ND Democracy Talk | The Student becomes the Teacher: German Lessons for American Democracy

The Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Professor of the Humanities
Concurrent Professor of Film, Television & Theater; Professor of European Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs; Director of the Initiative for Global Europe, Keough School of Global Affairs

Research and Teaching Interests
Contemporary European Studies (migration, refugees, European Union, populism)
German literature and film
Holocaust Studies
German Jewish Studies
Art as a form of protest, social engagement, and community building

Topic
This talk will be based on how the US was a mentor to Germany post-war, and how we now need to look to Germany to recon with our own history w/r/t race in order to bolster our democracy.

This is event is free and open to the public.

Originally published at rooneycenter.nd.edu.