic of “Educational Leadership and the Jesuit Tradition.” With education as a central mission of the Society of Jesus, educational leadership has figured centrally in implementing that mission, in understanding that mission, and in engaging the modern world through that
