The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies opens the call for application for fellowships to facilitate the completion and/or publication of academic work related to the Society of Jesus. Applications are now welcomed from scholars in the fields of history, spirituality, and pedagogy, among others. The submission deadline is February 1, 2017. The Institute offers two […]
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The Portal’s editors welcome collaborative partners to provide free online access to the some of the richest content associated with the history, spirituality, educational heritage, and pedagogical approach of the Society of Jesus. The Portal’s editors are very pleased to acknowledge the collaborative assistance they receive from the following institutions: Archivum Romanum Societatis
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Founded at Boston College in 2014, the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies seeks to deepen understanding and appreciation for the history, spirituality, educational heritage, and pedagogical approaches of the Society of Jesus. The Institute hopes to serve as a dynamic and collaborative scholarly resource—both at Boston College and around the world—for important coursework, publications, symposia,
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A free service provided by the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, the Portal offers informed direction to some of the richest materials associated with the Society of Jesus located at a variety of websites. The Portal grants online access to a curated and fully searchable collection of important primary sources and some of the latest
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International Symposia on Jesuit Studies are held on an annual basis, providing opportunities for academic exchange within the global community of Jesuit Studies scholars. Each year, the Institute invites some of the presenters to revise their presentations into essays, which are peer reviewed and published, both in print and online in Open Access. The
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Jesuit Sources Jesuit Sources publishes more than 100 volumes to promote its mission to preserve, maintain, and expand for scholars around the world important texts and studies in Jesuit history, spirituality, and pedagogy. Jesuit Maps The Jesuit Maps project aims to make interactive maps available using research in the field of Jesuit Studies conducted by
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Essential Documents A collection of some of the most important primary sources in Jesuit history. Materials include letters and addresses from the Fathers General, selected decrees and important addresses from the General Congregations, and papal bulls, remarks, and other statements to or about the Society of Jesus. Jesuit Online Library The Jesuit Online Library allows
The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies welcomes Jeffrey Muller to Boston College as a Senior Research Fellow for the fall semester. Muller, professor of Art and Architecture at Brown University, is working on a new project about the Jesuit global strategy of accommodation. In this project he asks: How did the Jesuits fashion their interactions
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Between June 28 and July 1, the Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa and the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College co-host the International Symposium on Jesuit Studies in Nairobi, Kenya. The topic of the symposium, “Encounters Between Jesuits and Protestants in Africa,” uses the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation as “an ideal
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Brill has published Jesuit Image Theory, edited by Wietse de Boer, Karl A.E. Enenkel and Walter S. Melion. The volume (including 97 color images) looks at “Jesuit investment in images, whether verbal or visual, virtual or actual, pictorial or poetic, rhetorical or exegetical.” Contributions to the volume include: The Jesuit Engagement with the Status and Functions
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