The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College is an internationally renowned research center for the study of Chinese-Western cultural exchange.
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Song of Beauty, Voices from Vietnam: Bridging the Past and Present, Stories of Resilience, Nurturing Healing
With Sister Mary Vu, C.P
Musicking Missionaries in the Chinese Court: Ricci, Pereira, and Pedrini in Early Modern China
Where is home? The Basel mission and the modern overseas Hakka diaspora (1860–1924)
By Prof. LI Lei, 李蕾Ph.D.,
Nankai University, China
Wounds of My Father: Vietnam and Photography’s Power to Reveal and Heal
With Rev. Minh Le, S.J.
Beauty in the Woundedness
Mary and Guanyin In China, Japan, and The Philippines: Devotion In Comparison
Dr. MA Nan, 馬楠
Jinan University, China
Mapping the "World" or "All under Heaven"?Chinese Cartography in the 17th-18th Centuries
Prof. SONG Gang 宋剛
University of Hong Kong, SAR, China
Dasan's Practice Of The Catholic Faith: A Historiographical Examination
With Prof. CHO Kwang 조광
Professor Emeritus, Korea University
"God's Little Daughters" &
A Missionary Odyssey in Modern China
Prof. LI Ji 李紀, Ph.D.,University of Hong Kong, SAR, China
Korean Women
Philosophers And
The Ideal Of A Female Sage
With Prof. Philip J. Ivanhoe, Ph.D.,
Georgetown University
Early Missionary
Descriptions Of
Chinese Language(s)
With Prof. Luisa M. Paternicò, Ph.D.,
“L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy UHM Kookhwa, Ph.D.
Cross-Cultural Legacies through Catholicism in Korea
With speakers Brother Anthony of Taizé (寰摹營, An Sonjae) and Dr. Cho Kwang (褻 惜)
East-West Scholars In Dialogue: Seminar II
Community and Conflict: Recovering the Lives of Four Chinese Sisters in American Missions in West Hunan, 1924-1951
Featuring Dr. WANG Lang 王浪, Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology.
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East-West Scholars In Dialogue: Seminar I
From Meteorologica to Qixiangxue 氣象學: A Case Study of the Transmission of Western Learning to China in the Modern Era
Featuring Dr. WANG Hao 王皓, Associate Professor, Shanghai University
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Pipa Recital: A Refreshing Summer
In this recital, Xiangyi Liu will perform both traditional and modern music compositions from China, Korea, Japan, and the U.S.
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From Matteo Ricci to Pope Francis: The Jesuits and Christian Diaglogue in China
The Ricci Institution in conjunction with the US-China Catholic Association is hosting a lecture with Prof. Anthony E. Clark in May.
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Ricci Institute coming to Boston College
The internationally acclaimed institute for Chinese-Western cultural history, and its library, will open at BC in early 2022.
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