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Solidarity with Ukraine
Notre Dame has a longstanding, strong relationship with Ukrainian Catholic University, and Notre Dame International has created a Solidarity with Ukraine platform for news,...
Read ArticleNotre Dame International Annual Review: 2020-2022
In the interest of sustainability, I’m excited to share Notre Dame International’s new Annual Review. The switch to digital allows us to share what we’ve been doing over the...
Read ArticleAn Irish Christmas at Kylemore
Travel to Kylemore Abbey in Ireland — virtually — for some Christmas cheer with readings, performances, and recipes. This lecture celebrates the Yuletide by showcasing choral...
View TakeawaysLiterature & Film in Lockdown
Literary accounts teach us that plagues and pandemics have recurred sporadically throughout human history; that sooner or later, they pass; that the timing of their passing is...
View TakeawaysHitchcock in London
Before Alfred Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939, he wrote, designed, or directed more than two dozen films in London, the city that was his birthplace and that remained a...
View TakeawaysLondon in Song
“London in Song” examines music to understand the history of popular entertainment in the metropolis. From the street ballads of Tyburn Fair celebrations that accompanied...
View TakeawaysLondon Shakespeare Lecture 10th Anniversary Series
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Notre Dame London Shakespeare lecture, this discussion explores a variety of topics such as marketing Shakespeare through movie trailers...
View TakeawaysA Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome
This lecture is a guide to a few iconic moments in the Inferno (Hell), the first part of the "Divine Comedy" written by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. The story recounts a...
View TakeawaysLenten Music Through the Ages
Get ready to embark on your own journey to Italy. This lecture invites you into the world of sacred music and how artistic, religious, and intellectual communities in Rome helped...
View TakeawaysRaphael’s School of Athens: The Medium and the Message
One of the most famous and influential paintings of the Renaissance, Raphael’s fresco of ancient philosophers under a vaulted hall is both a brilliant articulation of...
View TakeawaysPrimo Levi’s The Truce: A Guide to Returning to Life
Written more than 15 years after the end of World War II, in The Truce, Levi tells the story of his long journey home from Auschwitz after the liberation. This is an especially...
View TakeawaysThinking with Newman – Educating with Intention Today
In 1852, John Henry Newman presented a series of lectures examining three matters of higher education: the nature of knowledge, the role of religious belief, and the importance of...
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