Speaker: Rachel A. Letteri (ND ’10), assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia. Link to abstract and bio on the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering website.  Audience is faculty, students, and research personnel.

The lecture, delivered by Giorgi Margvelashvili, the fourth president of the Republic of Georgia (2013-18), is free and open to the public. Giorgi Margvelashvili is a Georgian academic and politician and was the fourth president of the Republic of Georgia from 2013 to 2018. A philosopher by education, Margvelashvili was the rector of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) from 2000 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2021. His first role in politics began in 2012 when he was appointed Minister of Education and Science as part of the Georgian Dream coalition formed by the newly-elected Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. In February 2013, Ivanishvili appointed Margvelashvili to the position of First Deputy Prime Minister.  Margvelashvili was named by the Georgian Dream coalition as its candidate in the 2013 presidential election, which he won in October with 62% of the votes. As president, Margvelashvili focused on grassroots campaigns engaging youth and students in discussions on constitutional and electoral reform, foreign policy issues, and Georgia's integration into NATO and the EU, he was also vocal in his support for minority and LGBTQ+ rights. After leaving office in 2018, Margvelashvili returned to GIPA to teach a lecture series on politics.     Photo source Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

Join the Rooney Center for an interactive talk on the Framers' visions for "We the People" and democracy in the United States. Think alongside other members of the Notre Dame community, as we reconcile these core democratic values with the Founders' historical entanglements in racist institutions of slavery and colonialism. Featuring Josh Kaplan, professor of political science, and Katlyn Carter, professor of history. You can submit an a question here.  Originally published at rooneycenter.nd.edu.

The Notre Dame Collegium Musicum presents "Renaissance Settings of the Song of Songs." This concert in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is free but ticketed. Call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

The Department of Art, Art History, and Design presents a lecture by Sinclair Bell, professor of art history at Northern Illinois University. Sinclair Wynn Bell is an American classical archaeologist and art historian. He is a professor of art history at Northern Illinois University where he teaches courses in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art history, architecture, and archaeology, as well as museum studies. His research focuses on the art and archaeology of the Etruscans; sport and spectacle in the Roman imperial period, especially the Roman circus; and slavery in ancient Rome, especially the visual representation of slaves, freedmen, and foreigners in Roman art. Bell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Studies and History from Wake Forest University, where he was a student of Allen Mandelbaum. He completed his graduate work in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Cologne. During his graduate work, Bell was the recipient of a Postgraduate Fellowship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (2001-2) to study with Prof. Henner von Hesberg at the Archaeological Institute at the University of Cologne, as well as a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize Fellowship in Ancient Studies at the American Academy in Rome (2002-3). Bell joined the Art History department faculty at Northern Illinois University as an assistant professor in 2008, was promoted to associate professor in 2012, and to professor in 2020. During the 2010–11 academic year, Bell was named a “Research Ambassador” to the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Bell has co-edited numerous volumes, including a book with Teresa Ramsby on freed slaves in ancient Rome titled "Free at Last! The Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire," and with Alexandra Carpino "A Companion to the Etruscans." Bell was selected for a three-year term as the editor of the journal the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. He has received numerous postdoctoral grants and fellowships in support of his research, including a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Roman Archaeology at the University of Manitoba (2007-8), the Howard Fellowship from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation (2013), the Richard D. Cohen Fellowship from the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University (2019), and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (2021). He also appeared as a presenter in a documentary on the Smithsonian Channel, "Rome's Chariot Superstar" which was based in part on his dissertation research.   Originally published at artdept.nd.edu.

Carlos Lozada '93 Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times Opinion columnist Carlos Lozada is an Opinion columnist for The New York Times and author of What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era. He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2019 and was a finalist for the award in 2018. Previously he was the Washington Post’s Outlook editor and has overseen news coverage of economics and national security. He received the 2015 National Book Critics Circle’s citation for excellence in reviewing. Previously, he was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and a Knight-Bagehot fellow in economics and business journalism at Columbia University.  At Notre Dame, Lozada majored in economics and political science. He went on to earn a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University. In 2022–23, he is a practitioner in residence at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study.  Learn more about the Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy and the Red Smith Journalism Lecture series.  Sponsors: Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Notre Dame Magazine Originally published at americanstudies.nd.edu.

