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The Macau Ricci Institute has launched a new, bi-annual publication — the Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute.
Dedicated as a “Journal of Moral Leadership, Social Innovation and Comparative Spirituality,” the Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute is edited by Stephan Rothlin and co-edited by Dennis P. McCann and Mike J. Thompson. Thierry Meynard is the associate editor for China.
Members of the journal’s editorial board are Franz Gassner of University of Saint Joseph (Macau), Yang Hengda of Renmin University (Beijing), Zhou Shoujin of Peking University (Beijing), and Alvaro Barbosa of University of Saint Joseph (Macau).
The journal’s international advisors are Christoph von Waldersee of Ecotrust Company (Beijing), Gan Shaoping of China Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing), Antonio Spadaro of Civiltà Cattolica (Rome), Margit Osterloh of University of Zurich (Switzerland), Mark O’Neill (Hong Kong), William Valentino of Tsinghua University (Beijing), Martin Maier of Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) (Brussels), Bruno S. Frey of
University of Basel (Switzerland), Gael Giroud of Centre Sèvres (Paris), Gerhold K. Becker of Assumption University (Bangkok).
The first volume is available online. Its table of contents include:
Leader:
“The Macau Ricci Institute Journal: Connecting Moral Leadership, Social Innovation and Comparative Spirituality” – Stephan Rothlin
Society:
“Paying the Price: Lessons from the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal for Moral Leadership” – Gerhold K. Becker “Educational Social Innovation: Responsible Leadership MOOC in China” – Helen Xu
“What is Social in Social Innovation?” – Mike J. Thompson
Religion:
“Moral Leadership Using the Method of Francis De Sales” – Roderick O’Brien
“The Façade of St Paul’s in Macao Reflects Christian, Confucian and Buddhist Spirituality” – Christian Wagner, Su Chi Lin
World:
“Developing Responsible Leaders in China Within a Global Context” – Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Life:
“Women’s Leadership in Macau Education” – Dennis P. McCann interviews Ana Maria Correia
Events and Publications
The Macau Ricci Institute is a “nonprofit, study and research institution dedicated to fostering better mutual understanding between China and the world community.” It offers a combination of cultural, professional, and research programs in Macau, “a human and cultural crossroads – a real, although small, international city,” with deep connections to the history of the Society of Jesus. The institute is also named for Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), an early Jesuit missionary to China. With Macau and the Jesuits, the institute notes the two “share together a common beginning and 450 years of history. The Jesuits in Macau have always been at the service of the human person, either in need of education or material help, but always at the very deepest level of ideals and hopes, where culture finds its roots. This Jesuit tradition continues even today in Macau at the Macau Ricci Institute.”
More information about the Macau Ricci Institute and its initiatives are available online.
The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco welcomes applications for two types of fellowships for the summer of 2018.
The fellowships facilitate and promote research of the history of Chinese-Western cultural exchange and/or the history of Christianity in China. “Topics of enquiry may include,” according to the institute’s website, “Chinese-Western cultural history, local society and politics, history of education and other charitable enterprises, history of Christianity in China, history of diplomacy, art and art history, science and history of science, comparative studies of Christianity and cultures in China, Japan, and Korea, etc.”
- Ricci Doctoral Research Fellowships support doctoral candidates conducting dissertation research and writing, especially those using the archival collections at the Ricci Institute.
- Luce Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships support junior faculty members (i.e. within five years of receiving a doctorate) with research proposals using the archival collections at the Ricci Institute.
According to the institute’s website, the Ricci Institute “is an internationally renowned research center for the study of Chinese-Western cultural exchange. With a focus on the Jesuit missions of the 16th-19th centuries and the history of Christianity in China and East Asia, the Institute supports research in a diverse range of interests: in Chinese and East Asian history and relations with Europe, on the influences of China and Europe on each other, on religion and culture and philosophies of East and West, and on the sciences, technology, astronomy, cartography, and medicine. Visiting scholars from around the world meet here to examine these and many other topics in languages as widespread as Latin, Portuguese, Italian, French, or Spanish to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Manchu. We regularly host meetings, symposia, conferences, and workshops, and every Summer our visiting scholars and research fellows-in-residence speak at our weekly research seminars on their topic of study.”
More information about the fellowships is available at the online.
Francisco Malta Romeiras, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, participates at text-based workshop on November 14 at Harvard University. The presentation is part of the two-day event “Pre-Modern Sciences & Religion,” a workshop hosted by Harvard Divinity School’s Science, Religion, and Culture program. Other participants are
- Nicholas Boylston, Harvard University
- Vincenzo Carlotta, HU Berlin
- Steven Harvey, Bar-Ilan University
- Katja Krause, Harvard University
- Hannah Marcus, Harvard University
- Omer Michaelis, Tel Aviv University
- Nicola Polloni, Durham University
Harvey and Ahmed Ragab of Harvard will lead the workshop’s discussions.
Malta Romeiras has entitled his presentation “The Tridentine Rules and the Censorship of Scientific Books in Early Modern Europe.” He comes to the Institute from the Universidade de Lisboa, and his research interests include the history of science in Portugal, the history of Jesuit science and education, and the history of book censorship. More details about his work and about the Institute’s in-residence fellowships are available online.
The Science, Religion, and Culture program “conducts interdisciplinary research and convenes forums to inform public and scholarly conversations on the interaction of scientific, religious, and cultural constructs around the world.” To learn more, visit the program’s website at projects.iq.harvard.edu/srcp/home.