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Jan 20

Monday Jan 20, 2020

MLK Celebration Luncheon

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Location: Joyce Center, North Dome

Diane Nash will be the keynote speaker at this luncheon. Nash became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in 1959 while a student at Fisk University. By the time she was 22, Nash was a Freedom Rider and had co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She worked closely with Dr. King and played a pivotal role in the Selma Voting Rights Movement.

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Jan 21

Tuesday Jan 21, 2020

Kellogg Special Event: Current Events Roundtable: Protests in Latin America

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Location: C103 Hesburgh Center

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This roundtable discussion about recent protests in Latin America will be led by Kellogg Faculty Fellow Scott Mainwaring, who will moderate a conversation with commentary by specific Kellogg community members who have recent on-the-ground experience in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. Contributions will also be encouraged from all attending the event. Join the conversation and share your perspective!…

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Jan 21

Tuesday Jan 21, 2020

Deciphering State Intentions: China’s South China Sea Strategy and Implications for the United States

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Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic

Oriana Skylar Mastro is an assistant professor of security studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy.  Dr. Mastro is also a..

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Jan 23

Thursday Jan 23, 2020

Thomas Jefferson, Race, Slavery, and the Problem of American Nationhood

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Location: Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom, Eck Hall of Law

The Department of Africana Studies is coordinating this Walk the Walk Week lecture featuring Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed, the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School, and Peter Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus, at the University of Virginia. The speakers co-authored Most Blessed of Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination.

A reception will be held in the Atrium immediately following the lecture.

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Jan 28

Tuesday Jan 28, 2020

Winter Career Fair 2020

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Location: Dahnke Ballroom

Network with employers from across the country, meet with returning Notre Dame alums, learn about potential opportunities, and explore several industries at the Winter Career Fair! 

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Feb 3

Monday Feb 3, 2020

Flash Panel: India's Winter of Protest

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Location: 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

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About the panel

Since December, India has been rocked by nationwide protests drawing millions of citizens. The public demonstrations are against a controversial citizenship law passed by the government. Protestors describe the law as discriminatory against Muslims and an assault on the secular ethos of India’s constitution. The protests have continued despite several incidents of police violence. 

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Feb 4

Tuesday Feb 4, 2020

Debra Javeline, "Coastal Homeowners in a Changing Climate"

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Debra Javeline, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, presents her research project, “Coastal Homeowners in a Changing Climate,” to an interdisciplinary group of NDIAS Fellows, guest faculty, and students.

Professor Javeline divides her time between the study of Russia and the study of global environmental problems, especially climate change. She is the author of Protest and the Politics of Blame: The Russian Response to Unpaid Wages

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Feb 5

Wednesday Feb 5, 2020

Life Lunch with Clemens Sedmak

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Location: Coffeehouse, Geddes Hall

Enjoy a free lunch and seminar-style conversation with Clemens Sedmak, professor of Social Ethics in the Keough School of Global Affairs and concurrent professor at Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns. Sponsored by the McGrath Institute for Church Life.

Lunch is free but you must register.

Originally published at mcgrath.nd.edu

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Feb 5

Wednesday Feb 5, 2020

Nanovic Institute Undergraduate Social

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Location: 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

The Nanovic Institute invites all interested undergraduate students to stop by our spring undergraduate social, Wednesday, February 5th from 5:00 to 6:00 pm in 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls. We will provide dinner and a brief overview of upcoming opportunities such as summer grant opportunities and our undergraduate seminar in Berlin. You are encouraged to stop by for as long as you please, bring friends, and connect with other students involved in Nanovic programs!…

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Feb 11

Tuesday Feb 11, 2020

Jeffrey Wasserstrom lecture: “Hong Kong on the Brink: Historical and Comparative Perspectives”

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Location: 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

 

About the Lecture

Hong Kong on the Brink: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

With Liu Institute Fellow Victoria Hui, Political Science, University of Notre Dame

