2006 Events
Announcement for An International Symposium
Christianity and Cultures: Japan and China in Comparison (1543-1644)
November 30–December 2, 2006
Macau, China
Co-Sponsors:
Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim, U.S.A.
Macau Ricci Institute, China
Click to see the Symposium Schedule and Program.
To register, please fill out the registration form, fax to The Macau Ricci Institute: (853) 568 274,or e-mail as an attached document to symp2006@riccimac.org No later than November 11, 2006. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, view and/or download the registration form. Click to download a free Adobe Reader.
The present symposium aims to bring together leading Sinologists and Japanologists from around the world engaged in research on the history of Christianity in Japan and in China. It takes as its point of departure the 400th anniversary of the death of Alessandro Valignano, S.J. (1539–1606), one of the first Europeans to articulate a clear policy of religious and cultural engagement with the civilizations of China and Japan.
This symposium aims to foster a comparative and interdisciplinary approach by adopting a format that includes both short formal papers and interactive panel discussions. This will allow scholars not only to present their own research but also to explore jointly with other specialists the similarities and differences between newly emerging models of Christianity among the Japanese and the Chinese. Each panel will focus on a specific theme that illustrates and compares the elaborationand development of new expressions of Christian culture in the two countries.
More specifically, scholars will concentrate on early Christian texts in translation, works of art, the development of new forms of Christian ritual, local community organization, etc., in late Ming China and Warring States / early Tokugawa Japan (ca. 1543–1644). Such modes of interaction with local cultures, while originally relying on European models, were adapted over time by the missionaries and prominent local Christians to and transformed by the East Asian cultural matrix. How these processes evolved historically in Japan and inChina will be the main focus of the symposium. A number of scholars will also explore the unique role played by Macau, the port-city that was at the diplomatic, economic, and religious crossroads between East Asia and Europe and that facilitated these encounters between faith and culture. The official languages of the symposium will be English, (Mandarin) Chinese, and Japanese. Simultaneous translation will be provided. Please check this website periodically for further detailed information and updates.
Announcing the 22nd National Catholic China Conference
Experiencing Jesus Christ through Chinese Eyes
November 3-5, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia
Co-sponsors:
Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim
This conference will examine how Chinese cultural, social, intellectual, theological, artistic and other perspectives reflect, as through a prism, dimensions which will enrich our shared understanding of Jesus Christ. We seek to learn more deeply about the Faith life and spiritual journey of the living Church in China in its own context.
Program Highlights: Keynote Papers, Panel, Focused Discussion Groups, Liturgy and Prayer, Resources Exhibit, and Chinese Cultural Evening
Resource Persons
Rachel ZHU Xiaohong, Fudan University, Visiting Scholar at Yale Divinity School
Rev. Paul SHI Hui Min, China Catholic Institute of Philosophy and Theology
Cecilia TAO Beiling, Guang Qi Catholic Press, Shanghai
Eucharistic Liturgy - Celebrant and homilist:
Cardinal Paul Kuo-hsi SHAN, Kaohsiung Diocese, Taiwan
For more information, or to register, contact
Barbara McCarthy
US Catholic China Bureau
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ 07079
E-mail: chinabur@shu.edu
Tel: 973-763-1131
Fax: 973-763-1543
The Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim presents  Tradition and Faith:
Life in a Northern Chinese Village
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
6:30 PM - 8 PM
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
750 Kearny Street, Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
To the west of Beijing lies a mountainous region that contains close to thirty villages that have existed for centuries. Here within Mulberry Valley Village, the faith of the people, Catholicism, has remained unchanged for over a hundred years. Join us for a presentation of photographs by Ms. SHI Song and a detailed explanation by Prof. YANG Huilin as we explore the culture, society, architecture, and religious life of this unique village in China today.
Speakers: Dr. YANG Huilin is Professor of Comparative Literature and Dean, People’s University of China in Beijing and currently Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the EDS-Stewart Chair at the Ricci Institute. Ms. SHI Song is Senior Editor and Photo-artist at the People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, China.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. For reservations, call the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco at 415-986-1822, St. Mary’s Chinese Schools and Center at 415-929-4690, or Ricci Institute at 415-422-6401.
Co-sponsors: Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the USF Center for the Pacific Rim, St. Mary’s Chinese Schools and Center
The Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim presents
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Treasures from Japan and China in the Jesuit Roman Archives (1540-1773):A Spiritual or Colonial "Enterprise"?
Thursday, April 13 , 2006
5:45 p.m.
University of San Francisco (Directions to USF)
Lone Mountain Campus, Room 100
(2800 Turk between Masonic & Parker)
Come explore the early history of the interaction between Westerners, Japanese, and Chinese as told through 16th-18th century manuscripts and early printed materials written by those who actually took part in these events. Join the Ricci Institute at the USF Center for the Pacific Rim as Rev. Antoni Üçerler reveals the treasures of the Japonica-Sinica Collection of the Archives of the Society of Jesus in Rome, a collection soon to be available electronically at USF. Utilizing the rare and unique resources of the Archives, Fr. Üçerler will retell the story of how the Jesuits in East Asia, Latin America, and Europe engaged in an animated debate across continents as they struggled to define their missionary “enterprise”.
Rev. M. Antoni J. Üçerler, S.J. is a full-time Research Fellow at the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome (IHSI). After earning his doctorate from the University of Oxford, he taught for many years in the Department of Comparative Culture at Sophia University in Japan. In 2003, while in residence at the Ricci Institute, he was Distinguished Fellow of the EDS-Stewart and Kiriyama Pacific Rim Studies Chairs.
Rev. Stephen Schloesser, S.J., Lo Schiavo Chair at the USF Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought, will be the moderator.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Reservations recommended; call the
USF Ricci Institute at 415-422-6401.
Co-sponsored by EDS-Stewart Chair at the USF Ricci Institute, USF Center for the Pacific Rim,
USF Asian Studies Program, USF Japanese-Studies Program, USF Lane Center for Catholic Studies
and Social Thought, and The Japan Society of Northern California.
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