Faculty of Asian and African Cultures at the University of Warsaw, Poland & The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College, U.S.A. Jointly present a lecture:

Prof. M. Antoni J. UCERLER, S.J. D.Phil., Oxon. Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History,  Boston College, U.S.A.

9.30–10.45 a.m. October 29, 2025 GMT+01:00 (CET) Faculty of Asian and African Cultures, Room 1.22, University of Warsaw

M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J. is the Director of the Ricci Institute and Associate Professor of History at Boston College, as well as an Associate Fellow of Campion Hall at the University of Oxford. His research interests include early modern Japanese and global history, comparative histories of Christianity and missionary translation in East Asia, and Christian material culture. He holds a STB from the Gregorian University in Rome and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford University. His most recent publication is: The Samurai and the Cross: The Jesuit Enterprise in Early Modern Japan (Oxford University Press, 2022)

The lecture is open to faculty and students at the University of Warsaw as well as scholars from local academic communities. This lecture is both in-person and online. For online participation, please register through the QR Code or at: https://forms.gle/cAFQEJLSDcfXA1mE8. A Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees 24 hours prior to the occasion. Time in Poland is given by the Central European Time.

All Lectures will be held at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, room 1.22, University of Warsaw, Przedmieście 26/28 (Old Rectorate Building).

The local time in Poland (the Central European Time = GMT+01:00 (CET) is scheduled for all lectures.