- Apr 2312:00 AMLeave No Trash Challenge WeekJoin Notre Dame to be the best university for this year's #LeaveNoTrash University Challenge! From April 19 through 25, Notre Dame will compete against Colorado State University and North Carolina State to pick up and record the most trash. The school with the most trash picked up will win prizes from Leave No Trace and All Trails! To partake in the project, the process is simple: Join the CitSci project by creating an account on Citsci.org or download the Leave No Trace app. Join the University of Notre Dame project.Pick up some trash as you walk around the campus or your neighborhood. Any amount of trash, whether it is a couple of pieces or a trash bag full, makes a difference and counts toward the total challenge.Record your cleanup using CitSci. No matter how big or small, tell us the amount of trash and type to help us understand how we can better minimize waste on campus. Win prizes!
- Apr 2312:30 PMLecture — "Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe"Larry BartelsProfessor of Political ScienceCo-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic InstitutionsMay Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social ScienceVanderbilt University A seeming explosion of support for right-wing populist parties has triggered fears for the future of democracy in Europe. Bartels argues that the “populist wave” is much overblown, and that the most important threats to democracy come from political leaders, not from voters. Presented by the Kellogg Institute's Democratization Research Cluster with co-sponsorship by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.Larry M. Bartels holds the May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University. His scholarship and teaching focus on public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and political representation. His latest book is Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe (Princeton University Press, 2023). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Apr 2312:30 PMLecture — "Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe"Larry BartelsProfessor of Political ScienceCo-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic InstitutionsMay Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social ScienceVanderbilt University A seeming explosion of support for right-wing populist parties has triggered fears for the future of democracy in Europe. Bartels argues that the “populist wave” is much overblown, and that the most important threats to democracy come from political leaders, not from voters. Presented by the Kellogg Institute's Democratization Research Cluster with co-sponsorship by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.Larry M. Bartels holds the May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University. His scholarship and teaching focus on public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and political representation. His latest book is Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe (Princeton University Press, 2023). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Apr 2412:00 AMLeave No Trash Challenge WeekJoin Notre Dame to be the best university for this year's #LeaveNoTrash University Challenge! From April 19 through 25, Notre Dame will compete against Colorado State University and North Carolina State to pick up and record the most trash. The school with the most trash picked up will win prizes from Leave No Trace and All Trails! To partake in the project, the process is simple: Join the CitSci project by creating an account on Citsci.org or download the Leave No Trace app. Join the University of Notre Dame project.Pick up some trash as you walk around the campus or your neighborhood. Any amount of trash, whether it is a couple of pieces or a trash bag full, makes a difference and counts toward the total challenge.Record your cleanup using CitSci. No matter how big or small, tell us the amount of trash and type to help us understand how we can better minimize waste on campus. Win prizes!
- Apr 2412:30 PMTalk — "International Law as a Tool: South Africa’s Application to the International Court of Justice"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.
- Apr 2412:30 PMTalk — "International Law as a Tool: South Africa’s Application to the International Court of Justice"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.
- Apr 244:00 PMWaste 'n WeighGet an inside look at how much food is wasted in our dining halls at the post-consumer level, and see how Notre Dame diverts it from the landfill! Join Campus Dining in weighing food scraps in our dining halls, and learn how you can make an impact to reduce food waste. Campus Dining will be hosting these events on April 17th in South Dining Hall and April 24th in North Dining Hall from 4-9 PM! Register to volunteer for a 2-hour shift here. Did you know? Reducing food waste is currently rated as the #1 way to mitigate the climate crisis. In the U.S. alone, nearly 40% of food is wasted at the consumer level, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, wasted resources, and keeping food-insecure people hungry.
- Apr 245:00 PM2024 Duffy Lecture: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in Conversation with Chanté Mouton KinyonThe 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.
- Apr 247:00 PMRethink Your Lawn: Adding Native Plants to our Home LandscapeYou're invited to the second webinar in the Hoosier Environmental Council's Native Plants series, Rethink your Lawn: Adding Native Plants to Your Home Landscape, on Wednesday, April 24 at 7 pm EST. Interested in getting started with native plants? Join in for a look at native plants that thrive in home landscapes in Indiana! Learn how to select them, where to buy them, and how and where to plant them at home to create beautiful and beneficial native plant gardens at home. Also, learn how to convert areas of your turf grass lawn to a stunning native plant landscape. Get ready to watch your dead-zone lawns come to life! Register here for the webinar! This event is hosted by the Hoosier Environmental Council and the Indiana Native Plant Society.
- Apr 2512:00 AMLeave No Trash Challenge WeekJoin Notre Dame to be the best university for this year's #LeaveNoTrash University Challenge! From April 19 through 25, Notre Dame will compete against Colorado State University and North Carolina State to pick up and record the most trash. The school with the most trash picked up will win prizes from Leave No Trace and All Trails! To partake in the project, the process is simple: Join the CitSci project by creating an account on Citsci.org or download the Leave No Trace app. Join the University of Notre Dame project.Pick up some trash as you walk around the campus or your neighborhood. Any amount of trash, whether it is a couple of pieces or a trash bag full, makes a difference and counts toward the total challenge.Record your cleanup using CitSci. No matter how big or small, tell us the amount of trash and type to help us understand how we can better minimize waste on campus. Win prizes!
- Apr 254:00 PM"Prison Music, Then & Now": A Conversation with BL Shirelle of FREER RecordsMusician 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.
- Apr 254:00 PM"Prison Music, Then & Now": A Conversation with BL Shirelle of FREER RecordsMusician 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.
- Apr 254:00 PM"Prison Music, Then & Now": A Conversation with BL Shirelle of FREER RecordsMusician 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.
- Apr 254:00 PMDiscussion — "Migration and Catholic Social Teaching: Welcome, Protect, Promote, and Integrate"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.
- Apr 254:00 PMDiscussion — "Migration and Catholic Social Teaching: Welcome, Protect, Promote, and Integrate"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.