The Democracy, Culture and Catholicism International Research Project (DCCIRP) is a collaborative undertaking by The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage (CCIH) and the Office of the Associate Provost and Assistant to the President for Global Affairs and Initiatives. It gathers scholars from four continents to study the complex relationship between democracy and Roman Catholicism in the modern world.
In Year 2, our three international, partnering Jesuit universities and institutions hosted our three regional colloquia. The purpose of each colloquium was to give participating scholars the opportunity to share the first draft of their projects with their colleagues and solicit feedback from them regarding the state of their research and future directions the research could take. At left, the participants of the Lithuania Regional Colloquium.
In addition to the academic conferences, the scholars also participated in a series of cultural immersion activities organized by the Associate Provost for International Initiatives, Dr. Patrick Boyle, in conjunction with the hosting universities and institutions. At left, the DCCIRP participants, and conference guests, at the Indonesia Regional Colloquium, hosted by Sanata Dharma University.
In Year 3, the scholars will prepare their final projects for the final conference of the DCCIRP in Rome, Italy in June of 2012. At this conference, all 31 scholars will gather at the Pontifical Gregorian University and present their finalized projects to each other and the community. At left, the DCCIRP participants, and conference guests, at the Peru Regional Colloquium.
