# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Dive into how Jesuits in the early modern period imagined faraway worlds and petitioned for overseas mission assignments.About this EventA talk by Dr. Emanuele ColomboInstitute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Boston CollegeFree & Open to the Public | Free Parking with Registration in CEC Lot E (*)(*) Google Maps Link to CEC Lot E (6400 South University Drive Road North)If Lot E has reached capacity, instructions for free parking in other campus lots will be issued by the booth attendant.Download a UNO Campus Parking Map - The Milo Bail Student Center building is nr. 18What does it mean to long for a distant world so intensely that you petition, in writing, to leave everything behind? What did it mean to desire places one had never seen and might never reach? How do people learn to narrate themselves? This lecture explores these questions starting from the 25,000 handwritten letters composed between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries by Jesuit novices and priests to their Superior General in Rome, seeking assignment to overseas missions. Among the most remarkable early modern period collections, the letters are now all digitally accessible to researches and the public for the first time through the Digital Indipetae Database project, led by Dr. Colombo at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies.Sponsored by UNO History Department & the College of Arts and Sciences.Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/omaha/mapping-the-world-writing-the-self-desire-identity-and-global-imagination/100001987073149280 - **Event Categories**: art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Omaha - **state**: NE - **country**: United States - **location**: Milo Bail Student Center - **lat**: 41.258824 - **long**: -96.00859319999999 - **full address**: Milo Bail Student Center, 6203 South University Drive Road North, Omaha, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/537dfe78a3eb213ef60eebdaabafb0529e64bd815b4d32203ee40b481bd36961-rimg-w622-h713-dcefeeec-gmir.jpg?v=1775791848 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination being held? - **A:** Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination takes place on Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Milo Bail Student Center, 6203 South University Drive Road North, Omaha, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination? - **A:** Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination is organized by UNO Medieval/Renaissance Studies. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Omaha, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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