A Midsummer
symposium on international Jesuit culture, 1540–1700, with an evening concert of
early Jesuit music, to celebrate the re-evaluation of the Cwm Jesuit Library,
housed at Hereford Cathedral since 1679. The library, the largest
surviving seventeenth-century Jesuit missionary library in Britain, is
currently being analysed in depth as part of an exciting joint project between
Swansea University and Hereford Cathedral, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities
Research Council (AHRC). The study day will place the library within its larger
international context by exploring the rich and fascinating world of
seventeenth-century Jesuit culture.
The symposium and concert
have been made possible thanks to generous sponsorship from the Jesuit
Institute in London, the British Province of the Society of Jesus, and a donor
who wishes to remain anonymous.
Information about the programme and booking is available on the conference blog here: http://worldisourhouse.blogspot.co.uk/
