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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...
Website available – Canisius Formation: Course on identity and mission of Higher Education Institutions
We invite you to check the website of the new course on the identity and mission of Jesuit Higher Education Institutions organized by the Kircher Network. This course aims to offer an introductory immersion experience and hybrid formation for our faculty, leader administrators, and staff who...
Study Week in Granada: Christian and Muslim relations
The Kircher Network’s HEST cluster on Christian Muslim Relations is hosting a Study Week in Granada focusing on “Christian and Muslim Relations: Bridging Intercultural Societies for Peace in Turbulent Times.” This program emphasizes fostering dialogue and understanding between Christian and...
Upcoming event: IV Theological Sympodium: “Christian Eschatology in the context
The Kircher IV Theological Symposium, ”Christian Eschatology in the Context of the Epochal Changes in the World,” will be held at the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid from July 4 to 7, 2024. This academic event will gather faculty members from our network’s theology and religious...
Job opportunity: Philosopher in Residence Fellowship Call
The Institute for Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich is opening a call for a Philosopher in Residence Fellowship aimed at internationally leading and emerging representatives of the field of philosophy wishing to carry out a joint project with a TUM professor (or several TUM...
Call for papers: Ignatianum University in Cracow
The Ignatianum University in Cracow is hosting two events this September: a conference on “Christian Philosophy facing Naturalism” (September, 24th-25th, 2024) and the IV Congress “Philosophy and the Coty: Movement(s) and Identity” (September, 19th-20th, 2024). For both events they are opening...
Update II International Symposium on Secularity: website and program
The Symposium will take place from May 30th to 31st, 2024, at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt. This website contains all the information about the event, including the program, speakers, and logistics details. If you are planning to attend and haven’t...
Kircher Network Council met in Brussels to craft the Netwrok’s new Strategic Plan
The Kircher Network Council recently convened its first in-person meeting at the JCEP (Jesuit Conference of European Provincials) headquarters in Brussels on January 5-6, 2024, marking a significant step forward in preparing the Network’s new Strategic Plan (2024 – 2029). The JCEP president,...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The Kircher Network wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
New dates and location: II International Symposium on Secularization
In light of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, we regret to inform you that our network has decided to cancel the II International Symposium on Secularity “Do we need religion? Contributions of spirituality and religion to the post-secular and communitarian societies” of the HEST Cluster in...
The Hest on Christian and Muslim launches its online course
On November 16th, the HEST Cluster on Christian-Muslim relations, successfully launched the third edition of its online course for the Fall 2023 semester, titled “Theology of Christian-Muslim Dialogue”. The First session, introduced by the coordinators Professor Jaime Flaquer and Maryam...
Coming soon: Kircher Network Course on Identity and Mission of Jesuit Higher Education
We are glad to announce the dates for the launch of our formation course in the identity and mission of Jesuit higher education institutions, the Canisius Formation Experience. The first pilot edition of the Course will start in September 2024, with an introductory webinar followed by a...
JWL report: Student-Centred and Inclusive Approaches Nurturing Teacher Leadership
Learning Facilitator programme graduates become empowered teachers who apply student-centred and inclusive approaches in their classroom. Our latest report reveals the transformative impact of this six-month programme, accredited by the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, on graduates...
Call for papers: “V International Conference of Pedagogy” 18-20 January 2024
The V International Conference of Pedagogy, with the title “Education and Culture of Peace: Memory, Truth and Forgiveness”, intends to constitute a space for reflection and sharing of ideas and experiences capable of contributing to a deepening of the paths leading to a more peaceful and...