This talk will focus on patterns of protest and the tightening of political controls in Hong Kong during the last few decades, paying particular attention to the 2014 Umbrella Movement and of this dramatic events of 2019, including the most recently June 4th anniversary vigil, which the speaker attended. The presenter, who has been visiting Hong Kong regularly since 1987, will draw on his work as a specialist in the history of anti-authoritarian movements in various parts of the world and his work on global cities of Asia. The presentation will showcase ideas in his new short book Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink, which publishes February 11, 2020, in the Columbia

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Feb 15

Saturday Feb 15, 2020

Junior Parents Weekend: Arts and Letters Showcase

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Location: DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

The College of Arts and Letters Showcase for Junior Parents Weekend will begin at 10 am on Saturday, February 15, with a presentation by Arts and Letters faculty in the Browning Cinema. 

From 11:15 am to noon there will be an informal reception for parents and students to meet with faculty and other representatives from the College of Arts and Letters.…

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Feb 19

Wednesday Feb 19, 2020

Kroc-Kellogg Peace, Conflict, Crime and Violence Workshop

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Location: C104/105, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

Open to Ph.D. students, fellows, and faculty who are interested in civil war, violence, crime, peace, conflict management, and conflict resolution. The workshop is an informal gathering to discuss work-in-progress, dissertation chapters and proposals, practice conference talks, etc.

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Feb 25

Tuesday Feb 25, 2020

Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me: Why Governments Discriminate Against Minorities

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Location: Hesburgh Center C103

 
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In his book Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me: Why Governments Discriminate Against Minorities (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Jonathan Fox, Yehuda Avner Professor of Religion and Politics at Bar-Ilan University, examines the causes of government-based religious discrimination (GRD

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Mar 3

Tuesday Mar 3, 2020

Annual Gallery of European Studies

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Location: The Forum, First Floor, Nanovic Hall

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View current works, projects, and publications from Nanovic Fellows on display in the Nanovic Forum throughout the afternoon. 

Representatives from Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore will be on site with copies of books available for purchase.…

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Mar 4

Wednesday Mar 4, 2020

Kroc-Kellogg Peace, Conflict, Crime and Violence Workshop

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Location: C104/105, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

Open to Ph.D. students, fellows, and faculty who are interested in civil war, violence, crime, peace, conflict management, and conflict resolution. The workshop is an informal gathering to discuss work-in-progress, dissertation chapters and proposals, practice conference talks, etc.

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Mar 5

Thursday Mar 5, 2020

Lina Benabdallah lecture: "Shaping the Future of Power: Knowledge Production and Network-Building in China-Africa Relations"

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Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

About the Lecture

What is the role of social capital and network-building in China’s foreign policy in Africa? Many studies on China’s rising power tend to focus on military spending, infrastructure projects, and investments in natural resource extractions. Although these elements are important, they should not overshadow other essential types of investments, i.e. in human and social capital, that are central to the success of Chinese foreign policy in Africa. This study is an examination of China’s increasing investments in building 

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Mar 15

Sunday Mar 15, 2020

CANCELED: Rhetoric and Reality: A Century of Votes for Women

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Location: Carroll Auditorium, Madeleva Hall, Saint Mary's College

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A community celebration of women's suffrage sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the South Bend area and featuring Dr. Christina Wolbrecht, professor of political science and director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. All are welcome!…

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Mar 17

Tuesday Mar 17, 2020

CANCELED: Kellogg Lecture Series: Social Media, Democracy, and Dangerous Speech

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Location: C103 Hesburgh Center

Social media offers new ways for citizens to discuss and debate politics and engage in the democratic process. These online platforms can host rich policy relevant debate or provide space for disinformation and hate speech. In this talk, Michael Best will overview his lab's experience tracking and responding to social media content during national elections, especially in African nations. He will then foreshadow the lab's current work to develop machine learning classifiers designed to identify hate speech in the forthcoming election in Myanmar. 

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