News in Jesuit Studies
The following are notices of significant events related to the field of Jesuit Studies.
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On December 4, Burns Library at Boston College hosts a lecture by Emanuele Colombo, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies.
Colombo’s talk is entitled “On Friendship: Egied van Broeckhoven, S.J. (1933-1967), Worker-Priest Among the Poor.” Van Broeckhoven was a Flemish Jesuit who spent much of his ministry in the factories of Brussels. During this work, he kept a diary, in which described the value of friendship that, in his view, opened up a path to God through the encounters with others.
The lecture begins at 3pm, with refreshments to follow. The event is free and open to the public. To register, please complete this form.
Colombo is also Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Catholic Studies at DePaul University, Chicago. To learn more about his research and about the in-residence fellowship program at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, please visit the Institute’s website.
The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies is pleased to inaugurate Jesuit Studies Café, a new series of informal conversations with the world’s preeminent scholars working on the history, spirituality, and educational heritage of the Society of Jesus.
These discussions – hosted at the Institute over coffee and also available via Zoom video-conference – are unique opportunities to learn more about the newest and most interesting scholarship in Jesuit Studies.
The Jesuit Studies Café discussion series is free and open to the public, either in person or online. Please contact the Institute if you wish to join the conversations (iajs@bc.edu).
The series begins with conversations led by two distinguished scholars:
Ines Županov, of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), will speak on The Oxford Handbook of the Jesuits as well as some of the trends and challenges of contemporary historiography of the Society of Jesus. Access the Handbook here: http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190639631.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190639631
December 6, 2018, at 9:15–10:00am Eastern
Claudio Ferlan, of the Bruno Kessler Foundation – Italian-German Historical Institute (Italy), will speak on Jesuits and food, specifically on drunkenness in missionary discourse and the development of Jesuit fasting between the 17th and 19th centuries. See Claudio’s blog posting here: https://claudiofoodhistory.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/jesuits-and-food-jesuit-studies-cafe-boston-college/
December 13, 2018, at 9:15–10:00am Eastern
To join these online discussions, to find out how to lead one of these discussions, and for additional details, please contact the Institute (iajs@bc.edu).
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 fifth annual Jesuit Student Research Symposium, to be held on April 26, 2019. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2019.
Proposals are welcomed on the theme of Jesuit engagement with, and influence on, American culture. Undergraduate and graduate students may submit proposals that “address any time period or discipline, including but not limited to history, music, theater, science, higher 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
JESUITS AND AMERICAN CULTURE
We are pleased to announce the fifth annual Jesuit Student Research Symposium, to be held on Friday, April 26, 2019 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 Office of Mission and Identity, and the Saint Louis University History Department. Our theme will explore the history of Jesuit engagement with, and influence on, American culture.
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 Jesuits and American culture. Presentations can address any time period or discipline, including but not limited to history, music, theater, science, higher 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 be acknowledged by a response within two weeks of submission. The final deadline for submissions is Friday, March 1, 2019.
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.
Important dates:
Friday, March 1, 2019: Final deadline for proposals.
Friday, April 19, 2019: Final papers are due to the committee.