Seminars

PROGRAMME | After Xavier: Representations of Christianity in India and beyond

XCHR, Goa
Nov 29, 2024
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PROGRAMME

8:30 AM

Registration

INAUGURAL

9:00 AM

OPENING REMARKS
Xavier Gallery

After Xavier: Representations of Christianity
RINALD D’SOUZA

9:30 AM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Xavier Gallery

The Legacy of St. Francis Xavier from a South Asian Perspective: A representative view from Tamil literary sources
ANAND AMALADASS

Rinald D’Souza [M]

10:30 AM

COFFEE

PLENARY

10:45 AM

XAVIER AFTER XAVIER
Xavier Gallery

Keith D’Souza [M]

  • Relevance of St. Francis Xavier in the early evangelization of Brazil and his impact on its popular religiosity
    ADELSON ARAÚJO DOS SANTOS

  • Exploring Representations and Narratives of Xavier’s Legacy in India
    DÉLIO MENDONÇA

  • Francis Xavier in Africa
    FESTO MKENDA

  • The Japan Mission: Xavier’s Legacy lives on
    AISHWARYA SUGANDHI

LUNCH

12:30 PM

LUNCH

PANELS
REPRESENTATIONS

1:30 PM

THE MAKING OF GOENCHO SAIB
Xavier Gallery

Jason Johns [M]

  • How Saint Francis Xavier became Goyecho Saib
    SUSHILA SAWANT MENDES

  • In the Shadow of the Cross: The Representations of Xavier and Goan Christianity in novels
    FREDERICK NORONHA

  • Transcending Borders: The Feast of Saint Francis Xavier as a Unifying Force in the Goan Diaspora
    IRENE SILVEIRA ALMEIDA

1:30 PM

THE CALL OF THE EAST
Fonseca Classroom

Aishwarya Sugandhi [M]

  • On First Hearing About Tibet: The Early Jesuits in India and China
    LOBSANG YESHI

  • Beyond the Companion: Reassessing Anjiró’s Impact on Early Jesuit Missions in Japan
    VICTOR LAUBENSTEIN

  • The Spiritual Connection between Xavier and Arrupe
    MIKI SUZUKI-HAYASHI

1:30 PM

THE JESUIT MISSION AFTER XAVIER
Souza Classroom

Anthony da Silva [M]

  • Post-Xavier Jesuit Mission in South India: Truncated Trajectories of Adaptation and Accommodation, 17th-18th centuries
    JOSE KALAPURA

  • Angelo Maffei’s contribution to Konkani Lexicon
    JEROME D’SOUZA

  • Manapad After Xavier
    ARULDOSS SELVARAJ

TEA

3:00 PM

TEA

PANELS
ENCOUNTERS

3:30 PM

CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS
Xavier Gallery

Savia Viegas [M]

  • The Marian Iconography in Post-Xavier Indian Christianity: Continuity and Transformation
    DIVYA JYOTHI MIRANDA

  • The Western European influences on ecclesiastical garments and their evolution as depicted on artistic representations of St. Francis Xavier
    JASON JOHNS

  • Saint Francis Xavier, the Prodigious Miracle-Worker: An Analysis of the Miracle of Crab and the Crucifix
    DIANA FERNANDES

3:30 PM

DIALOGUE ACROSS CULTURES
Fonseca Classroom

Jose Kalapura [M]

  • Christianity as diplomacy: The lasting legacy of Francis Xavier
    JOSÉ M. GUIBERT

  • Rediscovering Mystagogical Evangelisation of St. Francis Xavier: A Plausible Blueprint for Contemporary Catholic Mission
    ALWIN CHACKO

  • Going beyond the legends of Francis Xavier
    THEODORE WARNAKULASURIYA

3:30 PM

ENCOUNTERS AT THE MARGINS
Souza Classroom

Sushila Sawant Mendes [M]

  • Post-Xavier Representations of Christianity in Jesuit Education
    ANTHONY DA SILVA

  • Role of lay Christians in the founding of private schools in Goa: Select Case Studies
    PAMELA D’MELLO

  • Mission and Culture: A Jesuit Approach to Marathi Mission in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra
    ASHOK OHOL

5 PM

BREAK

CONCLUSION

5:15 PM

CLOSING REMARKS
Xavier Gallery

Anand Amaladass
Keith D’Souza
Anthony da Silva

PANEL
THE ARTS AFTER XAVIER

10 AM

THE ARTS AFTER XAVIER
Church of Santa Monica (MoCA)

Pamila Gupta [M]

  • Locating Jesuit Art After Xavier
    RINALD D’SOUZA

  • The MoCA Collection After Xavier
    BENJAMIN MONSERRATE

  • Angelo da Fonseca’s Brown Madonna and Saints
    SAVIA VIEGAS

11:30 AM

CLOSING REMARKS

Museum visits (recommended)

END