Upcoming Events By Year

The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy will launch the January 6th 2025 Project, a multi-year project to better understand the failing health of our democracy and be part of the conversation on how to save it. January 6th 2025 -when Congress is set to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election - could be the day democracy in the US dies if we don't take steps now to protect it. The project is a collaboration of top scholars in Political Science, and our first goal is to prepare an initial report to be published one year from today, on January 6th 2023.…

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Residence halls open at 9 a.m.

See the Undergraduate Residence Halls website for important dates.

See the full Spring 2022 academic calendar here.

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See the full Spring 2022 academic calendar here.

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The University of Notre Dame’s undergraduate Student Policy Network (SPN) invites you for an evening of insight into foreign policy careers. Amy McAuliffe, former chair of the National Intelligence Council, and Frank Taylor, Executive Fellow of the Global Policy Initiative, will share their expertise and insights from their impressive careers in international intelligence, international security, and foreign service. …

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Join us as we kick off the Spring 2022 semester with a panel discussion on the future of American politics after Dobbs v. Jackson, "What Happens if Roe is (Not) Overturned?".  Featuring former Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Prof. Sherif Girgis (ND Law School), and Prof. Christina Wolbrecht (ND Political Science), conversation will focus on the potential political and legal outcomes of one of the Supreme Court's most controversial cases of this term. …

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Join us as Jamie Druckman presents a guest lecture (title TBD).

About the speaker: James N. Druckman is the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. He is also an Honorary Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University in Denmark. His research focuses on political preference formation and communication. His work examines how citizens make political, economic, and social decisions in various contexts (e.g., settings with multiple competing messages, online information, deliberation). He also researches the relationship between citizens' preferences and public policy and the polarization of American society.…

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The University is pleased to announce that going forward, Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be a University holiday for students, faculty, and staff. This year, MLK Day falls on Monday, January 17, and January 17-23 has been designated as Walk the Walk Week.

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Sumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and holds the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a specialist on the international and comparative politics of South Asia. His most recent book (edited with M. Chris Mason) is The Future of US-India Security Cooperation (Manchester University Press, 2021).…

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The seminar is entitled, "Partisan Conversion through Neighborhood Influence: How Voters Adopt the Partisanship of their Neighbors and Reinforce Geographic Polarization”.

All physically present will be required to be masked per the current University policy.  Zoom registration link…

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We are co-sponsoring an event with the Notre Dame Federalist Society:

Prof. Derek Muller (University of Iowa College of Law) and Prof. Lloyd Mayer (Notre Dame Law School) will be discussing "Redistricting for the 2020s".

1140 Eck Hall of Law at Notre Dame Law School. 

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ISLA is very pleased to host a webinar with Dr. Russell M. Wyland, Deputy Director of the Division of Research at the National Endowment for the Humanities on Friday, January 28 at 12:00 noon. 

The webinar will cover grant and fellowship opportunities across the Division of Research, with particular focus on the NEH's current "A More Perfect Union": America at 250…

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Hassan Blasim (b. 1973) is an Iraqi writer, poet, and filmmaker who is currently living in Helsinki, Finland. Born in Baghdad, he studied at the city’s Academy of Cinematic Arts where two of his screenplays won the Academy’s Festival Prize for Best Work. In 1998 he was advised by his tutors to leave Baghdad, since the political and critical nature of his films was drawing attention from Saddam’s informants at the Academy. After fleeing and travelling through Europe as a refugee, he settled in Finland in 2004. His debut collection of short stories, The Madman of Freedom Square …

Read More about Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance: The Madman of Freedom Square (Hassan Blasim and Jonathan Wright in Conversation With Amir Ahmadi Arian and Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi)

Join us as our own Carey Stapleton presents "The Impact of Anger in Interpersonal Political Discussion Networks."

About the speaker: Carey Stapleton is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Notre Dame. He studies the role of human psychology in how and why people engage in the American political system and hold the beliefs and attitudes they hold. Most recently, his work has examined the impact of angry political speech in increasing the amount of anger in the electorate and motivating partisans to participate in political campaigns. His research has been published at Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, and Survey Practice. His current research examines how angry voters evaluate emotional speech from politicians and how opinion elites use anger to police the boundaries of acceptable partisan attitudes. Prior to his appointment, he earned a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.…

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Award: up to $4,000

Description: This grant covers expenses related to conference presentations, workshop or seminar participation, research at other institutions, and other training activities supporting scholarly and professional development.

Restrictions: This grant does not support dissertation research travel (apply to the GSRA instead), nor travel solely for conference attendance (=/= conference presentation), networking, or job interviews.
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Award: $25,000

Description: This one-year award supports the final year of dissertation writing for PhD candidates in the natural and social sciences who work on understanding the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Topics might include: war, crime, terrorism, family and intimate-partner relationships, climate instability and natural resource competition, racial, ethnic and religious conflict, and political extremism and nationalism. Primacy will be given to proposals intended to reduce violence. 
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Award: $250 on average

Description: This grant reimburses graduate students for expenses incurred on travel to conferences and meetings to present original research.

