Crossings and Dwellings Research Conference

  • Thursday, October 16, 2014 to October 18, 2014
  • All Day
  • Lewis Towers, Regents Hall, 16th Floor
  • Steve Schloesser, S.J.,, at sschloesser@luc.edu.
  • $50 registration fee (incl. dinners)
  • Open to the public.
  • LUC.edu/crossings
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    This research conference will commemorate the bicentennial of the Restoration of the Society of Jesus (1814-2014) and a century of womens education at Loyola University-Mundelein College (1914-2014). The primary aim is the promotion of new research by recasting familiar materials within perspectives of recent historical approaches. Confirmed speakers include:

    - Carol K. Coburn, Professor, Departments of Religious Studies and Womens Studies, Avila University
    - Timothy J. Gilfoyle, Professor and former Chair, Department of History, Loyola University Chicago
    - John T. McGreevy, Professor, Department of History, and Dean of the College of Arts & Letters, University of Notre Dame
    - Robert Orsi, Grace Craddock Nagle Chair in Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University
    - Rima Lunin Schultz, editor of Hull-House Maps and Papers and Urban Experience in Chicago, and co-editor of Women Building Chicago 1790-1990.

    For a conference overview, visit http://blogs.lib.luc.edu/jesuitrestoration2014/about.