Keough School of Global Affairs
Race, Rights, and Great Power Politics: An update from the International Race and Rights Lab
The Black Lives Matter movement has shed light on a complex web of social, economic, and political factors driving continued racial injustice in the US. While we struggle to come...
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Virtual Workshop: Toppling Statues & Bridging Histories
The iconic toppling of Edward Colston’s statue by anti-racist protesters in Bristol sent headlines around the world in June 2020. How was the fall of Colston’s statue viewed...
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The 2022 Laura Shannon Prize with Pamela Cheek: “The Literary ‘Me Too’ of the 18th Century: Women’s Writing and the Capital of Virtue”
How did eighteenth-century Western European literature explore and exploit sexual assault? And what happened when women wrote about it? This talk examines the literary innovation...
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Social Media’s Impacts on Conflict And Democracy: The Techtonic Shift
Social media platforms are having wide impacts on conflict dynamics around the world. Activists use the platforms to promote democracy and human rights, while autocrats use the...
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Flash Panel: “Glasnost and Gorbachev in 2022: The Old Cold War and Its End?”
The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev has revived memories of glasnost, perestroika, and the hopes for one free world that were raised by his turn toward openness and reform. Moving...
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“War in Ukraine, Peace in Europe? Geopolitics, Economics, and Security after Russia’s Invasion”: The Nanovic Forum with Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs will host Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the youngest president of Croatia as well as the first woman...
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“My Contacts with Saint John Paul II at the Fall of the Soviet Union”: The Keeley Vatican Lecture with Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Claudio Gugerotti, the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and the Titular Archbishop of Rebellum, will present the Keeley Vatican Lecture at the...
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International Day of Peace: End Racism. Build Peace.
Each year, the United Nations International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21. This year’s theme is “End Racism. Build Peace.” Join the Kroc...
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29th Annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy
Featuring the Honorable Juan Manuel Santos, Former President of Colombia; 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Distinguished Policy Fellow, Keough School of Global Affairs Juan Manuel...
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Flash Panel: “Focus on Ukraine: Eyewitnesses to the War”
“Focus on Ukraine: Eyewitnesses to the War,” a virtual flash panel sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, gathers scholars and experts on...
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The Annual Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture: Clíona Ní Ríordáin on “Contemporary Irish Writing: The Ecolinguistic Turn”
Professor Ní Ríordáin will look at the way in which the Irish language has been central to a number of recent books within contemporary English language literature in Ireland....
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The Future of East European Studies
On 24 February, Ukraine became a target of Russia’s military aggression. This war, the largest in Europe since the Second World War, broke out with unimaginable atrocities,...
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