The 2025 Global Democracy Conference (GDC) will convene scholars and practitioners to address urgent questions around the theme "Global Democracy and Executive Power." The road to dictatorship is cleared by the expansion of executive power. Whether in Hungary, Turkey, El Salvador, or Venezuela, elected presidents and prime ministers have used their constitutional authority and legislative majorities to undermine, and ultimately capture, other institutions. These countries are just illustrative of a broader trend: anti-democratic executives have progressively packed the judiciary, purged the civil service, undermined electoral management bodies, silenced independent media, prosecuted dissidents, restricted non-governmental organizations, regulated the business sector in favor of cronies, and politicized the security forces. Small actions against those institutions, under the cover of executive immunity, eventually accumulate into the breakdown of democracy. The ultimate goal of the conference is to improve our collective ability to identify antidemocratic behaviors and the effective ways to resist them. The GDC also aims to open new areas of collaboration between academia and the policy world, as well as between scholars and practitioners based in different countries.   Registration is required. More information here.   

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the OVI-UND seminar series, the Center for Italian Studies is pleased to host a seminar by the Progetto CLIO team at the Opera del Vocabolario Italiano: “Due casi di studio e i corpora per lo studio integrato della poesia delle Origini. La Summa di Antonio da Tempo: problemi metrici e testuali” (Two case studies and the corpora for the integrated study of early italian poetry. The Summa of Antonio da Tempo: metrical and textual issues)   La Summa artis rithimici vulgaris dictaminis di Antonio da Tempo è il trattato sulla metrica volgare più noto e diffuso dal Trecento al Cinquecento. Si tratta di un’opera dall’impianto semplice, ma che presenta una tradizione testuale piuttosto intricata per via della proliferazione di interpolazioni che si trovano variamente distribuite in una larga porzione dei testimoni del trattato, senza considerare i problemi che a propria volta pongono i suoi quattro volgarizzamenti finora noti. A partire dalle due edizioni del testo (Grion, 1869; Andrews, 1977), l’intervento si svilupperà su tre direttive principali: 1. un’analisi della situazione testuale dell’opera e le diverse soluzioni editoriali adottate finora, in relazione ai molti problemi che il testo presenta; 2. uno studio dei metri affrontati da Antonio da Tempo e dei problemi che essi pongono in rapporto al panorama della lirica trecentesca; 3. un approfondimento sul lessico metrico e retorico di cui il testo e le sue interpolazioni sono estremamente ricchi. Carolina Borrelli è assegnista di ricerca presso l’Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI-CNR) nell’ambito del progetto PRIN 2022 CLIO - Corpora per la Lirica Italiana delle Origini. Ha ottenuto il dottorato di ricerca in Filologia romanza presso l’Università degli Studi di Siena, in cotutela con l’EPHE–PSL, con una tesi dedicata allo studio codicologico, linguistico ed ecdotico del canzoniere trobadorico T (Paris, BnF, fr. 15211). I suoi principali interessi riguardano la tradizione manoscritta della lirica in lingua d’oc e la produzione in versi della letteratura italiana antica. Ugo Conti è assegnista di ricerca presso l’Università per Stranieri di Siena nell’ambito del progetto PRIN 2022 CLIO - Corpora per la Lirica Italiana delle Origini. I suoi interessi ruotano principalmente attorno alla poesia delle Origini e del primo Novecento, all’informatica umanistica, alla trattatistica metrica antica e alla metrica italiana, con particolare riguardo alla critica stilistica della terza rima, di cui ha studiato l’utilizzo nella Commedia e per la quale ha curato lo sviluppo del programma Triars - Terza Rima Informatizzata per l’Analisi Ritmica e Sintattica. Giulia Zava è assegnista di ricerca OVI-CNR nell’ambito del progetto PRIN 2022 CLIO -Corpora per la Lirica Italiana delle Origini. È stata borsista della Alexander von Humboldt Foundation alla Freie Universität Berlin, della Fondation Barbier-Mueller pour l’étude de la poésie italienne de la Renaissance de Genève e del Research Institute of the University of Bucharest. I suoi interessi riguardano principalmente la letteratura italiana dal XIV al XVI secolo, con particolare attenzione per Petrarca e la sua ricezione quattrocentesca, i meccanismi del riso nella prima età moderna, la relazione fra letteratura e arte. Please register here Originally published at italianstudies.nd.edu.

The Office of Institutional Transformation, in partnership with the Initiative on Race and Resilience, invites students, faculty, and staff to gather weekly for support and fellowship. Wellsprings: A Time for Connection and Care provides a safe space for members of the campus community to discuss fears and concerns related to social divisiveness. Some sessions may feature presentations or information from campus resources. To suggest a topic, please contact Eve Kelly at ekelly11@nd.edu. Originally published at weareall.nd.edu/.

