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Human Rights, a Foundation for Justice and Equality: Fulfilling the Promise of the Sustainable Development Goals
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nations in July 1948, it set out, for the first time, the fundamental human rights of all people, a...
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Laura Shannon Prize Lecture: The Peace Conundrum in European History
It has been an entrenched tradition to narrate the history of the European continent as a sequence of bloody conflicts that culminated in two World Wars and continued into the...
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Pathways Out of Poverty
The question of entrepreneurship as part of the solution to global poverty is receiving increasing attention from scholars, economic development professionals, government...
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The Third Annual Mathews Byzantine Lecture – Religion, Politics, and Identities in Byzantium: Aspects of Medieval Greek Homilies
Homilies, or church sermons, formed an indispensable part of European medieval rhetoric, East and West. Throughout the millennial existence of the Byzantine Empire (AD...
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Integral Human Development through a Leadership of Care: Keeley Vatican Lecture with Sister Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Vatican City State
At the heart of the Church’s social teaching lies the so-called “social question,” which has evolved over time under the effects of cultural, social, political, and economic...
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The Zelensky Effect: Virtual Flash Panel
A panel of academics will gather to discuss the influence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the resistance of Ukraine and the current situation on the ground as the war...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in Feminist Studies/Critical Race and Ethnic Studies with Marisol LeBrón
Marisol LeBrón is an Associate Professor in Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is presenting “Debt and...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in French and Francophone Studies with Laurent Dubois
Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative in the...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in Theology with Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez, OP
Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez, OP, professor of theology from Boston College, will present the lecture, “Bodies, Territories and Knowledges in Resistance,” for the Decolonizing...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in Philosophy with Lewis Gordon
Lewis Gordon, professor and department head of philosophy at the University of Connecticut. His books include “Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization” (2021) and “Fear of...
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“Engaging Big Questions and ‘Peripheries’ in Europe”
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies will present a discussion of its 2021-2026 strategic plan “Engaging Big Questions and ‘Peripheries’ in Europe,” which sets out a...
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“Ukraine, Democratic Revolution, and the Challenges of a Catholic University” – Nanovic Forum with Archbishop Borys Gudziak
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, President of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv and a leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, was invited to give the 2016 Keeley Vatican...
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