The Leuven Jesuitica Conference, 3-5 December 2009 and beyond...
January 07, 2010
Three days to remember... and to cherish
3-5 December 2009
Jesuitica CONFERENCE -- Leuven, Faculty of Theology
The Jesuits of the Low Countries: Identity and Impact (1540-1773)[Download Programme]
The eight main lectures, all dealing with one particular aspect of that Jesuit identity and its impact,with references to the Low Countries, were handled by the following distinguished professors/researchers:
Paul Begheyn S.J. (Netherlands Institute of Jesuit Studies, Amsterdam)
Ralph Dekoninck (UCL) Rob Faesen S.J. (K.U.Leuven)
Luce Giard (Paris; University of California, San Diego)
Harro Höpfl (Essex Business School, Colchester)
Jan Roegiers (K.U.Leuven)
Nicolas Standaert S.J. (K.U.Leuven)
Geert Vanpaemel (K.U.Leuven)
Four presentations of exemplary foreign research projects were offered by
Uwe Glüsenkamp (Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz)
Robert A. Maryks (City University of New York)
Carlos Coupeau S.J. (Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana, Rome) Klaus Schatz S.J. (Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt a/M)
Eighteen presentations of recent research into the Low Countries Jesuits and methodological issues were presented in parallel sessions on Friday afternoon by
Paul Begheyn S.J. (ANSI, Nijmegen)
Theo Clemens (Ruusbroecgenootschap, Univ. Antwerp)
Wim Decock (K.U.Leuven)
Annick Delfosse (Ulg, Liège) Bernard Deprez/Jan Verkoyen (K.U.Leuven)
Paul Dijstelberge (Univ. van Amsterdam)
Joep van Gennip (Radboud Univ., Nijmegen)
Noel Golvers (Ferd. Verbiest Institute, K.U.Leuven)
Agnes Guiderdoni (GEMCA, UCL)
Diederik Lanoye (STCV, Antwerp)
Bart Op de Beeck (KBR, Brussels)
Goran Proot (Univ. Antwerp)
Lien Roggen (K.U.Leuven)
Anne Spica (Univ. P. Verlaine, Metz)
Nicolas Standaert S.J. (K.U.Leuven)
Gerrit Vanden Bosch (Dioc. Arch, Mechelen) Maurice Whitehead (Univ. Swansea)
Panel discussion: New ways of opening up S.J. archives in Low Countries
with
Paul Begheyn S.J. (ANSI), Hendrik Callewier (KULAK), Jo Luyten (KADOC/ABSE),
Michel Hermans S.J. (Archives BML), Noël Golvers (K.U.Leuven)
and Eddy Put (K.U.Leuven) as moderator
Academic committee
Rob Faesen S.J. (K.U.Leuven; Univ. Antwerp)
Theo Clemens (Ruusbroecgenootschap, Univ. Antwerp)
Paul Begheyn S.J. (Netherlands Institute of Jesuit Studies / Dutch Jesuit Archives.)
has been open featuring a choice selection of some 75 books from our holdings which are dealt with by some 50 scholars from a multifold of disciplines in the new publication: Jesuit Books in the Low Countries, 1540-1773, A Selection from the Maurits Sabbe Library which was launched on the first night of the conference. Book can be ordered at Peeters-Leuven at the price of €70,00 via this form.
Opening days and hours:4 to 23 December 2009, 4 to 16 January 2010: 8:30- 22:00 (Monday through Friday)
Saturdays 12, 19 December; 9, 16 January : 8:30-13:00
24, 28, 29 Dec: 8:30-17:00
Closed on Sundays, Christmas, December 26, 30, 31; New Year's Day, January 2
DVD Docufilm on Matteo Ricci
Gjon Kolndrekaj, Matteo Ricci un gesuita nel regno del drago ("Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit in the realm of the dragon"), CDA Productions, 2009, is a docufilm which shows many original documents related to Matteo Ricci.
The DVD will shortly be available in 7 languages: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese (2010)
The related booklet is produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana:
Gjon Kolndrekaj, Matteo Ricci un gesuita nel regno del drago, Roma: Rai, 2010 ISBN 978-88-397-1494-7 (booklet + DVD)
A 1602 Ricci world map was purchased for 1 million dollars by the University of Minnesota (USA).
The Library of Congress will display the map for the first time in North America on Jan. 12, 2010, where it will be scanned to create a permanent digital image available to scholars.
The map will then travel to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for a brief exhibition before moving to its permanent home at the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota in the spring.
LEGACIES OF THE BOOK: EARLY MISSIONARY PRINTING IN ASIA AND THE AMERICAS
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2010
The Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim invites proposals for 20-minute papers (in English) for an international symposium to be held on the 400th anniversary of the death of the Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci (1552-1610). The principal focus will be on the history of missionary printing outside of Europe. The aim is to outline a comparative cultural typology of books printed in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries in the context of Christian missions as a means of transmission of faith, knowledge, and culture. It will also analyze the process of adaptation of the press to and the beginnings of production of movable type in non-European languages in Asia and the Americas. The symposium will take place from September 24 to 26, 2010 in San Francisco. Travel funding and accommodation for scholars whose papers are selected is available. See the website for more information.
Xiaoxin Wu
Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
U.S.A.
Phone: 415-422-6401, Fax: 415-422-2291
Email: wu@usfca.edu
Visit the website
An exhibit titled "On the Crest of History, Father Matteo Ricci (1552-1610): Between Rome and Peking," opened October 30 in the Vatican's Charlemagne Wing.
The exhibit marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the Jesuit missionary with Western artworks from the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as Chinese objects and paintings, some of which are more than 3,000 years old.
Ricci was the first Westerner to be received at Beijing's Imperial Court during the Ming dynasty Monsignor Claudio Giuliodori, the bishop of Ricci's native Macerata in central Italy, said he hoped the exhibit, which runs through January 24, would further bolster "friendship with the Chinese people . . . and ties of communion with the Catholics of this great country."
Have a look at the Info section of this site, to learn more about the last copies for sale of PIBA (Prosopographia Iesuitica Belgica Antiqua (4 vol.) and other items of interest to jesuitica researchers ... first come, first served ...
For the PIBA, there is a clickable PDF file, which takes you on a tour of the contents of this most valuable resource work on the Jesuits in the Low Countries (before suppression).
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