The Department of Political Science presents the 2026 Niemeyer Lectures in Political Philosophy
The Last Man at 200: Imagining the Future After Environmental Disaster
An event series and conference considering postapocalyptic political thought from Mary Shelley's The Last Man (1826) to Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven (2014).
All events are free and open to the public (tickets required).
Reserve Free Tickets to Events in Jenkins Nanovic and McKenna Halls
Reserve Free Tickets to Events in DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Sponsors:
Ray and Celeste Biagini Endowment for Political Theory
Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good, Henkels Lecture Fund
University of Notre Dame Provost's Office Arts Initiative
Glynn Family Honors Program
University of Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre Department
University of Notre Dame English Department
University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program
University of Notre Dame Political Science Department
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Environmental Humanities Initiative
Keats-Shelley Association of America - 2026 Curran Symposium
Please contact the faculty organizer, Professor Eileen M. Hunt (ehunt@nd.edu), or the graduate student assistant, Emma Schmidt (eschmid8@nd.edu), with any questions.
The Niemeyer Lectures honor the contributions and memory of the late Gerhart Niemeyer (1907-1997), professor of political philosophy at the University of Notre Dame from 1955 to 1997.
This biennial lecture series is made possible by the generosity of Notre Dame alumnus Raymond Biagini.