Literature

Notre Dame London Global Gateway, campus partners launch program on Hitchcock’s adaptations of London-based novels

The Notre Dame London Global Gateway, along with partners from across the University of Notre Dame campus, has launched the London Book Club, an interactive, educational...

Through the Forest

Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival will reboot for its 20th anniversary Paul Rathburn, a beloved Notre Dame English professor who passed away in 2020, retired from teaching in 2000...

Kylemore Book Club: Literature & Film in Lockdown

Kylemore Abbey Global Centre, campus partners announce new program on literary works and films during pandemics

The Kylemore Abbey Global Centre, along with six partners from across the University of Notre Dame campus, has launched the Kylemore Book Club, an open, multimedia, educational...

Books and Literature

Professor Meghan Sullivan on Plato’s Republic

Professor Meghan Sullivan she speaks about Plato’s Republic (ca. 375 BC), as part of “The Book That Changed My Life” series from the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture....

Professor and Poet James Matthew Wilson on the Importance of Writing

James Matthew Wilson is a poet and associate professor in religion and literature in the department of Humanities and Augustinian Tradions at Villanova University. In this...

Dale Ahlquist on G. K. Chesterton

Dale Ahlquist is an author and president of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. We chat about Chesterton’s 1930 visit to Notre Dame, the newly-acquired Chesterton...

Arthur Brooks on Loving Your Enemies

In this episode, we sit down with Arthur Brooks, the former president of the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save...

Literature and the Imagination with Reverend Dr. Daniel McClain

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Reverend Dr. Daniel McClain to discuss the role of literature in forming the imagination, especially for children. Reverend...

“The Chronicles of Narnia” with Rev. Dr. Michael Ward

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Rev. Dr. Michael Ward to talk about his recent lecture on “The Chronicles of Narnia” at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Ward...

The Surprise-Packed Cosmic Funhouse

The world is a magical place. I believe this to be true, although many would quarrel with the meaning of “magical.” It is surely a realm possessed of wonders. Many of these...