Upcoming Events By Year

The Notre Dame International Security Program presents Professor Sumit Ganguly. 

Ganguly holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations and is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is  a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York and the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London.…

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"The Possibility of Constitutional Statesmanship"

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The title of this talk is ""Is Obama a Transformative President?""

 

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Sean Faircloth

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Sean Faircloth, an ND alum, former Member of the Maine Legislature, and current Director of Strategy and Policy for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, will discuss his time as an elected representative and his views on religion in public life, followed by a Q&A session.…

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Antígona Furiosa (1986) is a re-shaping and re-telling of the Antigone story against the background of Argentina’s “Dirty War” during which 9,000 to 30,00 people were interrogated and disappeared. During an interview in 1998, Gambaro had this to say about her work: “I knew I was going to subvert Sophocles’ idea, in that I was going to speak with the voice of the Latin American woman and through the voices of so many women in my country who have done the exact same thing as Antigone, who disobeyed Creon’s order and threw a handful of dirt over her brother’s body, enough to uphold the tradition of an honorable burial for the dead. Antigone is every one of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo who have paid for their disobedience with their lives.”…

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The Notre Dame International Security Program, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Women in International Security ND chapter, are proud to present Professor Deborah Avant.

Professor Avant is Sié Chair and Director of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy, Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. …

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“Muslims Talking Politics: Debating Islamic Law and Democracy in Nigeria”

Brandon Kendhammer, Political Science, Ohio University

Friday, 2 March at 12:00pm in C-103 Hesburgh Center

* Lunch Provided…

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The Notre Dame International Security Program is proud to present Dr. Mahdi Obeidi, the former head of Saddam Hussein's nuclear centrifuge program.

Obeidi's highly acclaimed book, "The Bomb in My Garden: The Secrets of Saddam's Nuclear Mastermind" (written with Kurt Pitzer) details his role prior to 1991 in acquiring the means to produce the highly enriched uranium necessary to build an atomic bomb and presents his take on whether Iraq had a nuclear capability after 9/11.…

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Wednesday, March 21 , 2012

Making a Living Making a Difference Night

Keynote Speaker Dean Cycon

Founder and CEO

Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company

Supporting Progressive Social Change Throughout the Coffeelands of Asia, Africa and the Americas through Activism, Advocacy and People-Centered Development

For information please contact Carolina Arroyo, Arroyo.1@nd.edu…

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The Political Science Department is pleased to announce that Susan Collins of the University of Houston will be giving a talk on "Civic Freedom and Reverence for Law: The Legacy of Ancient Sparta" on Thursday, March 22 from 4:45 - 6:45 PM

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Molly Kinder, ND '01 will give a presentation on her career path from graduation to her current position at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Pizza will be provided.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, The Career Center and Women in Politics.

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 Please join us for a presentation by William Rosato, Team Leader of the Libya Investigation Team at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mr. Rosato's talk is titled  “Planes, Guns and Beer: Hidden links at the Hague’s International Criminal Court”.  He will present his observations on the interconnected nature of the persons on trial at the ICC, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, as well as the network of facilitators that provide them with the necessary inputs to operate.…

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The Notre Dame International Security Program is proud to present Professor William C. Wohlforth. 

Professor Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, the Editor-in-chief of Security Studies and and a member of the Editorial Board of the Cambridge Studies in International Relations…

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Professor Steven Calabresi, a founding member of the Federalist Society in the 1980's, will explain why he thinks Obamacare is unconstitutional and why the court got it right in McDonald v. City of Chicago.

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Governor Joe Kernan and former Treasury Under Secretary and ND Law professor Jimmy Gurule  will discuss the challenges they faced during their careers in public service and what the challenges for the current/next Administration will be.

Sponsored by  the Gamma Delta Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha.…

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The Notre Dame International Security Program and the Tocqueville Center for Religion and Public Life are proud to present Elder Bruce Porter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Porter has served the Church as a bishop, branch president, stake president's counselor, and full time missionary. Since being called as a General Authority, he has served in the Europe East Area Presidency, the Slat Lake City Area Presidency, and on the Middle East desk. He is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Correlation Department of the Church.…

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Please join us to honor the special academic achievements of the class of 2012.…

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Study days will run from May 3, 2012, until May 4, 2012. Finals begin on May 7, 2012.p(attribution). Originally published at "al.nd.edu":http://al.nd.edu/events/2012/05/04/10833-notre-dame-finals-study-days-2/.…

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Presentations of Student Portfolios of Exploratory Research

Abi Hoverman: Logic and Trends of Terrorism

Hank Eckhardt: The Energy Crisis Meets the Economic Crisis

Louis Douville de Franssu: Political Evolution of France Under the 5th Republic

Michelle Kennedy: Hydraulic Fracturing: Digging for the Truth

Matt LaFortune: A Perpetual Campaign: Representation in the U.S. Senate, 2003-2010…

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Rev. Timothy Scully, C.S.C., Keynote Speaker

Reception to follow…

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Our guest speaker is Gary Barnabo, a 2008 graduate who currently works at Booz Allen Hamilton and is the second president of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. 

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A panel of Notre Dame faculty will gather to address the intrinsic value of art, looking at its ability to make the unseen seen, to inspire new ways of thinking, and to empower humankind. Whether it is a painting that captures developing changes in our culture; a lens by which we learn to see critical details in complex problems; a documentary that sheds insight into the cacophony of daily news reporting; or an organizing force in the community that advances education, the economy, or your local community, art is a uniquely powerful form of both expression and provocation.…

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The theme for Reunion 2012 is “Sounding Her Fame.” For more information, visit the Reunion 2012 website.

Reunion will run through June 3, 2012.

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Orientation and advising for new graduate students

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Orientation weekend is held each fall to introduce parents and students to campus life and to help them become more familiar with the University of Notre Dame.

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Classes begin at Notre Dame.

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This traditional gathering is an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and their families to formally usher in the year and to welcome new members of the Notre Dame community to campus.

Both dining halls will be closed for dinner so that all can enjoy the picnic.

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The Federalist Society and the Notre Dame Constitutional Studies program are happy to co-host Ed Whelan. Mr. Whelan's talk is entitled "The 2012 Election and the Future of the Supreme Court."

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