The most recent of the Archivum historicum Societatis Iesu, the biannual peer reviewed journal published at the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, includes a revised version of Paul Grendler’s 2018 Feore Lecture on Jesuit Studies. At that lecture, Grendler received the George E. Ganss, S.J., Award in Jesuit Studies to note his significant contributions to the
May 2019: Grendler’s Feore Lecture Published in the Archivum Read More »
On April 29, Burns Library and the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies host a roundtable discussion at Boston College examining the “functions of sacred objects in three very different Jesuit missions from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries – England, China, and Northeastern America.” “Material Cultures of Devotion in Early Modern Jesuit Missions” features presentations by
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The 2019 annual meeting of the American Historical Association, taking place in Chicago, January 3-6, features panels, papers, and a poster on Jesuit Studies. Information about those relevant presentations appears below. To learn more about the AHA meeting, please visit: https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting Saturday, January 5, 2019: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Panel: Jesuit Imagination, Strategy, and
January 2019: Presentations on Jesuit Studies at the AHA Conference Read More »
James Kelly, Sweeting Research Fellow in the History of Catholicism at Durham University, and Hannah Thomas, Special Collections Manager and Research Fellow at the Bar Convent in York, have edited a new monograph, Jesuit Intellectual and Physical Exchange between England and Mainland Europe, c. 1580-1789: ‘The World is our House?’ Part of the Jesuit Studies
December 2018: New Title on the English Mission of the Society of Jesus Read More »
The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies now welcomes applications to A History of the Jesuits, a new online course. An application is available online. With questions, please contact the Institute (iajs@bc.edu). The course beings on January 14, and the first round of applications closes on January 11. Contact the Institute with questions or to request an
November 2018: New Online Course on Jesuit History Read More »
Ananya Chakravarti has just published The Empire of Apostles: Religion, Accommodatio and The Imagination of Empire in Modern Brazil and India with Oxford University Press. The book, according to the publisher, considers “how European accommodation to local peoples and their cultures, the experience of give-and-take in the non-European world and their numerous failures, could
October 2018: New History on Jesuit Missions and Accommodation in Brazil and India Read More »
On October 23, Boston College hosts a symposium examining the roots and legacy of Alberto Hurtado, the 20th-century Chilean Jesuit canonized in 2005. The event is entitled “Catholic Social Thought in the Era of Pope Francis: Roots in the Work of Saint Alberto Hurtado.” The event seeks to make both Hurtado’s life and his Catholic
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From October 18–20, the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco and Mary’s Shrine in Ontario co-sponsored an international symposium entitled “Life and Death in the Missions of New France and East Asia: Narratives of Faith and Martyrdom.” The symposium began with remarks by Thomas Worcester, S.J., the president
October 2018: Symposium on Jesuit Missions of New France and Asia Read More »
Nadine Amsler, of the Goethe University Frankfurt, has published Jesuits and Matriarchs: Domestic Worship in Early Modern China with University of Washington Press. The title is a rare investigation of “the domestic and devotional practices of women” in early modern China, according to the publishing, presenting “a rich body of evidence that demonstrates how Chinese households functioned
September 2018: New Publication on Jesuits in Early Modern China Read More »
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON JESUIT STUDIES Engaging Sources: The Tradition and Future of Collecting History in the Society of Jesus Boston College | June 11–13, 2019 UPDATE — FULL PROGRAM IS NOW ANNOUNCED Please click here for the full program for the 2019 International Symposium on Jesuit Studies Details on the call for papers,
