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Global Affairs

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Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis

Beyond the Border: The Realities of Migration

Approaching Asia

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Afghanistan and Central Asia: Taliban Rule, Economic Projects, and Regional Stability

Afghanistan and Central Asia: Taliban Rule, Economic Projects, and Regional Stability

09:00 AM ET Tue., Nov. 26, 2024

Indigeneity in Europe: Possibilities, Challenges, and Alliances

Indigeneity in Europe: Possibilities, Challenges, and Alliances

12:30 PM ET Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

The Activism of Imagination: Fictions of Europe Between Utopia and Disenchantment

The Activism of Imagination: Fictions of Europe Between Utopia and Disenchantment

08:00 AM ET Mon., Apr. 14, 2025

AI at the Molecular Level

AI at the Molecular Level

12:00 PM ET Tue., Jun. 03, 2025

The Perils of U.S. Isolationism: A Fireside Chat with Sec. Condoleezza Rice

The Perils of U.S. Isolationism: A Fireside Chat with Sec. Condoleezza Rice

12:00 PM ET Tue., Nov. 19, 2024

Killing Precisely: A History of Drones and Precision Warfare

Killing Precisely: A History of Drones and Precision Warfare

04:30 PM ET Tue., Nov. 19, 2024

Conversations That Matter: Reimagining Politics in the Light of the Eucharist

Conversations That Matter: Reimagining Politics in the Light of the Eucharist

12:30 PM ET Mon., Nov. 18, 2024

The End of Free Speech is the End of Science

The End of Free Speech is the End of Science

03:00 PM ET Fri., Nov. 15, 2024

Advancing Peace in a Fractured World

Advancing Peace in a Fractured World

12:00 PM ET Tue., Nov. 12, 2024

Using AI-Enhanced Deliberative Tech with Israelis and Palestinians

Using AI-Enhanced Deliberative Tech with Israelis and Palestinians

11:00 AM ET Tue., Nov. 12, 2024

The Political Life of the Novel

The Political Life of the Novel

05:30 PM ET Thu., Nov. 07, 2024

The Political Life of the Novel

The Political Life of the Novel

12:30 PM ET Fri., Jul. 24, 2026

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The Role of Joy with Cameron Kim and Laura Dunham

Cameron Kim is assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University and Laura Dunham is dean of the Opus...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jul. 24, 2026

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Architecture in an Age of Uncertainty

Liam O’Connor, 2025 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureate, explores how the timeless principles of traditional and...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jul. 24, 2026

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Dante Among Thelogians

Step into the celestial rose of the “Dante Among Theologians” project. This international collaboration invites...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jul. 24, 2026

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The Political Life of the Novel

Join novelists Isabella Hammad, Brandon Hobson, and Amir Ahmadi Arian for an ontological inquiry into the aesthetics of...

12:30 PM ET Fri., Jul. 24, 2026

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Everyday Holiness: Dr. Jim O’Connell ’70

Walk the streets of Boston with Dr. Jim O’Connell as he describes his long path to a medical career and the...

12:00 PM ET Sun., Jul. 26, 2026

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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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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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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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