Roundtable: Integrating Online Resources for Jesuit Studies: Current Projects and Future Collaborations

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

The history of the Society of Jesus is experiencing a surge in popular and scholarly interests. Much of the scholastic revolution is occurring online. Several digital projects are already underway to promote free and global access to important primary and secondary sources. A collection of Litterae Indipetae, a newly translated and annotated edition of Jesuit Relations from North America, and a database of all the metadata from the early modern Jesuit triennial catalogs share with the Boston College Jesuit Bibliography and the Jesuit Studies Portal (Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies – Boston College) a mission to support and to integrate such innovative digital initiatives. This roundtable will present each of these projects on Jesuit history and discuss how scholars might collaborate on these and other projects in the digital future of Jesuit Studies.

Sub Unit

• RSA Annual Meeting

Organizer

• Cristiano Casalini, Boston College

Chair

• Robert Aleksander Maryks, Boston College

Discussants

• Cristiano Casalini, Boston College

• Emanuele Colombo, DePaul University

• Christopher M. Parsons, Northeastern University

• Seth Meehan, Boston College

• Kyle Roberts, Loyola University Chicago

• Christopher Staysniak, Boston College

• Micah R. True, University of Alberta