Art and History
Desire, Anxiety, Shame: Transatlantic (Re)Mediations and ‘Italian Culture’
In this talk Professor Loredana Polezzi looks at the complex and often fraught processes of linguistic and cultural translation/mediation which characterize the relationship...
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Designing to the Rhythms of Time
The 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureate Ben Pentreath will join us to discuss the importance of combining architecture and artistry to create urban environments that are...
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The Dilemmas of Friendship in Dante’s Italy
In late medieval Italy, amicizia was not an unequivocal moral or affective good. Instead, it was an ambiguous term to be deployed strategically, describing a wide range of social...
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Earthen Architecture: Past, Present and Future
During this lecture, Camilla Mileto and Fernando Vegas will identify multiple types of earthen architectural work around the world which have stood the test of time. In their...
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The Neuroscience of Design: What All Architects Need to Know
Mark Hewitt’s research on the neuroscience of design is gaining interest across the architectural field. He will discuss his work and discoveries that are based on scientific...
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The Archival Turn and Network approach: Examining evolving translation practices and discourses in the British publishing firm complex, 1950s-1980s by Daniela La Penna
In this lecture, Professor Daniela La Penna adopts a micro-historical approach to bring to light the cultural, economic, and social dynamics surrounding the English translation of...
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Middle Eastern Cultural Landscapes: Sustainable Recovery and Development
Focusing on how to build and create continuity and consistency with the remaining historic fabric of a place, landscape architect and designer Annalinda Neglia will speak about...
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Creation, Complementarity, & St. John Paul II in Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling
Elizabeth Lev of Duquesne University delivers the closing session of the 2022 Notre Dame Fall Conference, “And It Was Very Good: On Creation,” chaired by O. Carter Snead,...
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The Power of Poetry to Connect Us – A Reading with Dan Gioia
The closing keynote address for the de Nicola Center’s 2021 Winter Conference, “We Belong to Each Other,” featuring a conversation with Dana Gioia, former Poet Laureate of...
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Creative Writing Reading Series featuring Jonathan Escoffery
The Creative Writing Series invites you to our next major event of the season: A Reading from Jonathan Escoffery. Co-sponsored with Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and...
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African American Architects 1865-1945
This lecture delves into some of the least-known contributions of African American architects during the crucial period of emancipation to the end of World War II. The discourse...
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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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