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Because of the global pandemic, the date for the XVIII Jornadas Internacionales sobre las Misiones Jesuíticas has been changed to November 8-11, 2022.   The conference will take place in Montevideo. Its theme is: “LAS MISIONES JESUÍTICAS PENSADAS DESDE EL SIGLO XXI: sentidos de la asimilación, traducciones regionales y formas locales del proyecto ecuménico jesuítico.”   […]

A free webinar takes place on April 16, 2021, on the theme “Translating and Connecting Worlds: Missionary Sources, Religious Diversity and Cultural Pluralism. Experiences from the Past.”   The event is organized by ISEM CNR – National Research Council in the framework of the European Project “ReIReS” (Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies).   “Translating and Connecting

Loyola University Chicago commemorates its sesquicentennial with online lectures “with other great minds to reflect and address urgent issues of our time.”  The Loyola 150 Scholar Series is open to the public. A full schedule is available at https://www.luc.edu/150/scholars/.   Of particular note is the March 22 The John F. Callahan Lecture: “‘urbs procul est, urbs

This Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco has released a documentary film, “Faith and Martyrdom: Stories from New France and East Asia,” available for free public streaming at Jesuits.org.   The film compares the stories of faith and martyrdom of Jesuits and their converts in New France (stretching from Canada

Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu and the École Française de Rome have collaborated to publish La Compagnie de Jésus des Anciens Régimes au monde contemporain (XVIII-XX Siècles), a multilingual, multidisciplinary collection of thirty-seven essays on the modern history of the Society of Jesus. The project’s editors are Pierre-Antoine Fabre, Patrick Goujon, and Martín María Morales.   The volume emerges

The Institute of Humanities at Seoul National University is collaborating with the university’s Institute of Greco-Roman Studies to host an international workshop entitled “Aristoteles Asianus: Aristotle’s works, the Coimbra texts, and Jesuits’ Chinese translations in the seventeenth century.” The three-day event takes place online from February 1-3.   More on the unique educational influence of the

The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco welcomes applications for its two fellowship programs in the summer of 2021. The application deadline for both programs is February 28.   The institute’s three-month Doctoral Research Fellowships are open to scholars “who have completed all course work and have defined their specific

The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies has announced the hosts and themes for the Spring 2021 Jesuit Studies Cafés. The series of informal, remote discussions with the world’s preeminent scholars working on the history, spirituality, and educational heritage of the Society of Jesus presents unique opportunities to learn more about the newest and most interesting scholarship in

The Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau and the Centre for Sino-European Studies at Shanghai University are collaborating to host a virtual workshop entitled “China-Europe Relations in Late Imperial Times.”   The event takes place on December 19, 2020 — Beijing time, 20:30-22:00; Lisbon time, 12:30-14:00; and Boston time, 7:30-9:00.   The workshop features presentations