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August 2021: Newly Digitized Materials from the Maryland Province Archives Now Available

More than 20,000 pages of correspondence related to past superiors of the Maryland Mission and past provincials of the Maryland Province have been digitized and made available through DigitalGeorgetown. The content is part of the Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, which is on deposit at Georgetown University.   The digitized […]

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Visions of Contemplation: Jesuits and Their Rhetoric of Persuasion in Japan, by Aiko Okamoto-MacPhail

Visions of Contemplation: Jesuits and Their Rhetoric of Persuasion in Japan   Aiko Okamoto-MacPhail Indiana University   Originally published: July 14, 2021 DOI: 10.51238/ISJS.2019.22     When Saint Francis Xavier set sail to India on April 7, 1541,[1] it was about a year before the first Europeans “discovered” Japan.[2] Xavier was nominated núncio apostólico (apostolic

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July 2021: Jesuit Online Bibliography Publishes More Than 6,000 New Records in Its First Two Years

The Jesuit Online Bibliography — a free, collaborative, multilingual, and fully searchable database of bibliographic records for scholarship in Jesuit Studies produced in the 21st century — has published more than 6,000 new records as it celebrates its second anniversary. The database now provides the citations, abstracts, subject categories, and direct links for more than

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Early Modern Jesuit Writing of History as an Inspiration for Central European Historians before 1773, by Jakub Zouhar

Early Modern Jesuit Writing of History as an Inspiration for Central European Historians before 1773   Jakub Zouhar[1] Univerzita Hradec Králové   Originally published: April 20, 2021 DOI: 10.51238/ISJS.2019.23     Introduction The phenomenon of early modern Jesuit historiography and its influence on other scholars in central Europe is of wider than regional importance. Nevertheless, the

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June 2021: New Publication Series — Leuven Studies in Mission and Modernity

Leuven University Press inaugurates a new series entitled ‘Leuven Studies in Mission and Modernity’ with the publication of Missionary Education: Historical Approaches and Global Perspectives.   The LUP’s new series “aims to showcase groundbreaking works on the history of missionaries and missionary organisations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.” Titles will “steer mission history towards new thematic frontiers by

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June 2021: Online Seminars Hosted by the Gregorian Archives

The Gregorian Archives is hosting a series of online seminars led by researchers who consult the facility’s archival manuscripts.   The first seminar occurs on June 7, 2021. It will be led by Karie Schultz, with a presentation titled “Education and Confessional Identity: The Collegio Romano in the Seventeenth Century.” Archivist and Prof. Martín M. Morales

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May 2021: Webinar Hosted by the Bruno Kessler Foundation – Italian-German Historical Institute

On May 20, the Bruno Kessler Foundation – Italian-German Historical Institute hosts “Fonti gesuitiche per la storia della psicologia e dei saperi psicologici,” a free webinar on the history of psychology and psychological knowledge through Jesuit sources. Speakers include Marina Massimi, Emanuele Colombo, and Claudio Ferlan.   The virtual event takes place May 20 from

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Knowledge and Personal Expectancies: Jesuit Intellectual Culture and Missionary Experience in the Early Jesuit Province of New Spain, by Hugo Zayas-González

Knowledge and Personal Expectancies: Jesuit Intellectual Culture and Missionary Experience in the Early Jesuit Province of New Spain   Hugo Zayas-González Central Michigan University   Originally published: April 20, 2021 DOI: 10.51238/ISJS.2019.28     On October 28, 1575, Superior General Everard Mercurian (in office 1573–80) explained to Antonio Cordeses, provincial of Aragon, that his decision

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