{"id":5589,"date":"2020-07-07T13:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/?page_id=5589"},"modified":"2020-07-09T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:59:38","slug":"july-2020-virtual-book-launch-at-the-bshs-global-digital-history-of-science-festival-jesuits-and-the-book-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/?page_id=5589","title":{"rendered":"July 2020: Virtual Book Launch at the BSHS Global Digital History of Science Festival \u2014 Jesuits and the Book of Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/bshsfestival.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Digital History of Science Festival<\/a> organized by the\u00a0British Society for the History of Science features a virtual book launch of\u00a0<em>Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal<\/em> by Francisco Malta Romeiras. The event features remarks by Malta Romeiras as well as a question-and-answer period hosted by\u00a0Nuno Castel-Branco, a Ph.D. Candidate in the History of Science at Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The virtual discussion is free and open to the public. It takes place at Wednesday 8th July, 16:00 \u2013 17:00 (UTC+1). More details are available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bshsfestival.org.uk\/index.php\/programme\/author-qas\/book-launch-jesuits-and-the-book-of-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bshsfestival.org.uk\/index.php\/programme\/author-qas\/book-launch-jesuits-and-the-book-of-nature\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Malta Romeiras published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jesuitonlinebibliography.bc.edu\/catalog\/17154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Jesuits and the Book of Nature<\/em><\/a> with Brill Publishers, as part of its Jesuit Studies book series. According to the publisher, the book\u00a0offers &#8220;an account of the Jesuits&#8217; contributions to science and education after the restoration of the Society of Jesus in Portugal in 1858. As well as promoting an education grounded on an &#8220;alliance between religion and science,&#8221; the Portuguese Jesuits founded a scientific journal that played a significant role in the consolidation of taxonomy, plant breeding, biochemistry, and molecular genetics.&#8221; The Jesuits&#8217; prioritization of the scientific teaching and practice not only continued their order&#8217;s long tradition but also was a &#8220;response to the adverse anticlerical milieu in which the restoration of the Society of Jesus took place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The online book launch features a summary of the book and is targeted to those those interested in the role of\u00a0religion and\u00a0politics in the development of science and education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Malta Romeiras largely wrote <em>Jesuits and the Book of Nature<\/em> while serving as a senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies. Learn more about the Institute&#8217;s in-residence fellowship program at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/bc-web\/centers\/iajs\/research-\/in-residence-fellows\/meet-the-fellows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/bc-web\/centers\/iajs\/research-\/in-residence-fellows\/meet-the-fellows.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 Global Digital History of Science Festival organized by the\u00a0British Society for the History of Science features a virtual book launch of\u00a0Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal by Francisco Malta Romeiras. 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