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Beatriz Puente-Ballesteros received the J. Worth Estes Prize, awarded at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, for her recently published chapter, “Chocolate in China: Interweaving Cultural Histories of an Imperfectly Connected World.” The essay appeared in Translation at Work: Chinese Medicine at the First Global Age, edited by Harold J. Cook and published by Brill publishers.
The prize honors J. Worth Estes and his contributions to the AAHM and to the study of the history of medicine. The award recognizes the best published paper in the history of pharmacology in the last two years.
Puente-Ballesteros is an assistant professor at the University of Macau’s department of history. More of her work in the field of Jesuit Studies is available through the Jesuit Online Bibliography.
On May 20, the Bruno Kessler Foundation – Italian-German Historical Institute hosts “Fonti gesuitiche per la storia della psicologia e dei saperi psicologici,” a free webinar on the history of psychology and psychological knowledge through Jesuit sources. Speakers include Marina Massimi, Emanuele Colombo, and Claudio Ferlan.
The virtual event takes place May 20 from 14:00-15:30 (GMT+2). A full description of the event appears below.
To register and for more information please visit: https://isig.fbk.eu/en/events/detail/19533/fonti-gesuitiche-per-la-storia-della-psicologia-e-dei-saperi-psicologici-2021/
Fonti gesuitiche per la storia della psicologia e dei saperi psicologici
Marina Massimi, Emanuele Colombo, and Claudio Ferlan
May 20, 2021
14:00-15:30 (GMT+2), via Google Meet
Le fonti gesuitiche hanno una notevole rilevanza per la ricostruzione della storia dei saperi psicologici di età moderna. Nel XVI secolo gli intellettuali della Compagnia si proposero l’obiettivo di realizzare una sintesi tra l’eredità del cattolicesimo medievale e lo spirito rinascimentale. La presenza missionaria nei “nuovi mondi” esigette, di converso, strumenti per una conoscenza di sé e dell’altro necessari per la sopravvivenza, la comunicazione, l’accomodatio, la proposizione e la costruzione.
In questa prospettiva, i gesuiti si sforzarono per tradurre le dottrine elaborate in Occidente in un metodo di formazione della persona attraverso la cristianizzazione e contribuirono, poi, alla creazione di forme, metodi ed obiettivi propri di una nuova “scienza dell’anima” e del comportamento umano.
A new digital project is now available — Res Sinicae. A database of Latin and Portuguese sources on China (16th-18th centuries). Survey, Edition, Translation and Studies (PTDC/LLT-OUT/31941/2017).
The project seeks to establish a digital repertoire of unpublished documents in Latin and Portuguese about China, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, documents written by Portuguese people or by those related to them. The documents will be transcribed and translated, provided in the source’s original language and Portuguese. Some documents will also be translated into English and Chinese.
Learn more about the project at https://www.ressinicae.letras.ulisboa.pt/
Res Sinicae is still under development. It is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and is carried out by the Centre for Classical Studies from the University of Lisbon.