Discover how Notre Dame students are translating the science of early childhood development into tangible solutions for poverty. In a unique course led by Professor Neil Boothby, director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), students are designing real-world projects, from creating school readiness programs with St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend to designing infant nutrition and parenting initiatives in Haiti and strengthening preschools in India. Hear directly from student teams about their work, their Whole Child Development (WCD) approach, and how experiential learning prepares them to be global leaders bridging research, service, and impact.Originally post. RSVP here. Questions? Contact The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC): globalchild@nd.edu.

Professor Pfinklepfunder's $1 Sunday FilmsDirected by Bill DukeWith Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Lauryn HillRated PG, 107 minutes, Blu-rayCome sing along with this sequel that sees Sister Mary Clarence take her own brand of no-nunsense to St. Francis High School, where she transforms a high school choir—and both the high school and choir members along the way. With a soundtrack boasting music from Aretha Franklin, C+C Music Factory, and the hated three-time state champion choir from Orange County's Grand High School, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit remains a feel-good ragtags-to-riches story that feels ever better when we sing along together with it. GET TICKETS

This drop-in tour will introduce you to your Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Join a student gallery teacher or a member of the museum staff to explore the architecture of the building through some of its most unique spaces and discover works of art that are highlights of the collection. Meet at the Welcome Desk. All are welcome and no registration is required. This tour will explore all gallery levels of the museum. Although the tour will keep moving between spaces, gallery stools are available upon request. Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.

New at the BrowningDirected by Four/Ten MediaWith Stephen Lancaster, Susan McDaniel, and Kyle MarshallNot Rated, 55 minutes, DCPWorld Premiere! Discussion with filmmakers and artists to follow the screening.Experience humanity's oldest recorded story in a new light. Gilgamesh, a visual song cycle, fuses contemporary English poetry, music, dance, and film to reimagine the ancient Mesopotamian epic. This innovative work, exploring timeless themes of power, friendship, love, grief, and mortality, features music by J. Scott Brubacher and libretto by David James Brock with performances by Stephen Lancaster (baritone), Susan McDaniel (piano), and Kyle Marshall (dance & choreography). The screening will be followed by a "Behind the Scenes" video and a talkback with members from the cast and crew. This is a free but ticketed event.  Call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Co-presented by the Canada Council for the Arts, Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good, Department of Music, and Graduate Program in Sacred Music. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Eli Stine is an internationally active media artist, software engineer, and educator. Projects that Stine has designed sound and written code for have been mentioned in the New York Times, USA Today, The Wire, The Economist, and on NPR, and have toured Europe, Asia, and India. Stine is an assistant professor of computer music and digital arts at Oberlin Conservatory in the Technology In Music And Related Arts program. Prior to that, Stine worked as a software engineer at Meta (formerly Facebook) Reality Labs Audio Research. Stine received Ph.D. and masters degrees in composition and computer technologies as a Jefferson Fellow at the University of Virginia and bachelor’s degrees in technology in music and related arts and computer science from Oberlin College and Conservatory. Stine's work spans immersive electronic music, mixed reality story-telling, interactive multimedia experiences, and frequent collaboration between disciplines, artistic and otherwise.This event is part of the lecture series "Sonifying the Body: Embodied Technologies in Electronic Music Performance," sponsored by the Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good, the Department of Music, and the Technology & Digital Studies Program. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Join us in being iRISH! This 45-minute Recovery is Spoken Here, recovery-informed training and certification program from the McDonald Center for Student Well-Being, is for students who want to build hope around recovery and a compassionate community. You'll learn to challenge stigma, practice inclusive language, and gain the confidence to have supportive conversations. Get certified and make a difference on campus. Sign up through the form on the McDonald Center ND Central page. Only 20 students per session, so sign up quickly to claim your spot! Register here. Originally published at mcwell.nd.edu.

