News in Jesuit Studies
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Together with the history department and the Office of Mission and Culture at St. Louis University, the Jesuit Archives and Research Center welcomes submissions for the sixth annual Jesuit Student Research Symposium, to be held on April 17, 2020. The deadline for submissions is March 6, 2020, though proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.
Proposals are welcomed on the theme of the history, influence, and legacy of Jesuit Missions throughout the world. Undergraduate and graduate students may submit proposals that “address any time period, region, or discipline, including but not limited to history, music, art, science, education, and exploration.” A full call for papers appears below. More information about the event can be found on the website for the Jesuit Archives and Research Center.
The Jesuit Archives and Research Center (http://jesuitarchives.org/) opened its new facility in St. Louis in November 2017. It “houses the collective memory of twelve past and current administrative provinces of the Society of Jesus in the United States” as well as the records of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
AD MISSIO: JESUITS IN THE WORLD
We are pleased to announce the sixth annual Jesuit Student Research Symposium, to be held on Friday, April 17, 2020 at the Jesuit Archives & Research Center, 3920 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108, 314-376-2440.
The symposium will be hosted jointly by the Jesuit Archives & Research Center, the Saint Louis University Office of Mission and Identity, and the SLU History Department. Our theme will explore the history, influence, and legacy of Jesuit Missions throughout the world.
Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines and universities are warmly invited to submit a proposal for a 20-minute presentation. Submissions may include papers and other appropriate presentations on the theme of Jesuit missions. Presentations can address any time period, region, or discipline, including but not limited to history, music, art, science, education, and exploration. For further advice and sources, please contact jarcadmin@jesuits.org.
Proposals should be no more than 250 words, and will be accepted by the selection committee on a rolling basis. All proposals will receive a response within two weeks of submission. The final deadline for submissions is Friday, March 6, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Jacob Klusman, Jesuit Archives & Research Center, at jarcadmin@jesuits.org, or Dr. Silvana Siddali, SLU History Department, at silvana.siddali@slu.edu.
Eligibility: All undergraduate and graduate students, at SLU or any other university, college, or seminary, are warmly invited to apply. Travel Stipends: We may be able to offer a modest stipend to reimburse costs of travel and accommodations for out-of-town presenters. To apply, please contact Dr. Silvana Siddali as soon as possible, at silvana.siddali@slu.edu.
Important dates:
Friday, March 6, 2020: Final deadline for proposals and funding applications.
Friday, April 10, 2020: Final papers are due to the committee.
The Istituto Sangalli in Florence welcomes applications for a weeklong seminar on the Archives of the Holy See. Held in January 2020, this workshop seeks to “introduce young scholars and students in Humanities to the main Archives of the Holy See, with special emphasis on the early-modern and modern period, and how to access and use the documentation preserved therein.” The institute particularly welcomes applications from graduate students studying the early modern and modern periods as well as from “archivists, museum curators, and scholars who are currently working on the history of Roman Catholicism from different points of view.”
Participants will visit the following archives during the weeklong seminar
1) Vatican Secret Archives
2) Historical Archives of the Congregation for the Evangelization of People (de Propaganda Fide)
3) Archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
4) Archives of the Vicariate of Rome
5) Archives of the Fabbrica di San Pietro
And lectures will be given on the following topics:
Introduction to Archival Research in Rome; The Vatican Secret Archives: Brief History and Structure; Archival Research in the Archives of the Fabbrica di San Pietro; Archival Research in the Archives of the Vicariate of Rome; Archival Research in the Archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Archival Research in the Archives of the Congregation for the Evangelization of People (de Propaganda Fide); Laboratories on Manuscripts & Documents: Language, Scripts, Conventions, Dating & Documentary Typologies.
The lectures and the laboratories will be held, among the others, by Proff. Matteo Binasco (University for foreigners of Siena); Benedetta Borello (University of Cassino); Irene Fosi (University of Chieti), Massimo C. Giannini (University of Teramo); Giuseppe Mrozek Eliszezynski (University of Chieti); Giovanni Pizzorusso (University of Chieti).
Applications are due 1st December 2019. The cost of the program is 1.000,00 €. More information is available at
https://www.istitutosangalli.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2019/10/Winter-Roman-Workshop-Call.pdf
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 docta pietas (learned devotion) or of a “teaching that is holy, devout, righteous, revelatory.” For centuries this spirituality’s great legislative expression within the Society of Jesus has been the 1599 plan of studies known as the Ratio studiorum. In a series of essays, In the School of Ignatius argues that what lies at the heart of the Ratio remains inescapably foundational for the Jesuit order, as well as for its education and spirituality. These provocative essays are intended for those who wish to learn more about the history of Jesuit education and who share a concern for its future.
IJS Studies is the new imprint dedicated to research on Jesuits and the Society of Jesus. It will feature peer-reviewed secondary scholarship examining Jesuit history, spirituality, pedagogy, and other themes.
To order Pavur’s book or to learn more, please visit http://jesuitsources.bc.edu/in-the-school-of-ignatius-studious-zeal-and-devoted-learning/