Monday Sep 2, 2019
Critical Theory & Expressive Culture - Anthropology 40302 (crn 16795) / 60302 - Monday 3:30-6:15pm. This course is meant to provide a comprehensive introduction to Marxist theory in relation to expressive culture, or the aesthetic in social life.
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Tuesday Sep 3, 2019
Join a lecture and discussion with Carlos Gervasoni, Former Kellogg Doctoral Student, Scott Mainwaring, Kellogg Faculty Fellow, and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Kellogg Faculty Fellow.
Tuesday Sep 3, 2019
David A. Rosenberg is a military historian and defense analyst with particular expertise in naval and nuclear history. Rosenberg has taught at the U.S. Naval War College, the National War College, and Temple University. He is the...
Thursday Sep 5, 2019
Europe’s Policies Toward Refugees: Pressures, Contradictions, and Consequences
In 2015, over a million migrants and asylum-seekers arrived in Europe, leading to a crisis in the international refugee system, to soaring tensions within the European Union and to the rise of hardline anti-immigrant parties in almost all European countries. Europe now struggles to reconcile its liberal democratic values with political pressures to stem the flow of immigrants and asylum-seekers. European refugee policies are not merely debated in the halls of power in Brussels, Berlin and Rome. They have real human consequences as evidenced by the thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean Sea in the past few years. This presentation will explore the pressures, contradictions and potential consequences of European policies toward those arriving on its borders in search of safety. …
Friday Sep 6, 2019
Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s, and Holy Cross campuses are invited to come together for a day of learning, conversation, and community-building.
To learn more and register for all or part of the conference, visit diversityandinclusionconference2019.nd.edu…
Sunday Sep 8, 2019
Notre Dame Energy Week is an annual event sponsored by the ND Energy Student Energy Board. Energy Week is designed to create awareness and educate the community on current energy-related issues and topics. Celebrating more than a decade of raising awareness, the 13th annual Notre Dame Energy will be held September 8-16, 2019 and offer a wide range of programs of interest to the energy and environmentally conscious members of the Notre Dame and surrounding communities. Read more…
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Since May, Hong Kong has seen ongoing protests, beginning with demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill proposed by the government and continuing as a pro-democracy movement. It is estimated that the protests have attracted two million people—two out of seven residents of the 7.5 people who live in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. This flash panel of experts and eyewitnesses will examine the causes of the continued dissent, Beijing’s potential response and how the protests may affect Hong Kong’s future.…
Friday Sep 13, 2019
Join us for a live recording of National Review's "Ordered Liberty" Podcast, with David French and Notre Dame alumna Alexandra DeSanctis.
Friday Sep 13, 2019
Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), David French (National Review), and Professor Charles Kesler (Claremont McKenna) discuss and debate conservatism in the age of Trump.
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Friday Sep 13, 2019
The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities and the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy will host a moderated discussion and Q&A with former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on the topic of “Evidence and Policymaking in the Age of Big Data.” Speaker Ryan will discuss how evidence can be used to improve the lives of people in poverty, how researchers play a role in this work, and why he created the bipartisan Commission for Evidence-Based Policymaking.…
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Saturday Sep 14, 2019
A different game plan for autumn weekends. You are invited to join in discussion with Notre Dame’s most engaging faculty on some of the most pressing and fascinating issues of our times.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Kathryn Pearson (University of Minnesota) will deliver the 2019 Constitution Day Lecture on Trump and congressional politics.
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Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Janina Dill is the John G. Winant Associate Professor of U.S. Foreign Policy at the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College. She is also a...
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Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
David O’Sullivan, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, will deliver the 2019 Nanovic Forum Lecture on September 18th (Wednesday) at 5:00 p.m. in the Donald R. Keough Seminar Room, located in 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls.
Sponsored by Notre Dame’s Nanovic Institute for European Studies, O’Sullivan will deliver a lecture entitled “Europe and the United States: Friends and Allies, or Rivals?” The lecture will be free and open to the public. O’Sullivan will be introduced by William Collins Donahue, director of the Nanovic Institute, and the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Professor of the Humanities at the University of Notre Dame.…
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Arthur Brooks (Harvard) will speak on his most recent book, "Love Your Enemies."
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Friday Sep 20, 2019
Tara McCarthy will deliver the 2019 Hibernian Lecture, “A Century of Suffrage: Catholic Activism, Class Consciousness, and the Contributions of Irish American Women,” on Friday, September 20, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. in the Morris Inn Ballroom at the University of Notre Dame. McCarthy is associate professor of history at Central Michigan University and author of Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women’s Activism, 1880–1920…
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Mark T. Kettler, Ph.D.
Mark T. Kettler, a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, will offer a public lecture as part of the Nanovic Institute’s Lunch Lecture series.
What has motivated ethnic cleansing historically? More particularly, what is the relationship between settler colonialism and genocide? These are questions of perennial concern for scholars and policy-makers hoping to understand, predict, and arrest ethnic violence.…
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Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Kathleen Cummings (Notre Dame), George Weigel (Ethics & Public Policy Center) and Ken Woodward (former Newsweek, Notre Dame '57) discuss Prof. Cummungs' new book.
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, former Senator Joe Donnelly ’77, ’81 J.D. of Indiana, and former Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona will participate in the panel discussion. Professor Jimmy Gurulé will serve as moderator.
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday, September 27 - “The Irony of Modern Catholic History”
George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center
12:30 pm (lunch at noon) | Oak Room, South Dining Hall
Saturday Sep 28, 2019