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Fukushima – Resilience, Recovery, and Redemption
On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima coastline in eastern Japan experienced a devastating triple disaster. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake, so strong that it shifted the earth’s axis,...
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Healing a Wounded World: Voices from the Bahá’í Tradition
Humankind has long struggled with afflictions such as war, racism, and gender inequality. Today, despite progress, these scourges persist, and they disproportionately harm...
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Harmony with Humanity and Nature: Honoring the Legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh
What if deep listening was a non-violent solution to conflict? What if humankind understood and appreciated the interconnection of all living things? As the main inspiration for...
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China Town Hall 2022
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., former ambassador to China, Russia, and Singapore, was the featured livestreamed speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2022, a national conversation by the National...
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“Completing Partition: Lahore and the aftermath of the Babri Mosque demolition” lecture by Yaqoob Bangash ’04
Notre Dame alumnus Yaqoob Bangash ’04 a Fulbright fellow at the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, discusses his research on the emergence of Pakistan as a post-colonial...
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The Irish Buddhist: Transnational Buddhism and Opposition to Empire with Alicia Turner
From 1900 to 1914 U Dhammaloka, a working-class Irish sailor who ordained as a Buddhist monk in Burma, organized missions across Southeast Asia to promote Buddhism and rail...
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The Uyghur Genocide & Threats to Religious Liberty: A Conversation with Commissioner Nury Turkel
Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative hosted “The Uyghur Genocide & Threats to Religious Liberty: A Conversation with Commissioner Nury Turkel” on October 10,...
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Trans Sans Frontières: Transtopia, the Asia Pacific, and the Politics of Historical Difference
Wednesday, 09/07/2022, at 4:00 p.m. ET – The concept of transtopia, which posits a continuum model of transness, activates a space of historical inquiry that exceeds both the...
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Asian American Distinguished Speaker Series with Marcus Freeman
Marcus Freeman, University of Notre Dame Dick Corbett Head Football Coach, shares his perspective on Asian identity and representation as the featured speaker for the Asian...
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Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture by Historian Romila Thapar
In a lecture titled “Writing History in Contemporary India,” Thapar will examine academic freedom in India, especially the divide between the academic writing of history and...
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Flash Panel: Lessons from India’s Religious Freedom Protests
In January 2022, six Muslim students protested against authorities at a district college in Karnataka, a state in southern India, after being denied their right to wear...
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The War in Ukraine: A Global Perspective
As the war in Ukraine continues following Russia’s February 24 invasion of the country, join us for a conversation with panelists who will examine the current conflict through a...
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