Holy Cross Presidential Colloquia to Include Presentation on Jesuits in Asia

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. Nicolas Standaert, S.J., Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Leuven in Belgium, will give a lecture, titled "Jesuits in Asia," on Thursday, October 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. Leila Philip, Holy Cross English professor, and Rev. Stephen Chow, S.J., of Harvard University, will serve as respondents. Thomas Gottschang, Holy Cross economics professor, will be the moderator. For additional information on the talk, which is free and open to the public, please contact Pat Hinchliffe at 508-793-3869.

Fr. Standaert is a well-known scholar on 17th-century cultural and intellectual exchange between China and the Western World. He is the author of several books that explore Christianity in China, including the Bibliography of the Jesuit Mission in China (1991), as well as more than 60 articles in national and international journals. Most recently, he edited the Handbook of Christianity in China: Volume One 635 — 1800, in 2001.

Fr. Standaert's presentation is part two of the "Presidential Colloquia: Jesuit Liberal Arts Education and the Engaging of Cultures," a year-long series of presentations and discussions. Each event will focus on a particular moment in Jesuit history and its connection to Jesuit educational aims today. In addition to facilitating an exchange of views, the colloquia also aim to further explore the principles of today's Holy Cross education within its Catholic and Jesuit traditions.