Virtual Book Launch of “Chinese Christian Witness” on 14 May 2026
The Center for Global Christianity & Mission invites you to a virtual book launch celebrating Chinese Christian Witness: Identity, Creativity, Transmission and Practice, edited by Xiaoli Yang and Daryl R. Ireland. This volume represents a landmark first attempt to explore how Chinese Christians understand and participate in mission. Bringing together diverse perspectives, it offers new […]
Workshop on Taiwan Christianity and Music Recital at Boston University, 1-2 April 2026
In April 2026, Boston University will host a series of events examining the historical and cultural impact of Christianity in Taiwan. April 1-2, 2026 The program includes the international workshop From Colony to Nation: Catholicism and Christianity in Taiwan (1600–1987) (April 1–2), which brings together leading scholars to explore the historical development of Christianity on […]
Professor Eugenio Menegon Publishes Two New Essays
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission’s Affiliated Faculty member, Professor Eugenio Menegon, recently published two new essays: 1) “Carletti and Religion: Christianity and Asian Traditions in the Ragionamenti,” in Brian Brege, Paula Findlen and Giorgio Riello eds., Trading at the Edges of Empire: Francesco Carletti’s World, ca. 1600, Florence & Cambridge (Ma.): Villa I […]
BC Ricci Institute and Harvard-Yenching Institute joint fellows presentations
Russian Methodism
During the early twentieth century until the Japanese invasion of 1931, Harbin, Manchuria, was a crossroads for migrants, including Koreans, mixed-race North Asian populations, and Russians fleeing the Russian Revolution. In that challenging context, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, opened missions to the different refugee populations in Harbin. In 1927 the mission to Russian refugees […]
Ricci Institute: Summer Workshops
This summer, CGCM Research Associates Antoni Ucerler and Xiaoxin Wu will be running a series of workshops through the Ricci Institute at Boston College. The events are connected to the Institute’s summer fellowships, but remain open to the public. A full calendar of events is included below. 2023 Ricci Institute Summer Fellowship Calendar
“Christian Posters in Early 20th Century China” on YouTube
Dr. Daryl Ireland’s lecture on “Spreading the Gospel: Christian Posters in Early 20th Century China” is now available on YouTube.
Spreading the Gospel: Christian Posters in Early 20th Century China
Between 1919 and 1949, posters were the most common Christian visual imagery in China. They were printed by the millions and hung in tea rooms, on city walls, and on temple gates. Posters were put up in houses and churches; they were unfolded for street evangelism. They were extremely popular because they were aesthetically pleasing, […]
EAST-WEST SCHOLARS IN DIALOGUE: Ricci Institute Research Seminar Series
The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College presents two research seminars in February 2023, which will be delivered by the two Luce postdoctoral fellows in residence during the spring semester. Based on different historical studies, the two presentations will offer an opportunity for academic exchange among scholars today who are interested in the study of the […]