The Kroc Institute proudly hosts a new series focused on intersectionality as a beneficial framework and methodology to pair with peace studies. Led by Assistant Professor Ashley Bohrer and featuring a variety of guest presenters, the series will address the potential of intersectional analysis for peace studies scholars, with an ability to transform timely global conversations and issues. Likewise, the series will illustrate how peacebuilding in its many forms contributes to the strength and value of intersectionality as an analytical tool and concept. Intersectionality is a useful concept in peace and conflict research, but perhaps not adequately understood and used. In this talk, Swati Parashar, professor of peace and development studies at the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg, will offer a nuanced critique of the concept of intersectionality, arguing that a lack of understanding could lead to division, incompatibility, or conflict within social or cultural groups that are seeking emancipation. Using relevant examples from India, Parashar will discuss the various perceptions of these groups — including women, dalits, adivasis and transgendered people — who are seeking autonomy and freedom from oppression. She will also explore the dichotomy of well-researched theories that are not put into practice and how it contributes to the challenge of deploying intersectionality in contemporary times. Panelists: Welcome and Introduction by Asher Kaufman John M. Regan, Jr. Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; professor of history and peace studiesSwati Parashar Professor in peace and development studies, School of Global Studies, University of GothenburgAshley Bohrer Assistant Professor of gender and peace studies  This event is cosponsored by the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience and the Gender Studies Program. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

The spring lectures are being planned in a hybrid online and in-person format. Please register here.  The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Martin Eisner (Duke University) titled: Boccaccio, the Disguised Revolutionary   Medieval and renaissance, feminist and misogynist, radical and conservative, class-warrior and aspiring aristocrat, Boccaccio has been interpreted in a variety of contradictory ways since the fourteenth century. Prof. Eisner's lecture proposes a new way of reading Boccaccio's work that puts the Decameron at the center to show how the revolutionary ideas about fleshly desire, language, gender, cultural diversity, and power that Boccaccio identifies in the Author's Conclusion to the Decameron radiate throughout his works.   Martin Eisner is chair of romance studies and professor of Italian at Duke University. He is the author of Dante's New Life of the Book: A Philology of World Literature (Oxford UP, 2021), which won the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Modern Language Association. His first book Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature: Dante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the Authority of the Vernacular (Cambridge UP, 2013) has recently been published in Italian as Boccaccio e l'invenzione della letteratura italiana (Salerno, 2022). He is currently working on a biography of Boccaccio for Reaktion Books's Renaissance Lives series. He continues to develop the online research project Dante’s Library. His articles on Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, and Machiavelli have appeared in PMLA, Renaissance Quarterly, Dante Studies, Mediaevalia, California Italian Studies, Quaderni d’Italianistica, Annali d’Italianistica, and Le Tre Corone. His research has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, the American Academy in Rome, the American Philosophical Association, and the Fulbright Foundation. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Medieval Institute.The Italian Research Seminar, a core event of the Center for Italian Studies, aims to provide a regular forum for faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and colleagues from other universities to present and discuss their current research. The Seminar is vigorously interdisciplinary, and embraces all areas of Italian literature, language, and culture, as well as perceptions of Italy, its achievements and its peoples in other national and international cultures. The Seminar constitutes an important element in the effort by Notre Dame's Center for Italian Studies to promote the study of Italy and to serve as a strategic point of contact for scholarly exchange.Originally published at italianstudies.nd.edu.

