Jesuit Studies Café – Spring 2024

The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies and its collaborating partners at the University of Lisbon and the Italian German Historical Institute, invite you to join informal conversations with the world's preeminent scholars working on the history, spirituality, and educational heritage of the Society of Jesus. These discussions – hosted by the Institute over coffee and available via Zoom videoconference on the third Thursday of the month – are unique opportunities to learn more about the newest and most interesting scholarship in Jesuit Studies. If you have any questions, please contact the Institute (iajs@bc.edu).

If you would like to attend a café via videoconference, please register, and you will receive information on how to access the online meeting space 24 hours before the discussion.

The Jesuit Studies Café listing for the Spring 2024 semester goes as follows:


Thursday, February 22,  2024
9:20 - 10:00 a.m. (U.S. Eastern, UTC-5)

A Jesuit Global Microhistory? The Case of the Macao Uproar of 1658

Yuval Givon, Fellow in the Department of History at Harvard

The presentation focuses on the accounts of Jesuit missionaries in Macao, navigating intricate political dynamics after a violent incident in the summer of 1658. It examines some of the lessons from this overlooked historical episode and discusses the applicability of Global Microhistory in the context of Jesuit Studies.


Thursday, March 21, 2024
9:20 - 10:00 a.m. (U.S. Eastern, UTC-5)

From Early Modern Missions to Proselytism(s): History of a Seminar (EHESS, Paris)
Dr. Hélène Vu-Thanh, Université Bretagne-Sud
Dr. Margherita Trento, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

This presentation will trace the history and evolution of a major seminar that gathers at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, discussing religious missions in the Iberian world and different forms of proselytism. The presenters will highlight the seminar’s contribution to studying the Society of Jesus.



Thursday, April 18, 2024
9:20 - 10:00 a.m. (U.S. Eastern, UTC-4)

The Research Group on the Congregation of the Council and the Study of Religious Orders (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Theory, Frankfurt)
Dr. Benedetta Albani, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt
Dr. Francesco Giuliani, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt

The Congregation of the Council was one of the leading actors of the post-Tridentine Catholic Reform: it was responsible for the authentic interpretation of the Council’s disciplinary decrees and their implementation throughout the Catholic world. This presentation will focus on the multiple interactions between the Congregation of the Council and the Society of Jesus and suggest fascinating avenues for future research in this field.



Thursday, May 16, 2024
9:20 - 10:00 a.m. (U.S. Eastern, UTC-4)

The Center for Research on Global Catholicism and its Jesuit Connections (Saint Louis University)
Dr. Mary Dunn, Saint Louis University

The Center for Research on Global Catholicism (CRGC) at Saint Louis University (SLU) was founded in 2020 to support scholarship at the nexus of Catholicism and culture. The CRGC brings together three key components of SLU’s Jesuit history and mission—a legacy of global engagement, a commitment to rigorous academic inquiry, and a focus on social justice—to promote interdisciplinary research, collaboration, and methodological innovation in the emerging field of global Catholic Studies.




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