Feore Family Lecture Series on Jesuit Studies
The Feore Family Lecture Series seeks to bring the world's preeminent scholars in the field of Jesuit Studies to Boston College for engagement with the University and the general public. The series also features the presentation of the George E. Ganss, S.J. Award, which recognizes a person's significant scholarly contributions to the field of Jesuit Studies.
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Feore Family Lecture Series on Jesuit Studies
October 8, 2024
听听Murray Room, Yawkey Athletics Center
Boston College
4:15 p.m. Reception
5:00 p.m. Lecture
The recipient of the 2024 George E. Ganss, S.J., Award is听
Stefania Tutino, Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Her presentation is entitled,
"Jesuit Studies in Context: Historical Questions, Historiographical Trends, and Personal Reflections"
In this talk, Dr. Stefania Tutino reflects on the necessity of engaging with the history of the Society of Jesus for understanding the early modern and modern world. Interweaving an account of her own personal trajectory within Jesuit studies with more general considerations on the state of the field, she seeks to make the case for the centrality of Jesuit studies for a wide array of historical and historiographical questions.
听PAST LECTURES
Seventh Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies, October 3, 2023
"Tales of Foreign Lands: Jesuit Youth Literature and Missionary Propaganda in the 20th Century"
Presented by Markus Friedrich, Ph.D.
Sixth Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies, October 4, 2022
"Telling a Different Jesuit Story"
Presented by Festo Mkenda, S.J.
Fifth Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies, October 1, 2019
"Comprehending the World: Jesuits, Language, and Translation in the Early Modern Period"
Presented by Liam M. Brockey, Ph.D.
Fourth Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies, October 2, 2018
"A Historian's Journey to Jesuit Education"
presented by Paul F. Grendler, Ph.D.
Third Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies, October 3, 2017
鈥淧ast, Present, and Future of Jesuit Studies: Historiographical Thoughts鈥�
presented by John W. O'Malley, S.J.
Second Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies, October 4, 2016
"And Then What?: The Jesuits after Their Restoration (1814...)"
presented by John W. Padberg, S.J.
Inaugural Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies, November 19, 2015
"American Jesuits and the World: Toward a More Global Religious History"
presented by John T. McGreevy, Ph.D.