Joe Soss is the inaugural Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota, where he holds faculty positions in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Sociology. His research and teaching explore the interplay of democratic politics, societal inequalities, and public policy. He is particularly interested in the political sources and consequences of policies that govern social marginality and shape life conditions for socially marginal groups. His coauthored book, "Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race" (2011), was selected for the 2012 Michael Harrington Award (APSA, New Political Science) and the 2012 Oliver Cromwell Cox Award (ASA, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities), the 2012 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award (American Library Association), and the 2015 Herbert Simon Award (APSA, Section on Public Administration). In 2010, he received the campus-wide Outstanding Faculty Award from the University of Minnesota's Council of Graduate Students (COGS). In 2013-14, he served as Dale T. Mortensen Senior Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark. In 2016, Professor Soss was honored with the University's campus-wide award for outstanding contributions to graduate education, named a Distinguished University Teaching Professor, and inducted into the UMN Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Outside his academic work, Soss is an active musician and recently released an album, The Sound of Sweet Ruin. Professor Soss will be joined by Professor Chloe Thurston. Professor Thurston's research is on American political development, political economy, and public policy, with a particular interest in how politics and public policy shape market inequalities along the lines of race and gender. She is the author of "At the Boundaries of Homeownership: Credit, Discrimination and the American State" (Cambridge University Press, 2018), her research has been published in Studies in American Political Development; Politics, Groups, and Identities; and the Journal of Public Policy, and commentaries have appeared in The Daily Beast, Ms., and The Monkey Cage (Washington Post), among others. Thurston is currently working on two projects related to the politics of credit, debt, and asset inequality in the U.S. The first of these (joint with Emily Zackin) examines the rise and fall of a protective debt relief regime in the United States. The second examines the political economy asset and wealth inequality following key civil rights reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. Thurston received her B.A. in economics and political science from Johns Hopkins University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2019-2020, she was a member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Originally published at rooneycenter.nd.edu.

Directed by Antoneta Alamat KusijanovicWith Gracija Filipović, Danica Čurčić, Leon LučevNot Rated, 94 minutes, DCPIn Croatian with English subtitles.Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic scheduled to appear via Zoom!On a remote island along Croatia's Adriatic coast, 17-year-old Julija spends her days diving for eel with her domineering father Ante and watching other teens party on a nearby yacht. Julija bristles at Ante's heavy-handed cruelty and resents her mother Nela's passivity. She longs for independence, but is unsure how to achieve it, until the arrival of the rich and mysterious Javier seems to offer a way out. Javier is considering buying Ante's land to build a resort, which would allow the family to escape their island isolation for the city. Once Ante's employer and Nela's lover, Javier, flirts shamelessly with Nela and Julija, this sets off a subtle battle of hypermasculine one-upmanship that pushes Ante to humiliate and control Julija even more. Flattered by Javier's praise and stories of traveling the world, Julija sees him as the solution to all her problems. But does his affection portend freedom or something more sinister? Winner of the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Murina is equal parts fiery feminist outcry and stirring coming-of-age drama. Get TicketsThis is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will only be available for pick-up one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your reservation please pick-up your Will Call tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the performance. In the event of a sell out, unclaimed Will Call tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

Hackathon Overview The Hesburgh Libraries Hackathon challenges teams of 2 to 4 Notre Dame undergraduate students to design, create, and present a solution to everyday problems. The 2024 theme is Unity in Diversity for an Inclusive Tomorrow — teams will develop solutions that leverage technology to discover, visualize or create connections among people, ideas, data and more. When & Where April 12 – 14Hesburgh Library April 12, 6 – 7pmOrientation & PizzaCompetition Begins April 14, noon – 3pmLightning Talks, Judging, Raffles, Awards See the full schedule. Prizes Teams showcase their projects in lightning talks, with the top entries garnering awards. 1st Place – $3,0002nd Place – $2,0003rd Place – $1,000Honorable Mention(s) – $500 See previous Hackathons.

The Notre Dame Student Peace Conference is an annual student-focused academic event organized by undergraduate students at the University as a space to engage in academic and professional dialogue on issues of peacebuilding, justice, and conflict transformation. This year’s theme seeks to affirm a commitment to peacebuilding as a dynamic and co-constructive process, resisting the temptation to view people, parties, and events through black-and-white, all-or-nothing lenses. Interested undergraduate and graduate students from around the world are invited to attend, even if not presenting. Pre-registration is required, but thanks to continued sponsorship by the Kroc Institute, there is no registration fee to attend. Registration is required and will open in late January or early February. Learn more and register at http://sites.nd.edu/peacecon/.   Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.