Restrictions: Expense reports must be submitted within 60 days of returning from the conference. Funds cannot be used for alcohol, cash withdrawals, per diem, personal car mileage, poster printing, baggage fees, or memberships.
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Read More about Conference Presentation Grant for March, April, and May Conferences | ND Grad Student Government

"The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a Continent"

Peter Gatrell, Professor of Economic History, University of Manchester

Pamela Ballinger, Fred CUNY Chair in the History of Human Rights at the University of Michigan and 2021 final juror, will provide the introduction. 

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
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Read More about The Laura Shannon Prize Award and Lecture with Peter Gatrell

In this walk-through event, students will present posters based on their findings from the 2021-2022 Winter break research project "Belarus: Media Dissidences in the Face of Authoritarianism." Students examined the aftermath of the August 2020 elections in Belarus and Alexander Lukashenko’s attempt to hold onto power through attacks on the opposition and media. The posters will present individual reports that analyze Belarus' recent history (from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the 2020 elections), focus on the role of the opposition movement and the media, and draw conclusions about the future of Belarus and challenges to democracies in Europe more broadly. …

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Space Threats and National Security is presented by Lt. General William Liquori, Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis, United States Space Force. As the Chief Strategy and Resourcing Officer, Lt Gen Liquori has overall responsibility for the strategies, requirements, and budget of the United States Space Force.…

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Join us for lunch and a talk as Julian Wamble presents a guest lecture: "We Choose You: Investigating Black Voter Candidate Preference and Selection."

About the speaker: Julian Wamble is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. His research examines the relationship between race and politics. Specifically, he investigates the relationship between Black voters’ use of race in their political decisions. He also is the recipient of the 2019 APSA Best Dissertation in Race and Ethnic Politics award. Currently, he is working on his book manuscript tentatively titled, “We Choose You: Investigating Black Voter Candidate Selection,” which offers a new way of thinking about how Black voters use race as a means by which to select political candidates to support. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and can be found in the Journal of Politics, Politics, Groups, and Identities, PS: Political Science & Politics. He has also contributed to The Monkey Cage, 538, and NPR’s Code Switch podcast. …

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The Comparative Politics Workshop is a graduate student-led forum geared towards presenting and discussing papers and research projects.

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David Alton (Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool) has served in both Houses of the UK Parliament. He was a Member of the House of Commons for 18 years until 1997, when he was appointed a Life Peer. Alton began his career as a teacher and, in 1972, he was elected to Liverpool City Council as Britain’s youngest City Councillor. He now serves on the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Select Committee.…

Read More about 2022 Nanovic Forum with Lord Alton of Liverpool: "A View from the UK Parliament: What We Must Do to Combat Genocide"

As part of Junior Parents Weekend (JPW) the College of Arts and Letters will hold Academic Workshops for faculty to discuss with junior students and their parents their research interests, how their scholarship translates into the classroom, and their work with students.

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Dissertation & Thesis Camp is a week-long writing retreat that allows participants to focus exclusively on their dissertation/thesis project with few distractions.

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A new era of Peace, Hope and Prosperity in the Middle East

The Abraham Accords have shifted the geopolitical order in the Middle East. It has proven to show great benefits to the government, private sectors and the peoples of the Abraham Accords countries even during one of the most challenging pandemics of our lives. This proves that with strong leadership and commitment, anything is possible.…

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The Student Union Board, in collaboration with the Rooney Center, Hesburgh Program, Kroc Institute, and Dept of Film, Television, and Theatre, presents "Social Media and Democracy." This event starts with a screening of the documentary The Social Dilemma …

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Lina Meruane is an award-winning Chilean writer and scholar. She has published two collections of short stories and five novels. Translated by Megan McDowell into English are her latest: Seeing Red …

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Join us for lunch and a talk as our own Christina Wolbrecht and Dave Campbell present "See Jane Run: The Effects of Women Candidates on Adolescents' Beliefs About Women's Capacity to Lead." 

About the speakers: Christina Wolbrecht is a professor of political science and the C. Robert and Margaret Hanley Family Director of the Notre Dame Washington Program, as well as affiliated faculty in the Gender Studies Program and a faculty fellow of the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights. She has written widely on women's suffrage and women voters.…

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Award: $250 on average

Description: This grant reimburses graduate students for expenses incurred on travel to conferences and meetings to present original research.

Restrictions: Expense reports must be submitted within 60 days of returning from the conference. Funds cannot be used for alcohol, cash withdrawals, per diem, personal car mileage, poster printing, baggage fees, or memberships.
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Read More about Conference Presentation Grant for April, May, and June Conferences | ND Grad Student Government

Award: up to $4,000

Description: This grant covers expenses related to conference presentations, workshop or seminar participation, research at other institutions, and other training activities supporting scholarly and professional development.

Restrictions: This grant does not support dissertation research travel (apply to the GSRA instead), nor travel solely for conference attendance (=/= conference presentation), networking, or job interviews.
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Read More about GSPDA: Professional Development Award | ND Graduate School