This event will feature local and regional experts in low-barrier shelter and permanent supportive housing as they explore best practices and identify opportunities to address gaps in the housing continuum of care in St. Joseph County. The format will include presentations, discussions, and workshops on selected topics. Lunch will be served and registration is free. Hosted by the Center for Social Concerns.  Register and view the full schedule on our website.  Learn more

The annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grow the Good in Business™ Case Competition joins the forces of Mendoza undergraduate and graduate students and local business leaders who are committed to equity and inclusion in the workplace. During three rounds of competition, teams will:Propose written and oral solutions to a business challenge related to diversity, equity and inclusion to distinguished judges.This year, students will examine access to and quality of financial services in underserved markets and proposing a business solution to financial exclusion. Utilize the business acumen developed while in Mendoza in an exciting and thoughtful way.Showcase leadership, problem-solving, teamwork and presentation skills.Learn the value of creating an inclusive environment that promotes mutual advancement.Compete for $35,000 in prizes.Please see the DEI Case Competition website for more information. This event is for current Mendoza students only.

“What Should U.S. Policy Be Toward China?” is presented by Joshua Eisenman, associate professor of politics at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and senior fellow for China studies at the American Foreign Policy Council. His research focuses on the political economy of China’s development and its foreign relations with the global south – particularly Africa. This is the third of eight lectures in the Ten Years Hence speaker series that will discuss Is Globalism Dead? Visit the Ten Years Hence website for additional lecture dates. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment. Free and open to students, faculty, staff and the Notre Dame community. No registration is required.

Welcome to American culture! How are you coping? Are you still excited and eager to experience American life, or have you had quite enough and long for home? Or, perhaps you have finally acclimated to your host culture. Either way, join the Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures as we explore culture shock through shared discussion. Let's listen, laugh and commiserate as we explore this topic. Register for Event Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.

Heather Ann Thompson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian on faculty at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is the author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy as well as Whose Detroit?: Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City, and she writes regularly on the history of policing, mass incarceration and the current criminal justice system for myriad scholarly and popular publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. Thompson has served on a National Academy of Sciences blue-ribbon panel that studied the causes and consequences of mass incarceration in the United States and has given congressional staff briefings on this subject. She currently runs the Carceral State Project at the University of Michigan and is on a Guggenheim Fellowship completing her next book on the long history of the MOVE Bombing 1985 in Philadelphia. Reception to follow. This event is a part of the Unlocked: Understanding Mass Incarceration in the US series at the Center for Social Concerns.

The English Conversation Table (ECT — formerly English Language Table) meets bi-monthly and is a great chance to practice English with both native and non-native speakers and to make some new friends in the process. For more information and to be added to the participants' email list, contact Josh Barthuly or Lea Barthuly.  Full ECT Schedule Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.

Support the work of the Notre Dame Children's Choir to bring joy, expression, hope and healing through free instruction and performance opportunities for young voices in sacred choral music! Revel in the lovely voices of the very talented NDCC directors/Sacred Music graduate students — performing songs of love and friendship from your favorite musicals! Savor mouth-watering Italian hors d'oeuvres and desserts by Adele from Ciao's Catering! Enjoy a beer, wine and soft drinks available for additional purchase (one drink is included with your ticket). Tickets are $40 per person or a table of 8 for $300.  Limited seats available. ORDER TICKETS HERE Can't make it that night?  You can still support NDCC and bid in the online Silent Auction! Originally published at sma.nd.edu.

Spring is coming! And what better way to celebrate than to celebrate with friends and colleagues at the Chinese New Year Celebration. To celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year (the Year of Rabbit) and provide a way to expose students to different cultures, there will be food, student performances, singing, and dancing.  You probably won't get a hongbao as a gift, but you will receive the gift of good luck and wishes for a prosperous new year. For more information, contact Yongping Zhu (yzhu8@nd.edu)   Sponsored by East Asian Languages and Cultures Co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Letters (Teaching Beyond Classroom Grant), the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, and Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures (CSLC). Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.

