Jesuit Summer Institute for Advanced Study 2009
“Tomorrow's whole person must have, in brief, a well-educated solidarity. When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change. Personal involvement with innocent suffering is the catalyst for solidarity, which then gives rise to intellectual inquiry and moral reflection."
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J.
29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
May 31-June 12, 2009
The Jesuit Summer Institute for Advanced Study is a joint venture of the honors programs at Jesuit colleges and universities across the United States. Its goal is to provide students at Jesuit institutions with an opportunity for academic and cultural exploration in a setting that fosters continuing dialogue grounded in the mission of Ignatian education. The inaugural session of the institute, hosted by Loyola University New Orleans, will focus on the city’s distinctive culture and its long history of crisis and calamity through the lenses of history, philosophy, ecology, music, literature, art and cuisine. Fellows will investigate the paradox of New Orleans: a city that has always teetered on the verge of collapse, but which is continually reborn and renewed creatively in the lives and imaginations of its inhabitants. As a community of scholars, fellows will participate in a wide-ranging seminar, meet experts and activists, and explore post-Katrina New Orleans. Through this transformative immersion in a culture in crisis, fellows will develop their ability to reflect more profoundly on issues of meaning and value and on the challenges of disaster and renewal.
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