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- Mar 194:00 PM2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Lecture — "The Uneasy Relationship of Peace, Democracy and Human Development: Reflections on the Hopes and Disappointments of Central America's Peace Agreements"Featuring Jorge Vargas Cullell (M.A. '94), director of Estado de la Nación, a Costa Rica-based center of thought that conducts research on sustainable development. The peace agreements that ended civil wars in Central America in the late 1980s and early 1990s were met with huge hope and expectations in societies ravaged by decades of instability, social exclusion, and political violence. However, the hard-fought peace did not usher in a new era of shared prosperity and democratization. Instead, by the turn of the century it became increasingly clear that the absence of military conflict coexisted with high levels of social violence, structural inequalities, persistent public corruption, and stunted democratization. In this lecture, Vargas Cullell will address the question of why peace does not easily blend with democracy and human development. While many international and local factors contributed to this unfortunate course of events — and continue to do so — he will focus on the importance of political power as a bridge (or not) between normative ideals and policy goals, and effective change. Read more about Jorge’s career path and time at Notre Dame here » The Kroc Institute’s Distinguished Alumni Award honors Notre Dame graduates in peace studies whose careers and lives exemplify the ideals of international peacebuilding. Each year the Distinguished Alumnus, who is selected by committee, travels to Notre Dame's campus to deliver a public lecture and meet with current peace studies students. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.
- Mar 207:00 PM"Safeguarding Democracy in an Era of AI and Digital Disinformation": A Conversation with Maria RessaFeaturing Maria Ressa Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Co-Founder and CEO of Rappler, and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs In this lecture and the conversation that follows, Ressa will explore key challenges facing international information ecosystems and global democracy. Join us as Ressa discusses the possibility of developing artificial intelligence (AI) that respects truth and dissent, and offers strategies for resisting the threat of AI-powered surveillance, persuasion, and control. This conversation will be available in person as well as via livestream. This event is part of the 2023-24 Notre Dame Forum on "The Future of Democracy," and is co-sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs.
- Mar 211:00 PMSeminar Series 2 — "Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters"International scholars partake in a six-part seminar series devoted to Psalms in the first half of 2024. This series continues from where the 2023 series left off. The format will be a 60-minute lecture followed by a 30-minute discussion. These events are free and open to all, but registration is required. Once registered, you will be sent an email with an invitation to the Zoom link for each session. 12:00 Eastern Standard Time (NEW YORK, INDIANAPOLIS)17:00 Greenwich Mean Time (LONDON, DUBLIN)18:00 Central European Time (WARSAW, BRUSSELS) (Individual session times are subject to change due to daylight savings time. Please check each session and the time conversion as the day approaches) Register for the series Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA; John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland; the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM); and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Spring 2024 Schedule January 25, 2024 - "Vernacular Psalters in 12th-Century England"Jane Toswell (University of Western Ontario, Canada) February 22, 2024 - "Reading the Psalms in Early Medieval Ireland: The 'Old Irish Treatise on the Psalter'"Alderik Blom, Prof. Dr. (Philipps University of Marburg, Germany) March 21, 2024 - "Translation Strategies in the Wycliffite Psalms"Elizabeth Solopova (New College, University of Oxford) April 25, 2024 - "12th- to 14th-Century Vernacular Psalter Translations into Middle English, Anglo-Norman and Middle French"Kinga Lis (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland) May 23, 2024 - "Visual Arts and the Book of Psalms"Susan Gillingham (Worcester College, University of Oxford) June 27, 2024 - "Christians, Jews, and an Interlinear Superscription: Use of Rabbinic Commentaries in an Early 13th-Century Psalter in England"Loraine Enlow (Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City) Previous Sessions To view previous sessions from Series 1 of Psalms and Psalters, please visit the YouTube playlist. Watch Sessions Now Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.
