College of Arts and Letters
In the Name of the Father: Translation and Anxiety in Medieval Castile (1250-1369)
After the Christian conquest of Muslim Seville in 1248, Christian leaders did not erase all traces of Islamic presence, but instead adopted Islamic elements in some of the new...
watch videoWhy I write
In this meditation, Natasha Trethewey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning 19th Poet Laureate of the United States considers the origins of her writing life. At the crossroads of personal...
watch videoWriting Names and Ancestors
Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance presents “Writing Names and Ancestors: Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint and Orlando White in conversation with Azareen Van der Vliet...
View EventTo Exorcise the Fear of War
To Exorcise the Fear of War: Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin in conversation with Sinan Antoon. Join us on Friday, November 18, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. Abdelaziz Baraka...
View EventDeadly Letters: Plague, Banditry, and Heresy in Early Modern Mail
The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Rachel Midura of Virginia Tech University titled “Deadly Letters: Plague, Banditry, and Heresy in Early...
watch videoLecture by Thomas Pink: “The Church, the State, and the Authority to Coerce”
Historical Catholic teaching is that the church as well as the state is a potestas – a sovereign legal authority with the right to legislate and to enforce its legislation...
watch videoConverging Wisdom? Questioning the Continued Relevance of the Perennial Philosophy
This three-day conference will examine the claim that the different and sometimes conflicting teachings of the many religions nevertheless reveal a similarity of metaphysical...
View EventAfro-Latinx Poetry Now Conference
The Institute for Latino Studies’ Letras Latinas and the Initiative on Race and Resilience present Afro-Latinx Poetry Now, a conference with six in-person sessions over two...
View EventNotre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience
Our mission is to challenge systemic racism and to advance racial equality through research, education, and community empowerment. Led by Notre Dame’s College of Arts and...
watch videoVirtual Book Launch: Jill Godmilow’s KILL THE DOCUMENTARY: A LETTER TO FILMMAKERS, STUDENTS, AND SCHOLARS
Can the documentary be useful? Can a film change how its viewers think about the world and their potential role in it? In Kill the Documentary, the award-winning director Jill...
View EventBook Launch: “Racial Resentment in the Political Mind”
Join Political Science faculty author Darren Davis as he discusses his newest book, “Racial Resentment in the Political Mind.” This book examines how racial resentment, rather...
View EventFourth Annual Byzantine Postdoctoral Fellowship Workshop: “Saints in Hymns, Homilies, and Hagiography”
Join the Byzantine Studies Program for its fourth annual workshop on “Saints in Hymns, Homilies, and Hagiography.” The workshop is a half-day public seminar discussion with...
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