Pulitzer Prize-winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, professor of history at Harvard University, will deliver the Provost’s Distinguished Women’s Lecture at 4:30 p.m. March 29 (Wednesday)…
Mary Kaldor, an internationally known expert on civil society issues, will deliver the Joan B. Kroc Institute’s 12th annual Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy at 4:15 p.m. March 28…
New York Times correspondent Anthony DePalma will speak on his new book, “The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba and Herbert L. Matthews of The New York Times,” at 4:15 p.m. March 27…
Irene Bedard, the actress, singer and activist best known as the voice of the title character in Disney’s 1995 animated feature “Pocahontas,” will deliver a lecture titled “Native American Women in Film and Television” at 7 p.m. March 28…
An interdisciplinary symposium titled “White Privilege: Implications for the Catholic University, the Church and Theology” will be held March 26 to 28 (Sunday to Tuesday) in McKenna Hall…
Robert Putnam, author of the groundbreaking best-seller “Bowling Alone,” will make the first formal presentation of his latest research in the keynote address of an interdisciplinary conference on social capital April 2 and 3…
A. James McAdams, William M. Scholl Professor of International Affairs and director of the University of Notre Dame’s Nanovic Institute for European Studies, will appear in a documentary television program, “Megastructures: The Berlin Wall,”…
If, as is said, you can’t judge a book by its cover, then you probably don’t want to draw conclusions about “Big Breasts and Wide Hips,” a novel recently translated from Chinese by Howard Goldblatt, research professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures…
An international panel of scholars will assemble March 19 to 21 (Sunday to Tuesday) at the University of Notre Dame to examine the lasting impact and continued influence of Jintian (Today), a journal that gave voice to…
India’s rapidly growing economy has meant a shift in manufacturing jobs from the U.S. to countries such as India, where labor is cheaper, says a Notre Dame economist…
Eighteenth century theological and philosophical discourses on the family have profound implications for 21st century controversies, according to Eileen Hunt Botting, Thomas J. and Robert T. Rolfs Assistant Professor of Political Science…
Rev. Jan Michael Joncas, visiting associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, will receive the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy’s 2006 Mathis Award…
A new article by political scientists Keir A. Lieber of the University of Notre Dame and Daryl G. Press of the University of Pennsylvania presents a sobering analysis of several recent strategic nuclear developments.
Robert M. Fishman, professor of sociology, and Anthony M. Messina, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, have edited a new book titled “The Year of the Euro: The Cultural, Social, and Political Import of Europe’s Common Currency.”
Exiled Chinese poet Bei Dao has given himself a tall order: Convince Notre Dame’s student poets that there is more to writing than wordplay. One must also have lived.
Darcia Narvaez, associate professor of psychology and director of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethical Education, recently commented on “Sesame Beginnings,” a new line of DVDs intended for children as young as six months, in the South Bend Tribune.
Donald P. Kommers, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Political Science and professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, has contributed a chapter to a new book on constitutional interpretation.
“Reading Between the Lines: Scripture and Community in the Dead Sea Scrolls” is the title of a symposium Sunday and Monday (March 5 and 6) in the auditorium of McKenna Hall…
It is a widely accepted view in both research and popular literature: our ancient ancestors were hunters; aggressive, competitive and natural killers. This “Man the Hunter” idea has long influenced our understanding of human evolution…
Summer Experience, a University of Notre Dame study program for academically gifted high school students, will expand this year to offer a new track in opera and song.