- Mar 2212:00 PMLecture — “Gender, Justice and Joy: Legal Travels through the Patriarchy, Suppressed Speech and Corporate Crime”Karuna Nundy, a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India and a women’s rights advocate, was named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022” for advocating for the reform of antirape laws and fighting cases related to sexual harassment in the workplace. Nundy has worked with the governments of the Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan on constitutional, legal, and human rights reforms. She was invited by the United Nations to advise on legal reform in 192 jurisdictions. Lunch will be provided. RSVP required. RSVP for the lecture Her lecture is sponsored by the Liu Institute’s South Asia Group and cosponsored by the Gender Studies Program, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights. About the Speaker Currently, Nundy serves as an expert on the Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression initiative and a member of the International Bar Association’s High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom chaired by Lord David Neuberger of Abbotsbury with special advisor Amal Clooney. Nundy’s legal work includes fighting for the rights of the victims of a gas leak in central Indian city of Bhopal, contributing to the India’s 2013 anti-rape laws, helping to draft the Right to Food Act, and leading arguments in India’s definitive online free speech case. She is currently leading arguments to criminalize marital rape and to legalize same-sex marriage. Nundy has worked with the governments of the Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan on constitutional, legal, and human rights reforms. She was invited by the United Nations to advise on legal reform in 192 jurisdictions. Nundy obtained a degree in economics from St. Stephen’s College at Delhi University. Her first law degree is from the University of Cambridge. She then received a master of laws from Columbia University. Nundy is qualified to practice law in India and New York. All Spring 2024 South Asia Group Events Semester kickoff with chai and samosaWednesday, January 24, 12-1 p.m., 2148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls “Acts of Gods or Governments?: Disasters and Post-disaster Reconstruction as an Issue of Governance in Urban Nepal”Graduate student research presentation by Shana Scogin, political scienceWednesday, February 14, 12-1 p.m., 2148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls “Gender, Justice and Joy: Legal Travels through the Patriarchy, Suppressed Speech and Corporate Crime”Guest lecture by Karuna Nundy, advocate, Supreme Court of IndiaFriday, March 22, 12-1 p.m., 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls “The Incarcerations: BK-16 and the Fight for Justice and Democracy in Modern India”Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture with Alpa Shah, professor of anthropology, London School of Economics and Political ScienceMonday, April 29, 4 p.m., 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls Student PresentationsWednesday, May 1, 12:00–1:00 p.m, 2148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls Register for Spring 2024 Events Originally published at asia.nd.edu.
- Mar 264:00 PMLecture: "The Multiple Forms of Micro-Dynamic Agency at Work in Conflict-Affected Societies"Colombia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland served as sites for a recent research project that examined conflict associated with micro-dynamics of everyday inter-group encounters. Drawing on the project's findings, Roger MacGinty will highlight how everyday agency can be identified and categorized. Furthermore, research shows that with this comes the development of non-escalatory tactics that can prevent a conflict from worsening. In some cases, an understanding of these tactics may prolong situations of negative peace, defined as the absence of violence. Drawing on data from on-the-ground everyday encounters, this talk will ask fundamental questions about the utility and purpose of peacebuilding interventions in post-peace accord societies. MacGinty is a professor in defense, development and diplomacy in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University in the United Kingdom. His primary research interests include peace and conflict, particularly the intersection between top-down and bottom-up approaches to peacemaking. The author of four books, he has edited and co-edited seven books on issues related to peace processes and peacebuilding. A co-editor of the journal Peacebuilding, his writings have been published in The Third World Quarterly, Cooperation and Conflict, Security Dialogue, and Review of International Studies. A reception will follow this lecture in the Hesburgh Center Great Hall. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.
- Apr 411:00 AMThe 26th Annual Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and PeaceThe Kroc Institute has selected Traci C. West as the featured speaker for the 26th Annual Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion, and Peace, presenting “Racism, Gender Violence, and Hypocrisies of Christian Love and Peace." A scholar-activist serving as James W. Pearsall Professor of Christian Social Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School (NJ), Dr. West’s teaching, research, and activism focus on gender, racial, and sexuality justice, with a focus on gender violence. Christianity espouses a core commitment to love and peace, yet hypocrisies persist related to racism and gender violence. Christian public claims can seemingly turn a blind eye to this incongruence, which then preserves it. Dr. West will address the costs associated by not acknowledging hypocrisies, the courage needed to call them out because of the risk involved, and use of historical narratives and lived experiences of antiracist gender justice as tools to help us do so. Lunch and conversation will follow this lecture in C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies. The Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion, and Peace, which began in 1999, were established through a gift to the Kroc Institute from Mrs. Anne Marie Yoder and her family. Each year, the Kroc Institute invites a leading thinker, writer, scholar, and/or peace advocate to deliver a lecture related to nonviolence, religion, and peace. Following the lecture, audience members join in informal dialogue and discussion with the speaker and with each other. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.
