Notre Dame Forum

Since 2005, the Notre Dame Forum has featured talks on issues of importance to the University, the nation, and the larger world, including globalization, the role of presidential debates, immigration, sustainability, and the place of faith in a pluralistic society.

Forum 22-23: The Suppliants Project: Ukraine

Encounter a powerful theatrical experience that invites you into a global discussion about war in Ukraine and in many other parts of our world.

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Forum 21-22: ‘Open your aperture’: Notre Dame Forum focuses on climate change, its moral impact and potential solutions

The University of Notre Dame opened the 2021 Notre Dame Forum on September 10, 2021 with an announcement from President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., that the University has...

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Forum 21-22: Notre Dame commits to carbon neutrality by 2050

The University of Notre Dame committed to becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2050 and to a reduction in carbon dioxide of at least 65 percent from 2005 levels within the next...

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Forum 19-20: Archbishop Charles Scicluna in Conversation with Students

In the second major event of the 2019-20 Notre Dame Forum series, Malta Archbishop Charles Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the...

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Forum 19-20: The Church Crisis: Where Are We Now?

In opening remarks for the inaugural event of the 2019-20 Notre Dame Forum, “‘Rebuild My Church’: Crisis and Response,” Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the...

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Forum 18-19: “Relieved by Prayer:” Power, Shame, and Redemption in Shakespeare’s Drama

Rowan Williams, renowned theologian and former Archbishop of Canterbury, delivered a keynote lecture as part of the 2018-19 Notre Dame Forum. Co-sponsored by “Religion &...

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Forum 17-18: Global Citizenship for Human Development: A Conversation with Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus, a social entrepreneur, banker and economist from Bangladesh who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts...

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Forum 17-18: Views from the West Wing: How Global Trends Shape U.S. Foreign Policy

Throughout history, U.S. presidential Chiefs of Staff have held a front row seat to some of the most important and influential events in our nation’s history — from tense...

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Forum 16-17: Tension City: The Televised Presidential Debates

As part of the 2016-17 Notre Dame Forum, Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission for Public Debates, Dorothy Ridings, former president of the League of Women Voters, and...

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Forum 14-15: The Church and Islam: 50 Years after Nostra Aetate

Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald focuses on “Nostra Aetate,” the Council’s pivotal declaration on non-Christian religions, and the influence it has had on relations between...

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The Once and Future Liberal Arts

Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University, explored “The Once and Future Liberal Arts” in a talk as part of the 2014-15 Notre Dame Forum on November 4 in the Hesburgh...

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