Art and History

In Celebration of Fathers from the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The Snite Museum of Art curates a gallery In Celebration of Fathers.

Driftwood in a Cave

Jack B. Yeats is celebrated as one of Ireland’s great modern painters. Born in London in 1871, he and his family were enmeshed in the Irish literary and artistic revival...

Sculpture in Motion

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Wood-fired stoneware

Peter Voulkos grew up in Bozeman, Montana. He attended Montana State College to study art in the late 1940s on the G.I. Bill after WWII. He began studying painting, but when he...

Kylemore Book Club: Literature & Film in Lockdown

Meet the faculty

Barry McCrea is a scholar of comparative literature and a novelist. His novel, The First Verse, won the 2006 Ferro-Grumley prize for fiction and a Barnes & Noble “Discover”...

Chelsea Hans Salone Botanical Soup Plate

The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, the first major porcelain factory in England, was established in the early 1740s and operated independently until 1770 when it merged with Derby...

Miró: Inventor

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What do pandemics reveal about society? How does literature respond to plagues?

Living through a pandemic is an unprecedented experience to most of us as individuals, but it is nothing new for humans as a species. Over the centuries, people have reflected on...

How can literature help us live through a pandemic cycle?

In our time together in this enrichment program, we will explore some of the rich history of plague and quarantine literature, with the hope of gaining a better understanding and...

Laocoön: Time and Space

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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...