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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...
View EventThe 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...
View EventDecolonizing Scholarship in Feminist Studies/Critical Race and Ethnic Studies with Marisol LeBrón
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...
watch videoThe 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...
View EventMother’s Helper
A decade ago, while working at a foster care agency, Emily Rupchock '20 M.N.A. befriended a girl named Brit, who had been in the system for most of her life. “We would get...
Read ArticleEmpowering Women Through Religious Liberty
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative hosted a discussion about how religious liberty protections can empower women....
watch videoThree-part Zoom series on neuroscience and behavior launches in March
How your brain works impacts not only your behavior, but also your worldview. Early environments and experiences affect the brain and overall health, research has shown....
Read ArticleMost productive workforce may require indefinite affirmative action, study shows
Affirmative action policies have been debated for decades and Supreme Court rulings have guided how universities structure their admission policies. It stands to reason that...
Read ArticleThe Burden of Lockdown: Understanding Gender Inequality in the Midst of COVID-19
It will come as no surprise that, in many countries of the world, housework and care are still mainly seen as ‘a woman’s job.’ Despite many having full- or part-time work,...
Read ArticleTracery
This sculpture was created by Deborah Butterfield, an American artist known for her depictions of horses. Butterfield uses everyday, often discarded objects like sticks and metal...
Read ArticleWomen’s Suffrage and Political Barbies
In the first episode, we drop in on political science professor Christina Wolbrecht. She’s co-authored a book titled, “A Century of Votes for Women,” which looks at how...
Listen to PodcastRising Together: Gender Equity in Business
In this video, Joe Holt, Teaching Professor of Ethics in the Mendoza College of Business, hosts a panel of current Notre Dame MBA students who are involved with gender equality...
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