International Workshop organized by the Ricci Institute at Boston College and the Faculty of Asian and African Cultures, University of Warsaw

The Faculty of Asian and African Cultures at the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with the Ricci Institute at Boston College (USA), is organizing an international workshop for researchers from around the world studying the history of East Asia. The event will take place at the University of Warsaw from 28 to 31 October 2025 and is entitled Historical Legacies of Christianity in East Asia: Bridging a New Generation of Scholars and Scholarship.

As part of the workshop, a series of open lectures will be held. The organisers extend a warm invitation to all members of the Faculty and the University of Warsaw community to participate in the following public events:

• 29 October 2025, 9:30–10:45, Room 1.22, Old Rectorate Building
  The Japanese Rites Controversy: Its Chinese and Global Consequences (1593–1939)
  Prof. M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J., D.Phil. (Oxon.), Boston College Ricci Institute (USA)
  
  
• 29 October 2025, 13:40–14:55, Room 1.22, Old Rectorate Building
  Exploring the Archives of the Society of Jesus in Rome
  Rev. Robert Danieluk, S.J., Ph.D., Pontifical Institute of Ecclestiastical Studies (Poland)
  
  
• 30 October 2025, 9:00–9:50, Room 1.22, Old Rectorate Building
  Musicking Missionaries in the Chinese Court: Ricci, Pereira, and Pedrini in Early Modern China
  Prof. Joyce Lindorff, DMA, Temple University, Philadelphia (USA)
  
  
• 31 October 2025, 9:15–10:30, Room 1.22, Old Rectorate Building
  From Proposal to Publication: Academic Publishing in the Humanities
  Dr Shu Chunyan (舒春豔), Publishing Director, De Gruyter Brill

All sessions will be conducted in English. The lectures will be held in a hybrid format, allowing participants to join online after registering via the following link: https://forms.gle/cAFQEJLSDcfXA1mE8.

For more information, please contact the project coordinator from the Faculty of Asian and African Cultures, Albert Kozik, at a.kozik@uw.edu.pl.