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Barry McCrea is a scholar of comparative literature and a novelist. His novel,Ā The First Verse, won the 2006 Ferro-Grumley prize for fiction and a Barnes & Noble āDiscoverā...
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How can literature help us live through a pandemic cycle?
In our time together in this enrichment program, we will explore some of the rich history of plague and quarantine literature, with the hope of gaining a better understanding and...
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An article by Barry McCrea published in The Irish Times: āLiving in lockdown: can literature help? ā
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What do pandemics reveal about society? How does literature respond to plagues?
Living through a pandemic is an unprecedented experience to most of us as individuals, but it is nothing new for humans as a species. Over the centuries, people have reflected on...
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Covering Coronavirus: Lessons from the past, hope for the future
As the University prepares to confer degrees on the Class of 2020, we speak with the class valedictorian, Brady Stiller, about this unique moment in Notre Dame history. Brady...
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David in Prayer
Natalia Goncharova was a major figure in multiple early 20th-century Russian Modern art movements. She was a controversial, unique, and well-known person in Moscow and Saint...
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Builders, 1974
Jacob Lawrence was an American painter and printmaker known for his works exploring and celebrating African American life, past and present. As a teenager, Lawrence moved with his...
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Notre Dame professor expands AP statistics platform for students nationwide
Many high school seniors were looking forward to proms and graduations this year, but many were also busy preparing for the College BoardāsĀ Advanced Placement (AP) exams....
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A Taste of Africa
A special video series featuring Director, Joe Becherer To receive the collection in your inbox, join theĀ Raclin Murphy Museumās mailing list.
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Living in lockdown: Can literature help?
With the closing of the campus in March, I decided to offer an online mini-course on literary works and films set in pandemic or quarantine. My hope was to give students who had...
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How to make the best of Brexit: Experts weigh in
The US should work proactively with Ireland and the UK to mitigate the political and economic complications Brexit may bring, experts argued during a recent panel discussion at...
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Faculty insights help shape historic US effort to build peace
University of Notre Dame faculty shared recommendations for strategic monitoring and evaluation within fragile states at an April 14 virtual roundtable hosted by the Keough School...
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