The Archive in Jesuit History
14-15 December 2024
XCHR SEMINARS | WORKSHOP
THE ARCHIVE IN JESUIT HISTORY
A Workshop for Jesuit Archivists in South Asia
in collaboration with
Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, Rome
(Jesuit Archives, Rome)
14-15 December 2024
Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Goa
THE ARCHIVE IN JESUIT HISTORY
A Workshop for Jesuit Archivists in South Asia
Archives are “places of memory.” In the Society of Jesus they constitute a rich patrimony since its very beginnings, while also contributing to the successive spread of its global mission. Apart from crystallising the Society’s foundational experience, its historical archives also become sites of interpreting this experience across time and contexts. The Archive in Jesuit history thus represents the fount of Jesuit experience lived across generations of Jesuits, but also instrumentalised in its governmental practices.
What, then, constitutes a Jesuit archive? How does one approach the historical archives of the Society? What futures do these archives hold for scholarship on the Society of Jesus in South Asia? The Archive in Jesuit History is designed as a workshop for Jesuit archivists who engage with the Society’s historical archives and its cultural patrimony. Organised in collaboration with the Jesuit Archives in Rome (ARSI), the workshop will introduce participants to a conceptual understanding of what makes for an archive along with current practices that govern and regulate such archival holdings. In addition to some specialist sessions on the preventive conservation of archival collections, the workshop will familiarise participants with the value of such collections for historical research.
Target group
Archivists working in Jesuit Province Archives
Anyone engaged with the cultural patrimony of the Jesuits
Dates
Workshop: 14-15 December 2024
Arrival: 13 December 2024 (evening)
Departure: 16 December 2024 (morning)
Venue
Xavier Retreat House, Baga
Fees
Rs. 4200 per person (includes board and lodge for three days/nights, and resources)
Limited to one person per Jesuit Province
Additional persons will be accommodated based on availability.
Registration
Email us your Name and Province at xchr.seminars@gmail.com by 31 October 2024.
Please note: Non-registration by October 31 implies non-participation. Slots will be passed on to additional persons on the waiting list.
Academic Partners
Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, Rome
Xavier Centre of Historical Research
B B Borkar Road, Porvorim, Goa 403521, India