History
Resistance to Russian/Soviet Imperialism in the Words of the Elite Athletes of the Day
On November 30, 2023, four elite athletes came to Notre Dame to share their story of resistance to Soviet/Russian imperialism during the Cold War. This panel discussion was...
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The Third Annual Mathews Byzantine Lecture – Religion, Politics, and Identities in Byzantium: Aspects of Medieval Greek Homilies
Homilies, or church sermons, formed an indispensable part of European medieval rhetoric, East and West. Throughout the millennial existence of the Byzantine Empire (AD...
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Laura Shannon Prize Lecture: The Peace Conundrum in European History
It has been an entrenched tradition to narrate the history of the European continent as a sequence of bloody conflicts that culminated in two World Wars and continued into the...
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The 2023 Conway Lectures: Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages (DAY ONE)
The annual Conway Lectures bring senior scholars of international distinction to Notre Dame each fall to speak on topics across a variety of disciplines. This year, our speakers...
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The 2023 Conway Lectures: Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages (DAY TWO)
The annual Conway Lectures bring senior scholars of international distinction to Notre Dame each fall to speak on topics across a variety of disciplines. This year, our speakers...
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“The Oldest Middle Dutch Translation of the Psalms (c. 1250-1300): Context(s) of Origin, Functions and Nachleben’”
Youri Desplenter (Ghent University) will present the next session of the virtual series “Psalms and Psalters” sponsored by The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the...
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21st Annual Mellon Colloquium: “The Invention of Homicide: Crime, Honor, and Spectacular Justice in Late Medieval Flanders”
Join the Medieval Institute for its twenty-first annual Mellon Colloquium. The colloquium is a half-day public seminar discussion with the institute’s 2022–23 Mellon Fellow,...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in Feminist Studies/Critical Race and Ethnic Studies with Marisol LeBrĂłn
Marisol LeBrón is an Associate Professor in Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is presenting “Debt and...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in French and Francophone Studies with Laurent Dubois
Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative in the...
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Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters presents “On Augustine’s Enarrationes in Psalmos” with Hildegund MĂĽller
Hildegund MĂĽller, associate professor of classics and senior liaison for research at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, presents the next installment of the...
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Russian Aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe: Post-Soviet Bloc Politics and Consequences
Giorgi Margvelashvili, Fourth President of the Republic of Georgia (2013-18), delivered the Nanovic Forum lecture entitled, “Russian Aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe:...
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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...
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