Global Affairs

Learn how Notre Dame aims to affect positive, significant, and sustainable change in the world. From issues surrounding citizenship and migration to human development and international politics, engage in conversations that seek to improve our global society.

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Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis

Beyond the Border: The Realities of Migration

Approaching Asia

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Outside the Box | Soldiers and Novels

Mexico Virtual Lecture Series: The Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program in Mexico: A Culturally Adapted Intervention to Address the Intergenerational Effects of Intimate Partner Violence

12:00 PM ET Wed., Apr. 27, 2022

Climate Wars

04:30 PM ET Tue., Apr. 26, 2022

Intersectionality Roundtable: International Perspectives from Former Kroc Institute Scholars

04:00 PM ET Tue., Apr. 26, 2022

Asian American Distinguished Speaker Series with Marcus Freeman

Nanovic Forum: ‟A Conversation with Anne Applebaum: The War in Ukraine, Russia, and the Twilight of Democracy”

The Process, Promise, and Perils of Making A New Constitution for Chile

04:00 PM ET Thu., Apr. 21, 2022

Russia in Ukraine: What’s Religion Got to Do with It?

12:30 PM ET Thu., Apr. 21, 2022

Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture by Historian Romila Thapar

Madman Theory: The Causes and Effects of Reputations for Madness in International Politics

04:30 PM ET Tue., Apr. 19, 2022

Madman Theory: The Causes and Effects of Reputations for Madness in International Politics

STS | Security and Sanctity: The Interconnection of Int’l Religious Freedom with U.S. National Security

Upcoming Events

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Brave New World: Great Power Politics in a Future with Peer Hegemons

Join us on Tuesday, March 14, 2026, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. for the ONDISC Seminar with John Mearsheimer and...

04:30 PM ET Tue., Apr. 14, 2026

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The Cost of Ambition

Miroslav Volf is the founder & director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. Join us for a discussion of his most...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 17, 2026

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Millennial Aesthetics and Global Politics

This event brings poet Aria Aber and author Jamil Jan Kochai into conversation with Mehak Faizal Khan, Assistant...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 17, 2026

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Where are We in the Journey to a Knowledgeable Assistant?

Discover the future of AI with Meta Chief Scientist Xin “Luna” Dong. As AI assistants transition from chatbots to...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 17, 2026

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Bill Mattison

Bill Mattison ’03 Th.D. is the Wilsey Professor of Theology at Notre Dame and author of Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 17, 2026

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When Numbers Lie: Algorithms and AI

Data is the new gold, mined and used (for better or worse) every single day. Algorithms and artificial intelligence...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 17, 2026

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How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

Stop examining the world from the outside and start reading its patterns. Join author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 17, 2026

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Mammon or Marriage: How to Find Fulfillment in Life and Love

Dating, marriage and childbearing are dropping precipitously among today’s young adults. Yet social science shows...

07:00 PM ET Thu., Apr. 23, 2026

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The Ideas That Made the Modern World

Explore the revolutionary convergence of 1776, where liberty and prosperity intertwined, as you interrogate the...