Celebrate Black History Month with the ultimate live tribute concert! Join us at the DeBartolo Performing Art Center for "A Tribute to Motown" honoring the legendary record label's impact on the music industry and culture. This concert will be hosted by Emory University's Assistant Professor of Music and African American Studies and University of Notre Dame alum, Emorja Roberson '22, while featuring a live band, amazing local performers, and music by Daniel "DJ MacMane" Marshall. This event will highlight your favorite Motown Hits by the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Mary Wells, Gladys Knight and many more. Presented by A. Gammage Solutions and Bishop's House Productions. GET TICKETS

Join Rev. Greg Haake, C.S.C., for a guided tour of the Basilica as we explore the French heritage of Notre Dame.  Follow up your tour with Holy Mass in French 4:00 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Crypt. For more information, contact Eva Hoeckner, in the the Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures (ehoeckn2@nd.edu). Sponsored by Campus Ministry  Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.

Please join us for a panel discussion about the movie on Tuesday, February 14, at 12:30 p.m. This movie depicts the transitional justice process that took place in Argentina after the military dictatorship. More than 30,000 Argentines were estimated to have disappeared between 1976 and 1983, and some 3,000 officials and non-officials have been charged with crimes as of 2018. The film provides a dramatic depiction of the groundbreaking transitional justice trial, a process that has set precedents for human rights litigation, created awareness around the limits of state power, and influenced peace-building mechanisms after human atrocities. “Nunca mas” (“Never again”) has shaped the historical memory of older and younger Argentines, and material reparations are available still today, as the country continues to recuperate from the legacy of state violence.Cosponsored with the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.Originally published at https://kellogg.nd.edu/film-argentina-1985 Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.

Love Data Week is dedicated to spreading awareness of the importance of data management, sharing, preservation and reuse. If you care about research, professional, community and personal data, please join us! Data Haiku Contest Write a haiku about data! Your haiku must be related to data in some way (e.g., data management, processing, sharing, preservation, reuse, etc.). The contest is open to current Notre Dame students and employees. One submission per person.  Submission Deadline: Friday, February 17 at noon Learn more.   ORCID Lottery Enter your ORCID ID to win a prize. Submission Deadline: Thursday, February 16 at 10am Learn more.   2023 NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy (2 sessions) Tuesday, February 14, 12:30pm, Virtual via Zoom Wednesday, February 15, 3:30pm, Virtual via Zoom Join ND Research and the Hesburgh Libraries for a workshop featuring short presentations and discussion of various data management sharing topics specific to the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. We will review the key guidelines from the policy and share information about ND resources that may be useful to you as you implement your data management plan. Presented by Carolina Avendano, strategic projects program director, Notre Dame Research, and Julie Vecchio, assistant director, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship.   Tips for Effective and Collaborative Research Thursday, February 16, 3:30pm, 247 Hesburgh Library Learn the importance and benefits of research data management principles. Presented by Monica Moore, head of research services, Hesburgh Libraries, and Julie Vecchio, assistant director, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship.  

Virtues & Vocations is a national forum at the Center for Social Concerns to consider how best to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. In February we are thrilled to welcome Margaret Plews-Ogan, MD, Professor of Medicine at UVA Health.  REGISTER  

What does it mean to grow up in Italy today as an Afro-descendant child of immigrants? Sabrina Onana, born in Paris and raised in Naples, is a 24-year-old sociologist, independent film director and photographer. In her documentary, Crossing the Color Line, Sabrina gives us an opportunity to discover a new Italy often unrecognized on screens and by institutions. Crossing the Color Line will guide us through the lives and stories of young Afro-descendants who tell us what it means to be Italian today. For years in Italy, many activists have been aiming to "change the narrative" and Crossing the Color Line carries out this imperative: Italian Afro-descendants speak out about their roots, language, identity with a deep awareness of their dual belonging intended not as a double absence but as a new way of addressing “Italianity.” Join us in the screening of this unique documentary followed by a conversation with Sabrina as she shares how she navigates language, culture and identity as an Afro-Italian and her experience of dual-belonging as a child of immigrants. Sponsored by the Italian Program in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.   Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.