Art and History

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Art and History

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Shakespeare and Possibility

Restoring Reason, Beauty, and Trust in Architecture

A Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome

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Byzantine Landscapes of Power and Resilience

Byzantine Landscapes of Power and Resilience

10:00 AM ET Fri., Mar. 28, 2025

Big Data, Little Women

Big Data, Little Women

12:00 PM ET Wed., Mar. 19, 2025

Reflections on Building the University of Notre Dame Campus

Reflections on Building the University of Notre Dame Campus

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 09, 2026

Revolutionary Ukraine: A History and Politics of Hope

Revolutionary Ukraine: A History and Politics of Hope

12:30 PM ET Sat., Mar. 08, 2025

The Islamic Garden: Architecture, Nature, Landscape

The Islamic Garden: Architecture, Nature, Landscape

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 12, 2025

From Poet to Novelist

From Poet to Novelist

12:00 PM ET Wed., Apr. 02, 2025

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris: History, Disaster in 2019, Restoration and Further Issues

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris: History, Disaster in 2019, Restoration and Further Issues

12:00 PM ET Fri., Sep. 12, 2025

Architecture, Representation, and Politics: Leon Battista Alberti on the City State

Architecture, Representation, and Politics: Leon Battista Alberti on the City State

12:00 PM ET Fri., Oct. 17, 2025

Haunting as Inheritance

Haunting as Inheritance

12:30 PM ET Fri., Jun. 19, 2026

Bringing Beowulf to the Page and Stage: Dramatizing the Medieval World

Bringing Beowulf to the Page and Stage: Dramatizing the Medieval World

‘Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?’ Italian Radicals Facing ‘Race’ and the Colonial Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

‘Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?’ Italian Radicals Facing ‘Race’ and the Colonial Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

08:00 AM ET Mon., Apr. 07, 2025

The Durability and Beauty of Bamboo Architecture

The Durability and Beauty of Bamboo Architecture

12:00 PM ET Fri., Nov. 14, 2025

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Everyday Holiness: Nan Tulchinsky

Sit courtside with Nan Tulchinsky, a longtime scorekeeper for Notre Dame Women’s and Men’s Basketball, as she...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jul. 31, 2026

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Business on the Frontlines: Resilience and Adaptability in Times of Turmoil

Explore “Active Hope” as a catalyst for order in Ukraine. Beyond profit, business has become a strategic mandate...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jul. 31, 2026

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A Conversation with Carmen Giménez

Join poet and Graywolf Press Executive Director Carmen Giménez for a profound exploration of modern...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jul. 31, 2026

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Fr. Ted Said… Cultivating Hope

In his inaugural address, University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., called us to be “sustainers of hope and...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Aug. 07, 2026

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Crafting Music & Synthesizing Sounds with Geometry

Have you ever wanted to create your own unique sounds but didn’t know how to start? Using basic geometry, it’s easy...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Aug. 07, 2026

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Antonio Marchi ’16

Join us for a conversation with Antonio Marchi ’16, Executive Director of Right to Life Michiana. Antonio—a Notre...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Aug. 07, 2026

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Using Two-Stage Exams to Promote Active Learning in Large Classes

For decades now, the call to college teachers has been to rely less on lecture and to draw more on active learning...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Aug. 07, 2026

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Co-Creating Peace

How can a global research tool become a localized “bridge” for peace? In this episode of the Kroc Cast,...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Aug. 07, 2026

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Touring Through Centuries of Philosophy

Listen in to a chat with Dr. Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy in Late Antiquity and in the Islamic World at the...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Aug. 28, 2026

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Everyday Holiness: Sister Mary Lynch, S.S.J.

Listen to Sister Mary Lynch, S.S.J., the longtime rector of McGlinn Hall, and she shares her calling to religious life...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Sep. 04, 2026

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