Photo credit: VietRISE and University of California Press.Jennifer Huynh’s Suburban Refugees: Class and Resistance in Little Saigon (University of California Press) explores the dynamics of one of America’s most diverse yet unequal suburbs. Focusing on Southern California's Little Saigon, a global suburb and the capital of "Vietnamese America," Huynh shows how refugees and their children are enacting placemaking against forces of displacement such as financialized capital, exclusionary zoning, and the criminalization of migrants. This book raises crucial questions challenging suburban inequality and complicates our understanding of refugee resettlement—and, more broadly, the American dream. Jennifer Huynh is an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, a faculty fellow of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. She is affiliated faculty to Notre Dame's Initiative on Race and Resilience. Huynh teaches courses in Asian American Studies, Immigration, and Refugee Studies. Huynh earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D from Princeton University. She is the recipient of the Grenville Clark Award, an award given to a faculty member whose voluntary activities advance the cause of peace and human rights, and her current research is supported by the Russell Sage Foundation. She is a first-generation college student from Southern California. Sponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, both part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. Originally published at asia.nd.edu.

Tom Catena is an American physician who has been practising in Gidel in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan since 2008. The region has been an area of active conflict since the mid-1980s, and Catena is the only surgeon for the surrounding population of 750,000 people. Catena credits his Catholic faith for his work, and says he is inspired by St. Francis of Assisi. He is known by locals as “Dr. Tom” and is widely respected by the population. In 2017, he was awarded the second annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He is chair of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. The annual Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture was created by the Institute for Social Concerns in 2009 in order to highlight justice issues and themes related to the common good. The fall event honors Father Bernie who died young but influenced students with the life lesson of a “Theory of Enough.” Past speakers have included scholars and practitioners working to create a more just future for all.Co-sponsors: Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, Center for Health Sciences Advising, College of Arts and Letters, College of Science, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, Department of Africana Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Theology, Eck Institute for Global Health, Keough School of Global Affairs, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine, Office of the President, Pulte Institute for Global Development.

We invite you to join us for the presentation "Present Challenges Facing Catholics in China" with guest speaker Rev. Gianni Criveller, PIME, followed by an open discussion and a reception.  Religious belief and practice in China have been subjected to increasing official control in recent years. At the same time, in 2018, the Holy See under Pope Francis entered into a controversial agreement with Chinese authorities on the appointment of bishops. Fr. Criveller, director of Asia News and one of the world's leading experts on the Catholic Church in China, will speak about the current circumstances and challenges facing Catholics in China today and discuss the effects of the Sino-Vatican agreement.  Free and open to the public, followed by an open discussion and a reception. Originally published at mcgrath.nd.edu.

Walter Frederick Osborne (Irish, 1859–1903), Tea in the Garden, 1903, oil on canvas, 54 3/8 x 68 ¼ inches (canvas). Lane Gift, 1912, Hugh Lane Gallery, HL.24. Collection & Image © Hugh Lane GalleryWhen Dublin’s innovative Municipal Gallery of Modern Art opened in 1908, three paintings by Walter Osborne hung on its walls. All were donated by the gallery’s founder, Hugh Lane, who was a great admirer of the artist. After Osborne’s death in 1903, Lane was keen to secure Osborne’s legacy though the acquisition of works by public collections. Come along on a journey through Dublin’s art scene at the turn of the century as Curator Logan Sisley considers the role of art in building Ireland’s national identity and the place of Osborne’s art in that effort.Presenter: Logan Sisley hails from New Zealand and studied art history at the University of Aukland. In 2007 he joined the staff of the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin where he was recently appointed head of collections. He has published extensively on modern art in Ireland, including histories of the Hugh Lane Gallery and studies of John Lavery and Sarah Purser. In 2021 he was the co-curator for the exhibition Studio & State: The Laverys and the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Before the lecture in the atrium, we encourage you to explore Walter Osborne’s work on view in the Temporary Exhibition Galleries on Level 2. The exhibition will remain open until the lecture begins. Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.

In 1941, sisters Thom (Emma Appleton) and Mars (Stefanie Martini) build a machine, LOLA, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. This allows them to listen to iconic music before it has been made, place bets knowing what the outcome will be, and embrace their inner punk well before the movement came into existence. But with the Second World War escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine for good to intercept information from the future that could help with military intelligence. The machine initially proves to be a huge success, rapidly twisting the fortunes of the war against the Nazis. While Thom becomes intoxicated by LOLA, Mars begins to realize the terrible consequences of its power.   Get TicketsThis is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show. In the event of a sell-out, unclaimed tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.