The Ricci Institute at the USF Center for the Pacific Rim is an interdisciplinary research center that promotes the study of historical cross-cultural encounters and dialogues between China and the West.

The Institute facilitates and engages in research on the history of Chinese-Western cultural exchange and the history of Christianity in China through scholarly research programs, publications, conferences, and public events.  The Ricci Institute Library houses library and archival materials in Chinese and Western languages focused on Jesuit missions to China during the 16th-18th centuries and cultural interaction between China and the West.

For more details of our mission and research, please click on the buttons to the right or the links at either end of this page.