Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed, and several million were displaced, many due to the Islamic State's occupation and the subsequent military campaign to defeat its forces. IS particularly targeted minority communities living in northern Iraq's diverse Ninewa province, home to Christians, Yezidis, Shabaks, Turkmen, and Kaka'i. Agricultural livelihoods were devastated, and many historical, religious, and cultural heritage sites were destroyed.    In 2020, the USAID-funded LASER PULSE program began fieldwork on a project to support the restoration of culturally significant agricultural practices and rebuild religious and community connections in Northern Iraq.   Join the Pulte Institute to hear from the U.S. and Iraqi research team about their efforts to help revive the diverse, vibrant Nineveh Plains region and ethnographic research's role in informing social cohesion and livelihood programs in the Middle East and beyond.    𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞'𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐄 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐡𝐨𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞.   SCHEDULE *12:15 - 12:50 p.m. - Registration and Lunch1 - 3:30 p.m. - SymposiumIntro to Iraq Context and Ethnographic Research - Design  Wild Plants and Herbarium  Agricultural Extension and Botanical Gardens Olive Oil Market Analysis Social Cohesion and Advocacy3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Panel DiscussionThe Role of Culture in Peacebuilding in Multicultural Post-Conflict Societies4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Reception* 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑡 9 𝑎𝑚  PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:Omran Omer Ali, Ph.D. (University of Duhok)Amal Bourhrous (SIPRI)Kate Eddens, Ph.D. (Indiana University)Shivan Fazil (SIPRI)Rund Hammoudi, Ph.D. (University of Duhok)Peter Hirst, Ph.D. (Purdue University)Nashwan Shawkat Mahmood, Ph.D. (University of Duhok)Juliano M. R. Marques, Ph.D. (Purdue University)Nabaz Ibraheem Mohammed, Ph.D. (University of Duhok)Sean O'Neill (University of Notre Dame)Sarah R. Osterhoudt, Ph.D (Indiana University)Knox Thames (Senior Fellow at Pepperdine University)  Originally published at pulte.nd.edu.

International scholars partake in a 9-part seminar series devoted to psalms.  The event is 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 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM) and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Series Schedule January 26, 2023 - "Rescuing Rolle: H.R. Bramley edits the English Psalter" Michael P. Kuczynski (Tulane University, New Orleans, LA) February 23, 2023 - "Practice and Symbolism in An Unpublished Fifteenth-Century Psalmic Prayer to the Five Wounds" Samira Lindstedt (University of Oxford) March 23, 2023 - "On Augustine’s Enarrationes in Psalmos" Hildegund Müller (University of Notre Dame) April 27, 2023 - "The Oldest Middle Dutch Translation of the Psalms (c. 1250-1300): Context(s) of Origin, Functions and Nachleben’" Youri Desplenter (Ghent University) May 25, 2023 - "Writing between the Lines: Towards a Typology of Glossing Techniques in the Old English Glossed Psalters" Thijs Porck (Leiden University) June 22, 2023 - "Literary, Exegetical and Theological Aspects of Aramaic Translations of Psalms of Pilgrims (Psa 120-134)" Mirosław Wróbel (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) October 26, 2023 - "Renaissance translations of the Psalms into Polish: A Bibliological Approach" Rajmund Pietkiewicz (Pontifical Faculty of Theology) November 23, 2023 - "Putting the Pieces Back Together: on the Reconstruction of the Fragmentary N-Psalter" Monika Opalińska (Warsaw University) December 14, 2023 - "Psalter in Exile: On an Early Modern English translation of the Psalms from the Vulgate" Magdalena Charzyńska-Wójcik (The Nanovic Institute at University of Notre Dame and John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

International scholars partake in a 9-part seminar series devoted to psalms.  The event is 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 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM) and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Series Schedule January 26, 2023 - "Rescuing Rolle: H.R. Bramley edits the English Psalter" Michael P. Kuczynski (Tulane University, New Orleans, LA) February 23, 2023 - "Practice and Symbolism in An Unpublished Fifteenth-Century Psalmic Prayer to the Five Wounds" Samira Lindstedt (University of Oxford) March 23, 2023 - "On Augustine’s Enarrationes in Psalmos" Hildegund Müller (University of Notre Dame) April 27, 2023 - "The Oldest Middle Dutch Translation of the Psalms (c. 1250-1300): Context(s) of Origin, Functions and Nachleben’" Youri Desplenter (Ghent University) May 25, 2023 - "Writing between the Lines: Towards a Typology of Glossing Techniques in the Old English Glossed Psalters" Thijs Porck (Leiden University) June 22, 2023 - "Literary, Exegetical and Theological Aspects of Aramaic Translations of Psalms of Pilgrims (Psa 120-134)" Mirosław Wróbel (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) October 26, 2023 - "Renaissance translations of the Psalms into Polish: A Bibliological Approach" Rajmund Pietkiewicz (Pontifical Faculty of Theology) November 23, 2023 - "Putting the Pieces Back Together: on the Reconstruction of the Fragmentary N-Psalter" Monika Opalińska (Warsaw University) December 14, 2023 - "Psalter in Exile: On an Early Modern English translation of the Psalms from the Vulgate" Magdalena Charzyńska-Wójcik (The Nanovic Institute at University of Notre Dame and John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

International scholars partake in a 9-part seminar series devoted to psalms.  The event is 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 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM) and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Series Schedule January 26, 2023 - "Rescuing Rolle: H.R. Bramley edits the English Psalter" Michael P. Kuczynski (Tulane University, New Orleans, LA) February 23, 2023 - "Practice and Symbolism in An Unpublished Fifteenth-Century Psalmic Prayer to the Five Wounds" Samira Lindstedt (University of Oxford) March 23, 2023 - "On Augustine’s Enarrationes in Psalmos" Hildegund Müller (University of Notre Dame) April 27, 2023 - "The Oldest Middle Dutch Translation of the Psalms (c. 1250-1300): Context(s) of Origin, Functions and Nachleben’" Youri Desplenter (Ghent University) May 25, 2023 - "Writing between the Lines: Towards a Typology of Glossing Techniques in the Old English Glossed Psalters" Thijs Porck (Leiden University) June 22, 2023 - "Literary, Exegetical and Theological Aspects of Aramaic Translations of Psalms of Pilgrims (Psa 120-134)" Mirosław Wróbel (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) October 26, 2023 - "Renaissance translations of the Psalms into Polish: A Bibliological Approach" Rajmund Pietkiewicz (Pontifical Faculty of Theology) November 23, 2023 - "Putting the Pieces Back Together: on the Reconstruction of the Fragmentary N-Psalter" Monika Opalińska (Warsaw University) December 14, 2023 - "Psalter in Exile: On an Early Modern English translation of the Psalms from the Vulgate" Magdalena Charzyńska-Wójcik (The Nanovic Institute at University of Notre Dame and John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.