Register to attend via Zoom Join the Kroc Institute for a conversation about the ongoing fight to combat human trafficking. Panelists will discuss emerging migration developments from international and U.S. perspectives and address current issues, challenges and promising solutions in the aftermath of COVID-19. Lunch will be provided. Panelists: Erin B. Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and associate teaching professor, Keough School of Global Affairs  Cory Smith, adjunct professor, Keough School of Global Affairs, and former vice president of policy, advocacy and communications, Kids in Need of Defense  Micaela (Mica) Cayton Garrido (M.A. '06), alumni visiting research fellow, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and part-time professor with DePaul University’s Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies program       Register to attend via Zoom Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

Join the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study for a masterclass led by Jessica Zu, assistant professor of religion at University of Southern California. Her masterclass is titled, “Bodhisattva of Democracy: Yogācāra Social Philosophy in Modern China.” The Masterclass Series showcases NDIAS Fellows and the “can’t miss” ideas that fuel their research. All sessions are held in 246 Hesburgh Library from 2 to 4 p.m. If you’d like to attend, RSVP here. The full Masterclass schedule can be viewed here.Originally published at ndias.nd.edu.

Public Lecture: Justice Leona Theron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa The lecture will provide an analysis of the application for urgent provisional measures sought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice. Justice Theron will give context to and explain the historical significance of this ruling in light of South Africa’s apartheid history. In the lecture, Justice Theron will consider why South Africa chose the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (‘Genocide Convention’) as the legal instrument upon which to base its the case. Justice Theron will also discuss the foundations of the rule of law and the role of international law in regulating state conduct and relationship between states. Justice Theron will discuss the power of the ICJ to grant the relief sought while focusing on the challenges of judicial decision making in international law, the importance of ensuring court orders are obeyed and the role of the international community in times of conflict. The Notre Dame campus community is welcome to attend. Originally published at law.nd.edu.

The Department of English is pleased to announce that its 2024 Joseph M. Duffy Lecturer is Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. A conversation between Jacobs-Jenkins and Chanté Mouton Kinyon, assistant professor of English, will take place on Wednesday, April 24. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Brooklyn-based playwright and producer and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Recent theatre credits include Appropriate (currently running on Broadway), The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre), Girls (Yale Rep), Everybody (Signature Theatre), War (Yale Rep; Lincoln Center/LCT3), Gloria (Vineyard Theatre), Appropriate (Obie Award; Signature Theatre), An Octoroon (Obie Award; Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience), and Neighbors (The Public Theater). He was showrunner, executive producer, and writer for HULU/FX’s drama series, Kindred, based on Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking novel. He currently teaches at Yale University and serves as vice president of the Dramatists Guild council and on the boards of Soho Rep, Park Avenue Armory, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the Dramatists Guild Foundation. Honors include a USA Artists fellowship, a Guggenheim fellowship, the MacArthur fellowship, the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams Award. Chanté Mouton Kinyon is assistant professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. Kinyon’s primary research explores transnational Black American literature and culture, with a particular interest in the way in which Black American culture and literature intersects with Irish culture and literature. The 2019–2021 Moreau Postdoctoral Fellow (ND), Kinyon was previously the 2018–2019 NEH Fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies. Co-sponsors Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies Department of American StudiesNotre Dame Initiative on Race and ResilienceDepartment of Film, Television, and Theatre Originally published at english.nd.edu.

Musician and activist BL Shirelle is the co-executive director of FREER Records, the first non-profit record label for prison-impacted musicians in the United States. In this presentation, Shirelle will discuss the richness of prison music, past and present. She will also share some of her music and discuss elements of her own life and career in a conversation moderated by Jon Bullock, assistant professor of ethnomusicology in the Department of Music.  This event is free and not ticketed.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

How does the Catholic Church approach global migration? How should a Catholic university approach global migration?   Join us for this session highlighting the Catholic Church's teaching on migration, the Church's pastoral concern for migrants, and the priorities of Pope Francis and the Dicastery for Integral Human Development. How should these values and priorities inform Notre Dame’s response to global migration? The University has committed to creating a new initiative on global migration to be housed at the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. This discussion is an important part of the planning process to ensure that Notre Dame will make a unique contribution to the study of migration focused on the dignity of the human person. Co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.   Fr. Fabio Baggio, Dicastery for Integral Human Development Father Baggio is a missionary priest of the Scalabrini Order. Since January 2017, he has served as co-under-secretary of the Migrants & Refugees Section of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD). In 2022, Father Baggio was appointed "Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development." He holds a license in Church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. During his early missionary work, Father Baggio worked as a consultant on migration with the Chilean Bishops Conference; he subsequently was director of the Buenos Aires Archdiocese’s Department of Migration. Bishop Mark Seitz, Catholic Diocese of El Paso As a prelate serving a borderland community whose sister city is Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Bishop Seitz has focused his work and heart on the poor and vulnerable, including migrant families and refugees who have made their home in this region or who choose the community as their point of passage. The bishop believes that migrants add inestimable value to the communities where they choose to live and that parishes and community members should welcome them with compassion, love and solidarity. Bishop Seitz he serves as chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration. Moderator: Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C., Vice President and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Father Groody is an internationally recognized theologian with a focus on migration issues. He has authored or edited eight books on poverty, justice, and migration, including Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit and his most recent book, A Theology of Migration: The Bodies of Refugees and the Body of Christ (with a forward by Pope Francis). Groody has worked with U.S. Congress, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the World Council of Churches, the Vatican, and the United Nations on migration and justice issues.Photo:  “Angels Unawares” sculpture commemorating migrants and refugees in St. Peter’s Square" by Catholic Church (England and Wales) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Originally published at klau.nd.edu.