Based on the novel Red Alert by Peter George, Stanley Kubrick's Cold War masterpiece drops you right at the height of the tensions between the USSR and the United States, world destruction literally at folks' fingertips. And General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) has itchy fingers. Convinced that the Soviets have infiltrated America's "vital essence," the crazed Ripper gives the go code to the 843rd bomb wing to attack the Soviet Union, setting in motion a series of darkly hilarious vignettes involving gung-ho soldiers, wacky generals, spying Soviets, drunken premiers, battles with soda machines, fights in the War Room, and the Soviet's top-secret Doomsday Machine. GET TICKETS  

The Notre Dame Jazz Band program features two "traditional" jazz ensembles and a New Orleans Brass Band. The bands perform a wide variety of music, ranging from jazz classics and vocal selections, to new works and transcriptions. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Anne M. Hyland is senior lecturer in music analysis at the University of Manchester. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, focusing on the function of repetition in Schubert’s chamber music. Her 2023 book, Schubert’s String Quartets: The Teleology of Lyric Form (CUP), explores innovative ways that Schubert’s music integrates lyricism with sonata form. Her research also engages the music of Hummel, Onslow, and Chopin as part of a British Academy/Leverhulme-supported project and a Collaborative Strategic Partnership with the University of Toronto. Prof. Hyland was awarded the Anthony Pople Mid-Career Research Award of the Society for Music Analysis in September 2024 and a Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Manchester (2024) for her efforts to make music analysis more accessible to a diverse student body. For the complete abstract, download Hyland abstract [PDF, 90k]. This lecture is free and open to the public. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Nusrat ChowdhuryAssociate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst CollegeKellogg Visiting Fellow How does development infrastructure help us understand the way populism functions in the global south? This lecture, drawing from Nustrat Chowdhury's ethnographic project around the longest river bridge in Bangladesh , addresses this question by exploring how mega-infrastructure has become a strategy through which increasingly authoritarian regimes seek populist legitimacy. Focusing on the concept of “infrastructural populism,” it asks: How does spectacular development aimed at mass political appeal help us grasp the ways in which new versions of democratic authoritarianisms are thriving in the global south? How and why is the democratic ideal compromised in the obsessive investment in megaprojects? And, despite its impressive visual appeal, how does language offer insights into the ways in which infrastructure is accommodated in everyday life? Once completed, the book will contribute to distinct areas of scholarship, namely, the political life of infrastructure; populism in the global south; and, rumor and hearsay as form of political communication. click here for more information

The Notre Dame Collegium Musicum presents the second of three concerts featuring the complete motets of J.S. Bach. The program will include the motets Der Geist hilft unsere Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 and Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228, along Motets by Lassus and Gabrieli from the church service repertory of Bach's time in Leipzig. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

How can we stand in solidarity with Palestinians seeking justice, while also avoiding antisemitism—and resist those who seek to conflate the two? Authors Shane Burley and Ben Lorber will share personal stories, historical reflections, and interview data from their recent book to discuss how to combat antisemitism and build true safety for Jews and all people. The conversation will be moderated by Atalia Omer, professor of religion, conflict and peace studies. Lunch will be provided. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.