Who could forget the feeling of celebrating an Irish win with your closest friends in Notre Dame Stadium? Or the first time that lightbulb went off in class with your favorite professor? A walk around the lakes or a trip to the Grotto was always a welcome respite. And meals with your section mates were sacred — and always at the best dining hall. Recapture the magic of those moments at Reunion 2025, taking place the weekend of Thursday, May 29 through Sunday, June 1! Round up the crew and join us for an unforgettable weekend celebrating as a Notre Dame family. Whether you’re looking to pick up some new knowledge at a workshop, make a visit to all your old haunts, hear from University leaders about the future of Notre Dame, or simply catch up with your best friends over refreshments on the quad, Reunion 2025 has a little something for everyone.

Who could forget the feeling of celebrating an Irish win with your closest friends in Notre Dame Stadium? Or the first time that lightbulb went off in class with your favorite professor? A walk around the lakes or a trip to the Grotto was always a welcome respite. And meals with your section mates were sacred — and always at the best dining hall. Recapture the magic of those moments at Reunion 2025, taking place the weekend of Thursday, May 29 through Sunday, June 1! Round up the crew and join us for an unforgettable weekend celebrating as a Notre Dame family. Whether you’re looking to pick up some new knowledge at a workshop, make a visit to all your old haunts, hear from University leaders about the future of Notre Dame, or simply catch up with your best friends over refreshments on the quad, Reunion 2025 has a little something for everyone.

Who could forget the feeling of celebrating an Irish win with your closest friends in Notre Dame Stadium? Or the first time that lightbulb went off in class with your favorite professor? A walk around the lakes or a trip to the Grotto was always a welcome respite. And meals with your section mates were sacred — and always at the best dining hall. Recapture the magic of those moments at Reunion 2025, taking place the weekend of Thursday, May 29 through Sunday, June 1! Round up the crew and join us for an unforgettable weekend celebrating as a Notre Dame family. Whether you’re looking to pick up some new knowledge at a workshop, make a visit to all your old haunts, hear from University leaders about the future of Notre Dame, or simply catch up with your best friends over refreshments on the quad, Reunion 2025 has a little something for everyone.

Authors Charles Lamb and Elizabeth Hogan will explore the history and tradition of Notre Dame football through photography, including showing never-before-seen photos from Notre Dame Archives, during the book talk “Fighting Irish Football: Photographs from the Archives.” They will also explore how sports photography developed over time and will share their experiences working in the archives and compiling their book, Fighting Irish Football: The Notre Dame Tradition in Photographs. The event is free and open to the public and will also be featured as part of the Notre Dame Alumni Association’s Reunion Weekend programming. It is cohosted by the University of Notre Dame Press, Hesburgh Libraries, Cushwa Center, and the Alumni Club of St Joseph Valley. Books will be available for purchase at the event, and 10% of all proceeds from the day will be donated to the Alumni Club of St. Joseph Valley. Attendees who RSVP in advance will receive a free 75th anniversary pin from Notre Dame Press. To learn more or RSVP, visit undpress.nd.edu/reunion-weekend.

Who could forget the feeling of celebrating an Irish win with your closest friends in Notre Dame Stadium? Or the first time that lightbulb went off in class with your favorite professor? A walk around the lakes or a trip to the Grotto was always a welcome respite. And meals with your section mates were sacred — and always at the best dining hall. Recapture the magic of those moments at Reunion 2025, taking place the weekend of Thursday, May 29 through Sunday, June 1! Round up the crew and join us for an unforgettable weekend celebrating as a Notre Dame family. Whether you’re looking to pick up some new knowledge at a workshop, make a visit to all your old haunts, hear from University leaders about the future of Notre Dame, or simply catch up with your best friends over refreshments on the quad, Reunion 2025 has a little something for everyone.

Regístrese ahora El noveno informe comprensivo del Instituto Kroc, que cubre el período comprendido entre diciembre de 2023 y noviembre de 2024, ofrece un análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo del estado de la implementación del Acuerdo Final; presenta un análisis comparado internacional para enriquecer el diálogo alrededor de este proceso; y resalta los hitos alcanzados y los obstáculos encontrados durante el período de implementación. También identifica las oportunidades para avanzar en la implementación integral del Acuerdo Final. El Acuerdo Final le otorgó al Instituto Kroc la responsabilidad principal de dar apoyo técnico y hacer seguimiento a su implementación. En esa medida, a través de la Iniciativa Barómetro de la Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz (PAM), desde 2016 el Instituto Kroc ha monitoreado la implementación de 578 compromisos contenidos en el texto del Acuerdo Final, con una mirada especial a los enfoques transversales. Le extendemos una especial invitación para que nos acompañe en el lanzamiento del noveno informe comprensivo, cuyos hallazgos son el resultado del monitoreo a la implementación siguiendo los principios de independencia, imparcialidad y rigurosidad académica. Durante el webinar podrá conocer el estado de la implementación del Acuerdo Final, así como los avances, retos y oportunidades para fortalecer el proceso. Esperamos pueda acompañarnos y participar del lanzamiento. Regístrese ahora Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.