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The 132nd annual meeting of the American Historical Association (January 4–7 in Washington, D.C.) is centered on the themes of “Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Global Perspective.”   The conference features the following academic panels and presentations, among others, related to the field of Jesuit Studies:     Thursday, January 4, 1:30PM Panel: “The Digital […]

The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies is now accepting applications for a three-credit European immersion course in the summer of 2018, the first of new graduate courses offered in the field of Jesuit Studies.   These courses offered through the expanded Certificate in Jesuit Studies program present unique scholarly opportunities for participants to develop a deep, informed understanding of the spirituality,

Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (IHSI) has published an important new book on the Jesuit Irish mission. The Jesuit Irish Mission: A Calendar of Correspondence, 1566–1752, edited by Vera Moynes, is the first inventory of the correspondence between the Jesuit missionaries and the Jesuit leadership at the Curia.   According to IHSI, the single-volume book serves as

An important conference on the lettere indipetae was held at Torino on 5-6 December. The conference was entitled: “Le lettere indipetae come fonte per la storia della Compagnia di Gesù. Nuove prospettive di ricerca.”   The conference centered on the petitions Jesuits submitted to request missionary assignments abroad. Presenters represented institutions in Italy, Australia, the United

Oxford University Press has published Uncertainty in Post-Reformation Catholicism: A History of Probabilism by Stefania Tutino. The book examines the development and implications of probablism, a moral theology first articulated in the sixteenth century that, according to Oxford, “maintained that in situations of uncertainty, the agent can legitimately follow any course of action supported by

The Macau Ricci Institute has launched a new, bi-annual publication — the Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute.   Dedicated as a “Journal of Moral Leadership, Social Innovation and Comparative Spirituality,” the Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute is edited by Stephan Rothlin and co-edited by Dennis P. McCann and Mike J. Thompson. Thierry Meynard is the associate

The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco welcomes applications for two types of fellowships for the summer of 2018.   The fellowships facilitate and promote research of the history of Chinese-Western cultural exchange and/or the history of Christianity in China. “Topics of enquiry may include,” according to the institute’s website, “Chinese-Western cultural

Francisco Malta Romeiras, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, participates at text-based workshop on November 14 at Harvard University. The presentation is part of the two-day event “Pre-Modern Sciences & Religion,” a workshop hosted by Harvard Divinity School’s Science, Religion, and Culture program. Other participants are Nicholas Boylston, Harvard University Vincenzo