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March 23, 2021

Peace Studies Student Elected Notre Dame Student Body Vice President

Notre Dame junior Matthew Bisner has been elected undergraduate student body vice president for the 2021-22 academic year. Bisner and...

March 19, 2021

Our editors are pleased to welcome Christine Dunn Henderson to our editorial advisory board.

Professor Henderson is Associate Professor of Political Science and Basket Coordinator for Cultures of the Modern World at the Singapore Management...

March 18, 2021

Prayer service for the Atlanta shootings

A prayer service for all those impacted will be held in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart tonight (March 18)...

March 18, 2021

Experiential learning course trains students in international sanctions investigations, inspiring creation of public policy club

At Notre Dame, students in a course called the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act Clinic are drafting dossiers to...

March 16, 2021

The Status of Status in World Politics

What is status? How does it work? What effects does it tend to have? A new wave of scholarship on...

March 11, 2021

Students present Fukushima disaster-related research at ethics conference

Robbie Wachter (left) and Allan Njomo With the Liu Institute’s support, Notre Dame students Robbie Wachter and Allan Njomo were...

March 10, 2021

First-Year Journey: Irasema Hernandez Trujillo '24, Political Science and Global Affairs Major

When Irasema Hernandez Trujillo '24 received a scholarship from the Lily Endowment that helped pave the way for...

March 10, 2021

Young Scholars Symposium in Latino Studies to convene emergent scholars from across country and distinguished professor Charlene Villaseñor Black

Seven up-and-coming scholars from across the country, along with distinguished professor Charlene Villaseñor Black of UCLA, will headline the Young...

March 09, 2021

Cicero: Statesman As Well As Philosopher
by Walter Nicgorski, Online Forum Lecture

Cicero: Statesman As Well As Philosopher by Walter Nicgorski Professor Emeritus of Liberal Studies and Political Science University of Notre...

March 05, 2021

Policy School Deans Want It All: Results of a Survey of APSIA Deans and Top-50 Political Science Department Chairs on Hiring and Promotion

How do intellectual leaders of professional schools of international affairs, whose institutions primarily educate and train master's students for careers...

March 05, 2021

Women Lead 2021

Returning to "normal" isn't for everyone. In celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, meet eight women leaders...

Fact-checking Psaki's claim that there 'have not been sanctions put in place' on foreign leaders even in recent past

George Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, was quoted in the CNN Politics article “Fact-checking...

March 03, 2021

March is Women’s History Month

The month of March is set aside as a time to celebrate the many contributions of women to society and...

March 01, 2021

The Wall Street Journal: An American Belt and Road Initiative?

President Biden last week announced a Pentagon task force to review military policy toward China, commenting that America will “meet...

February 26, 2021

Political scientist receives NSF RAPID grant to research prevalence of public belief in voter fraud

Brian Fogarty, director of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Science Research, has received a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant from...

February 19, 2021

Book co-edited by Professor Paolo Carozza examines the meaning of 'human dignity'

How can international development groups promote human dignity in their work — and why should they try? A new volume from...

February 18, 2021

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study launches new distinguished graduate fellowship program

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study has launched a pilot program to support up to six Notre Dame doctoral students...

February 16, 2021

The Review of Politics is now accepting Open Access submissions.

Open Access (OA) is an important way to make research findings freely available for anyone to access and view. Cambridge OA...

February 04, 2021

Eight Notre Dame undergraduates named spring Gilman Scholars

Eight University of Notre Dame students have been awarded spring Gilman Scholarships to study abroad, for a total of 15...

February 03, 2021

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study announces its 2021-2022 class of fellows

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) has announced its faculty fellowship class for 2021-2022. The 11 residential fellows...