New Film on Jesuit Mission in New France and East Asia
The Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco has recently released a documentary film on Jesuit mission work, comparing and contrasting work done in New France with their work in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The film is freely available to watch at jesuits.org.
Prof. Roldan-Figueroa’s New Book on “The Martyrs of Japan”
Dr. Rady Roldan-Figueroa has a new book coming out with Brill in June 2021. Entitled The Martyrs of Japan: Publication History and Catholic Missions in the Spanish World: Spain, New Spain, and the Philippines, 1597-1700, the book not only discusses the various accounts of the Christian martyrs in Japan in the late 16th century, but […]
Workshop: Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950
Dr. Daryl Ireland, Dr. Eugenio Menegon, and Alex Mayfield are hosting a workshop entitled “Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950: Developing Relational and Geospatial Tools for the Study of Christianity in China,” which will showcase their China Historical Christian Database. The database is a geo-spacial tool that allows scholars to see the interconnections between all kinds […]
Call for Papers: Christianity in China, 1300-1700
On behalf of the China Christianity Studies Group (中國基督宗教澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究學會), an affiliated society of the Renaissance Society of America (RSA) and of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Eugenio Menegon offers a call for scholars to organize one panel on Christianity in China in the period 1300-1700 for the 2021 RSA Meeting in Dublin, Ireland. As an affiliated society, […]
John Parker Awarded Franciscan History Fellowship
John Parker was recently awarded a dissertation fellowship by the Academy of American Franciscan History. Mr. Parker’s dissertation is tentatively entitled, “Libertas est Bonum Ordinis Superioris Omnium Bonorum: Perfect Obedientia in Epifanio Moirans O.F.M. cap’s Iusta Defensio.” He also has a chapter in the forthcoming, The Dominicans as Participants, Witnesses, and Critics of the Colonization of […]
American Academy of Arts & Sciences Elects Two More CGCM Faculty
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected seven historians to become members in 2020. Two of them, Linda Heywood and John Thornton, are faculty associates at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission. They join Dana Robert, as the second and third professors in the CGCM given this high honor.