The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies and its collaborating partners invite you to join informal conversations with the world's preeminent scholars working on the history, spirituality, and educational heritage of the Society of Jesus. This season's discussions will discuss the history and spirituality of the Society of Jesus.  

These discussions – hosted by the Institute over coffee and available via Zoom videoconference on the indicated Thursdays monthly – are unique opportunities to learn more about the newest and most interesting scholarship in Jesuit Studies. If you have any questions, please contact the Institute (iajs@bc.edu).

If you would like to attend a café via videoconference, please register, and you will receive information on how to access the online meeting space 24 hours before the discussion.

The Jesuit Studies Café listing for the Fall 2025 semester goes as follows:

Thursday, October 9

Simon Ditchfield, University of York, United Kingdom
The Accidental Historian: The Case of Daniello Bartoli, S.J. (1608–85) 

Thursday, November 13

Micah True, University of Alberta, Canada
Reconsidering the Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Relations from New France 

Thursday, December 11 

Francesco Gusella, University of Naples "L'Orientale", Italy 
The Good Shepherd Rockery from Portuguese India: Emulation and Dissimulation in a Case of Missionary Art

Registration is requested; please register here.