- Apr 2512:00 PMSeminar Series 2 — "Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters"International scholars partake in a six-part seminar series devoted to Psalms in the first half of 2024. This series continues from where the 2023 series left off. The format will be a 60-minute lecture followed by a 30-minute discussion. These events are free and open to all, but registration is required. Once registered, you will be sent an email with an invitation to the Zoom link for each session. 12:00 Eastern Standard Time (NEW YORK, INDIANAPOLIS)17:00 Greenwich Mean Time (LONDON, DUBLIN)18:00 Central European Time (WARSAW, BRUSSELS) (Individual session times are subject to change due to daylight savings time. Please check each session and the time conversion as the day approaches) Register for the series Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA; John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland; the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM); and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Spring 2024 Schedule January 25, 2024 - "Vernacular Psalters in 12th-Century England"Jane Toswell (University of Western Ontario, Canada) February 22, 2024 - "Reading the Psalms in Early Medieval Ireland: The 'Old Irish Treatise on the Psalter'"Alderik Blom, Prof. Dr. (Philipps University of Marburg, Germany) March 21, 2024 - "Translation Strategies in the Wycliffite Psalms"Elizabeth Solopova (New College, University of Oxford) April 25, 2024 - "12th- to 14th-Century Vernacular Psalter Translations into Middle English, Anglo-Norman and Middle French"Kinga Lis (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland) May 23, 2024 - "Visual Arts and the Book of Psalms"Susan Gillingham (Worcester College, University of Oxford) June 27, 2024 - "Christians, Jews, and an Interlinear Superscription: Use of Rabbinic Commentaries in an Early 13th-Century Psalter in England"Loraine Enlow (Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City) Previous Sessions To view previous sessions from Series 1 of Psalms and Psalters, please visit the YouTube playlist. Watch Sessions Now Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.
- May 2312:00 PMSeminar Series 2 — "Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters"International scholars partake in a six-part seminar series devoted to Psalms in the first half of 2024. This series continues from where the 2023 series left off. The format will be a 60-minute lecture followed by a 30-minute discussion. These events are free and open to all, but registration is required. Once registered, you will be sent an email with an invitation to the Zoom link for each session. 12:00 Eastern Standard Time (NEW YORK, INDIANAPOLIS)17:00 Greenwich Mean Time (LONDON, DUBLIN)18:00 Central European Time (WARSAW, BRUSSELS) (Individual session times are subject to change due to daylight savings time. Please check each session and the time conversion as the day approaches) Register for the series Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA; John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland; the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM); and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Spring 2024 Schedule January 25, 2024 - "Vernacular Psalters in 12th-Century England"Jane Toswell (University of Western Ontario, Canada) February 22, 2024 - "Reading the Psalms in Early Medieval Ireland: The 'Old Irish Treatise on the Psalter'"Alderik Blom, Prof. Dr. (Philipps University of Marburg, Germany) March 21, 2024 - "Translation Strategies in the Wycliffite Psalms"Elizabeth Solopova (New College, University of Oxford) April 25, 2024 - "12th- to 14th-Century Vernacular Psalter Translations into Middle English, Anglo-Norman and Middle French"Kinga Lis (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland) May 23, 2024 - "Visual Arts and the Book of Psalms"Susan Gillingham (Worcester College, University of Oxford) June 27, 2024 - "Christians, Jews, and an Interlinear Superscription: Use of Rabbinic Commentaries in an Early 13th-Century Psalter in England"Loraine Enlow (Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City) Previous Sessions To view previous sessions from Series 1 of Psalms and Psalters, please visit the YouTube playlist. Watch Sessions Now Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.