The 2020 Global Digital History of Science Festival organized by the British Society for the History of Science features a virtual book launch of Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal by Francisco Malta Romeiras. The event features remarks by Malta Romeiras as well as a question-and-answer period hosted by Nuno Castel-Branco, a […]
Additional past volumes of the Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu (AHSI) are now available in open access. For more than 85 years, AHSI, a biannual, peer-reviewed journal, has published research articles on the history of the Society of Jesus along with book reviews, research notes, accounts of “living history,” and an annual bibliography. The most recent
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FBK Press in Trento has published a new source, the annotated history of the the Jesuit college in Gorizia, Italy. The publication is the result of a collaboration between the Bruno Kessler Foundation and the Istituto di Storia Sociale e Religiosa di Gorizia. Historia Collegii Goritiensis: Gli Annali del collegio dei gesuiti di Gorizia
April 2020: New History of the Jesuit College in Gorizia Now in Open Access Read More »
The indipetae were letters written by Jesuits to their Superior General in application for the extra-European missions, usually called the “Indies.” In Latin, applying for the Indies was petere Indias; from this are derived the expressions indipetae (the letters) and indipeti (the applicants). After the Suppression (1773) and the Restoration (1814) of the Society of
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Because of the continuing threat of the coronavirus and various health and safety restrictions, the 2020 International Symposium was originally delayed to June 2021 before being cancelled in its entirety. Below is the original program for the event as scheduled for June 2020. The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, together with its co-organizer Brotéria, is very
The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies welcomes applications for its 2020-21 in-residence fellowships. The one- and two-semester appointments seek 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 January 15,
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Jesuit Sources has launched a new imprint—IJS Studies—with the publication of In the School of Ignatius, by Claude Pavur, S.J. Though very public in one way, a major dimension of Jesuit and Ignatian spirituality has become almost invisible, perhaps because it has not seemed so distinctive—or even so spiritual. It is the spirituality of
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The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies is pleased to announce the Fall 2019 schedule of Jesuit Studies Cafés. The season began with a presentation led by Liam Brockey, who also received the 2019 George E. Ganss, S.J., Award in Jesuit Studies. The Jesuit Studies Cafés are informal discussions hosted by the Institute for Advanced
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Vera Moynes has edited and published Irish Jesuit Annual Letters, 1604–1674, a collection of 25 annual letters from the Jesuit mission in Ireland during the 17th century. A professional archivist, Moynes has translated these letters, originally written in Latin and Portuguese, into English for the first time. According to The Irish Manuscripts Commission, which published this
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON JESUIT STUDIES Engaging the World: The Jesuits and Their Presence in Global History Lisbon, Portugal | June 17–19, 2020 Co-organized by the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College and Brotéria in Lisbon, in partnership with the Catholic University Portugal CALL FOR PAPERS Scattered around the globe for nearly five
