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Oct 2

Friday Oct 2, 2020

Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance: Ibtisam Azem Reading

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Location: Virtual Webinar

Featuring Ibtisam Azem, Palestinian Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Journalist.

Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Global Middle East and North Africa is a bi-annual symposium and lecture series that focuses on the study of literatures that have been shaped by histories of territorial and linguistic politics, colonialism, military domination, and gross human rights violations. 

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Oct 6

Tuesday Oct 6, 2020

"The Battle for Barrett: The Supreme Court Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett and the Confirmation Battle Before Us"

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Location: Virtual

 

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Virtual event

Panel discussion with: Prof. Christina Bambrick (ND Political Science), Prof. Richard Garnett (ND Law School), Former Indiana Senator Joseph Donnelly, and Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (ND Political Science)

 

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Oct 6

Tuesday Oct 6, 2020

Political Polarization in America

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Location: Virtual

This session will explore key milestones and influences that have led to the current polarization of American politics, the ways in which political debates have influenced the political process, and the role of the news media and social media.

Bridging the Divide is sponsored by the Office…

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Oct 13

Tuesday Oct 13, 2020

Virtual Lecture: "The Christ of Empires: German Veneration of Austria-Hungary in the First World War" with Mark T. Kettler, Ph.D.

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Location: Online

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About the Lecture

How Germans understood Austria-Hungary reveals much about their own imperial ambitions during the First World War. Historians tend to imagine that Germans…

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Oct 13

Tuesday Oct 13, 2020

Exploring Racial and Social Injustice and Inequality in America

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Location: Virtual

This session will feature leading scholars discussing the history, root causes, and modern-day implications of social and racial injustice in America, with the goal of promoting change through greater understanding of these issues.

Bridging the Divide is sponsored by the Office of the Provost,…

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Oct 16

Friday Oct 16, 2020

NDI Global Roundtable Series

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Location: Virtual

Domestic Violence: Empowerment and Community Intervention

Perspectives from India, Mexico and the United States during this time of COVID


Notre Dame International invites all members of the Notre Dame community and friends of the University to the third event in a series…

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Oct 17

Saturday Oct 17, 2020

Saturday Scholars Series: "Presidential Campaign Commercials From ‘I Like Ike’ to Today"

Location: Virtual, Pre-Recorded

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. Saturday Scholar lectures are typically presented in the Snite Museum’s Annenberg Auditorium on home football game Saturdays. 

Due to COVID-19, there…

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Oct 22

Thursday Oct 22, 2020

The "Kung Flu": How Media Images Frame Asians in Diasporic Chinese and US Newspapers During the Pandemic

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Location: Virtual

Racially targeted hate crimes have increased for Asian populations across the globe since the coronavirus's arrival. This has been spurred by President Trump’s anti-Chinese rhetoric calling COVID-19 the “Kung flu” and “Chinese Virus,” assigning an identity to the virus. The FBI has reported a marked…

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