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UPCOMING EVENTS:
The Kircher Network is preparing for a packed October 2025 with three key events that will bring together leaders, international officers, faculty, and staff from its member institutions. Below are the details of each, with times, locations, and purposes. Meeting of the Group of International...
New Member of the Kircher Network Council: Fr. Antonio Allende Felgueroso, SJ.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Fr. Antonio Allende Felgueroso, SJ, as a new member of the Kircher Network Council, succeeding Fr. Gonzalo Villagrán, SJ. Fr. Allende is the current President of Comillas Pontifical University. He earned his Ph.D. in English Philology from...
HOPE25 International Congress: 300 researchers and 260 scientific contribution
From June 4–6, 2025, Universidad Loyola hosted the HOPE25 International Congress, titled “The Jesuit University in the 21st Century: A Project of Hope for the World.” The event brought together over 300 researchers from Jesuit universities across 32 countries, who presented more than 260...
International Conference on Secularity: Religion and Postsecular Era: Future Perspectives
The HEST Cluster on Secularization of the Kircher Network held its International Conference on Secularity, Religion, and the Postsecular Era on June 12–13, 2025, at Universidad Loyola Andalucía’s Córdoba Campus.
«Leadership in an Ignatian Way of Proceeding» David McCallum (Canisius Formation Webinar)
This is the second webinar, following the session by Carlos Losada on November 11. Held on November 18, this webinar marked the conclusion of the first edition of the Canisius Formation course. David McCallum SJ delved into the theme of leadership in Jesuit education, emphasizing the...
«From Professorship to Leading in a Higher Education Organization» Carlos Losada (Canisius Formation Webinar)
This webinar was the first of two online sessions designed as a continuation of the pilot program for the Canisius Formation Course, whose in-person component took place on October 28 in Vienna. In this session, titled "From Professorship to Leading in a Higher Education Organization" given by...
Social Dictionary: exploring the essence, history and key concepts of humanities and social sciences
The Ignatianum University has been working since 2019 on a project called Social Dictionary. This project aims to offer a comprehensive, multi-volume exploration of current knowledge in humanities and social sciences, focusing on humanity’s development across varied civilizations, cultures,...
Inaugural Canisius Formation Course Brings Together European Leaders and Faculty to Strengthen Identity and Mission in Higher Education
The inaugural Canisius Formation Course provided a dynamic immersion experience for faculty and staff from Jesuit institutions across Europe, all members of the Kircher Network. Held in Vienna at the Kardinal König Haus, the course aimed to deepen participants’ understanding of Ignatian...
Open Call for the Fifth Issue of Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education
We remind you that the call for articles for the fifth issue of the Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education project is open until the 3rd of October. This edition focuses on "Jesuit Higher Education Institutions in Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees." We invite faculty, administrators, and...
Introductory webinar for the Canisius Formation Program
On September 5th, the Canisius Formation program launched with the introductory webinar. Participants from across the Kircher Network gathered to introduce themselves and connect with the broader community. The webinar provided an overview of the course’s program, detailed information on the...
The University of Loyola organized a Study Week on Al-Andalus together with the Kircher Network
Last June, the Kircher Network's HEST cluster on Christian-Muslim Relations, led by the Faculty of Theology at Loyola Andalucía University and in partnership with Universität Innsbruck, Université Saint-Joseph, and Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, organized the Study Week "Bridging...
Kircher Network General Assembly in Bilbao
From the 1st to the 3rd of July the University of Deusto hosted the annual Kircher Network General Assembly. This year’s assembly brought together representatives from our member institutions to discuss our achievements, set strategic priorities, and plan for the future. The main goals for this...
New book on Practical Theology
A new volume has just been published in the Biblioteca Teológica Granadina collection, a series of academic books on theology from the University of Loyola and Editorial Sindéresis. The title of the book is “Practical Theology: Perspectives for Theological Practice in Academia, Ministry, and Society”. It is a collective work edited by Prof. Susana Vilas Boas, who has been a professor of pastoral theology at the University of Loyola.
International Fellowship Programme for Female Leadership
The Sophia Institute Innsbruck Program provides financial support for female doctoral students from the Global South and the opportunity for communal living. In addition, female students also receive professional support through mentoring and spiritual guidance. Through internship assignments...
Call for papers: “God on our side? Questioning theological narratives of nationalism, populism and conservatism”
The UCSIA Summer School is a one-week mentoring program that encourages doctoral and postdoctoral students to explore interdisciplinary ways of analyzing the relationship between religion, culture, and society. Key elements of the program are expert lectures, paper presentations by the...
JWL: Annual Report 2023 is now available
The Jesuit Worldwide Learning has published its annual report analyzing the results of its activity during 2023. They have continued to expand its reach and impact, responding to the growing demand for higher education at the margins through its stable, scalable, and sustainable model. At the...
Open call for contributions: Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education Institutions (4th edition)
The IAJU is launching the fourth edition of the Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education. We extend their invitation to faculty members, administrators, and staff of Jesuit Higher Education to submit their best practices on Research and Advocacy on Reconciliation and Peace. In this fourth...
Call for papers: II International Congress on Ethics and Cosmopolitan Justice
The Universidad Loyola is hosting the II International Congress on Ethics and Cosmopolitan Justice in the Iberian School of Peace and Ibero-American Scholasticism: Contributions of Jesuit thought and tradition. The event will take place the 20th and 21st of June 2024, at the Dos Hermanas...