Learn more and register here Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism March 20-22, 2025   This 2025 CST conference will remember the 60th anniversary of two significant Vatican II texts, Gaudium et spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) and Dignitatis humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom). Released on the final day of Vatican II, these texts together invited serious consideration of the role of the church and other religious communities in relation to the state. This year’s CST conference takes up Vatican II’s invitation to discern “the signs of the times” and to attend to the roles of church and state within civil society with a view toward the common good. These central CST themes warrant further exploration as Christian and other forms of religious nationalism represent a significant sign of the current time in particular national and international contexts. This interdisciplinary conference invites historical, constructive, and comparative approaches as we consider the ecumenical, interfaith, and transdisciplinary challenges of religious nationalism. For example, what is the history of Christian nationalism in the United States and how is it related to similar movements in other parts of the world? What are the scriptural and theological resources available to analyze these expressions of Christian and national identity? To what degree and under what forms are the academy and the Christian churches complicit with the history and recent expressions of white Christian nationalism? What are the possible connections between the reemergence of various forms of religious nationalism with economic changes, poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation? How has the rise of these political ideologies been facilitated by changes in laws and institutional structures? What are the implications of Christian and other forms of religious nationalism for the relationship of religious bodies and the state in civil society? What are the pedagogical challenges across the disciplines in addressing the significance of Christian and religious nationalism? Normatively, what options for constructive engagement and responses emerge from our shared consideration of these questions?

Please join the Department of Art, Art History, and Design for a highly anticipated open studio event hosted by the  MFA graduate students. Attendees can view and engage with the students' works, which represent the culmination of their artistic journeys. We look forward to welcoming you and showcasing the incredible talent of our MFA graduate students. The walkthrough critic is Rudy Shepherd, professor of art, Wake Forest University. Schedule of events: 9:00 am–10:00 am Lecture by Rudy Shepherd - 200 Riley Hall 10:30 am–12:30 pm - Second Year MFAsFranceska Alvarado, Painting – 315 RileyOlivia Koziel, Photo – 210 RileyHeidi Dargle, VCD – 1st Floor Installation RoomLucy Schultz, ID – 201 RileyLily Dorian, Sculpture– 110 Riley 2:00 pm–4:00 pm - First Year MFAsClaire Murphy, Painting – 315 RileySara Abdolmotallebi, VCD - 1st Floor Installation RoomEmma Brooks, VCD – 201 RileyGrace Gao, Photo – 210 RileyAlejandro Mejia Andrade, Ceramics – 1st Floor Hallway Gallery All studio and design classes are canceled in celebration of Department Day/MFA Walkthroughs. Free and open to the public. --- *Passport to the Arts Event Originally published at artdept.nd.edu.

This exhibit commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (1939-45) using primarily European visual sources recently acquired by Rare Books & Special Collections. It showcases more than 40 works on paper, including posters, maps, propaganda ephemera, and illustrated books, as well as photographs and first-hand accounts. The exhibit explores themes of Nazi racial ideology, the Holocaust, children in war, resistance, liberation, and memories of war. By examining images created for personal use and for state-sponsored propaganda, the exhibit presents a visual narrative of the war’s profound impact on individuals and societies, offering deeper insight into how this war was experienced and remembered. This exhibit is curated by Natasha Lyandres, Curator, Rare Books & Special Collections; Jean McManus, Catholic Studies Librarian, University Archives; and Julia Schneider, German Language and Literature and Italian Studies Librarian, Hesburgh Libraries. This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment. All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours. Related Events Monday, March 31, 4:30 pmLecture: Martina Cucchiara, “Fervent Faith, Relentless Persecution: The Daily Life of Erna Becker-Kohen, a Catholic of Jewish Descent in Nazi Germany” Thursday, April 10, 4:30 pmLecture: Robert M. Citino, "The Fascist Lair: the Battle of Berlin" Tuesday, April 22, 4:30 pmYom HaShoah Program to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust Exhibit Tours Meet and speak with curators of the spring exhibit, "Tragedies of War: Images of WWII in Print Visual Culture." Monday, March 31, 3:30 pmThursday, April 10, 3:30 pmTuesday, April 22, 3:30 pm

In 1980, the University of Notre Dame became the first major university to boycott Campbell Soup products in support of Midwestern farmworkers represented by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (Toledo, Ohio). In a few short months, a small and dedicated cohort of students tapped into a growing movement and convinced the campus to act in solidarity. This exhibit was created in conjunction with Somos ND, a campus-wide initiative to honor the history and legacy of Latino and Hispanic contributions to the University. It is curated by Emiliano Aguilar, assistant professor in the Department of History. This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment. All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours.Open to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, postdocs, the public, alumni, and friends  

The Kroc Institute has selected The Honorable Emilce Cuda as the featured speaker for the 26th Annual Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion, and Peace. As Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America at the Holy See, Cuda is a renowned international speaker who has published extensively on moral social theology, democracy and Catholicism in liberal contexts, theology of the people and culture in a Latin American context, economic migration, the socio-environmental ecological crisis, and more. Cuda is a member of the research team, “The future work of labor after Laudato si,” at the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and the Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC). She received a Ph.D. in theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and specializes in social moral theology. 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.

Baritone Ryan de Ryke, a frequent Notre Dame guest, returns with works by Mozart and Brahms and a set of brooding and defiant songs by Hanns Eisler and Jacques Brel. This recital is free and open to the public. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

ND students, drop by to crochet, knit, or embroider and enjoy conversation and community at the McDonald Center. B.Y.O. yarn and supplies or choose from available supplies. All experience levels are welcome. Originally published at mcwell.nd.edu.

Learning Beyond the Classics Series—"Film Noir: Influences and Inspirations" Adapted from the novel by James Cain, himself a parent of hardboiled American literature, Double Indemnity remains a shining example of mid-century film noir and a bright fixture in Billy Wilder's impressive constellation of films. Straight down the line — that's where insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) is headed when he meets the irresistible Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck). The two concoct a scheme to collect on her husband's accidental death policy, but their machinations prove to be difficult to keep in the shadows. GET TICKETS *Free for ND, SMC, HC, and IUSB students.

New at the BrowningDirected by Walter SallesWith Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda MontenegroRated PG-13, 137 minutes, DCPIn Portuguese with English subtitlesPanel discussion to follow Saturday's 6:30 p.m. screening.BRAZIL, 1971: Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres, who won a Golden Globe for her performance), a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book, the film tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil's hidden history. Thursday, March 20—Sunday, March 23, various times. GET TICKETS