Stephen B. KaplanAssociate Professor of Political Science and International AffairsInstitute for International Economic PolicyGeorge Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs This talk presents concepts from Kaplan's book Globalizing Patient Capital: The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas, published by Cambridge University Press. China has extended financial ties with economically risky countries in Latin America as part of a globalized industrial policy that internationalizes its firms, secures access to resources, and cultivates trade opportunities, primarily through its policy banks. While China openly criticizes austerity tied to Western lending, its IMF partnership often supports similar policies, and its creditors manage risk with resource-backed loans and forbearance rather than outright debt forgiveness. This divergence in debt strategy, combined with China’s growing influence in global finance, complicates multilateral debt relief and regional growth, as China’s willingness to cooperate on debt relief depends on its strategic interests and position within international financial institutions. The book uses cross-national and comparative case study analysis to demonstrate these patterns, offering new insights into the political economy of sovereign debt and development in the region. Cosponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. For more information, visit the event page.  Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute at the Keough School of Global Affairs.

This Veterans Day, join us for a critical conversation aimed at bridging the gap between the military and civilian experience.The "Why I Served: Veterans Panel" will feature three distinguished military-connected members of the ND community—Tyler Beamish (Law), Rob Parkhurst (MBA), and Beth Weber (Inspired Leadership Initiative)—sharing their service journeys, motivations, and transitions to Notre Dame.This event is key for all students, faculty, and staff—especially non-veterans—to gain firsthand perspective and foster deeper understanding of the veteran experience on campus.Come support your fellow veterans by taking the time to hear their stories and the valuable experience they bring to the Notre Dame community.Originally published at omva.nd.edu.

Erik Gartzke is currently serving as Scholar-in-Residence at USCYBERCOM.Gartzke is professor of political science and founding director of the Center for Peace andSecurity Studies (cPASS) at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been a faculty member since 2007. Previous academic postings include Columbia University (2000 to 2007) and the Pennsylvania State University (1997 to 2000). He has also held temporary positions at the Australian Defense College, the Naval Postgraduate School, University of Essex, U.C. Santa Barbara, the Ecole des Affaires Internationales (Sciences Po) and Dartmouth College. Gartzke received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Iowa in 1997. He is also a U.S. military veteran (Commissioned Infantry Reserve, Enlisted Combat Engineer). Professor Gartzke’s research focuses on war, peace and international institutions. His scholarly interests include deterrence, democratization, nuclear security, the liberal peace, information and war, cyberwar, alliances, arms racing and the evolving technological nature of interstate conflict. He has written on the effects of global commerce, development, system structure and climate change on war. Recent studies include the role of technological change and military automation on patterns of interstate conflict, geography/seasonality and disputes, cross/multi-domain deterrence and research contributing to the intellectual foundations of cyber conflict. Professor Gartzke is among the most widely cited scholars of his generation in the study of world affairs. He is the most cited researcher in the topic “war and peace studies,” and the twelfth most cited researcher in “international security”). Gartzke has served as “primary investigator” on dozens of grants totaling over $15 million dollars in funding. He haspublished over one hundred books, articles and chapters. Professor Gartzke’s scholarship has appeared in most of the top journals of his discipline and field: American Political ScienceReview, the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science,International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, the Journalof Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Politics, Security Studies, World Politics, and elsewhere.His latest book, co-authored with Jon R. Lindsay, is titled Elements of Deterrence: Strategy,Technology, and Complexity in Global Politics, published in 2024 by Oxford University Press. This is a hybrid event. Join us via Zoom. Download the readahead.Download the event flyer. Originally published at ondisc.nd.edu.

Classics in the BrowningDirected by Juan Bastillo OroNot Rated, 79 minutes, DCPWith Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda HallerIn Spanish with English subtitlesThis vividly stylized, broodingly intense early Mexican sound melodrama by Juan Bustillo Oro hinges on an audacious flashback structure. When an ailing monk recognizes a new brother at his cloister, he becomes deranged and attacks him. Dos Monjes recounts the men's tragic shared past once from the point of view of each, heightening the contrasts between the two accounts with visual flourishes drawn from the language of German expressionism, including camera work by avant-garde photographer Agustín Jiménez. GET TICKETS *This 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.

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.

Scholars from different fields will discuss the central themes of Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America's Wife, America's Concubine, a new book by Perin Gürel, associate professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a faculty fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. With a focus on how U.S. foreign policy shaped comparative approaches to Türkiye and Iran, the panel will explore the transnational formation of national identities, gender politics, racial ideas, and religious discourse, from the Cold War to the War on Terror. Gürel will moderate a panel made up of the following discussants:Asher Kaufman, the John M. Regan, Jr., Director of the Kroc Institute and professor of history and peace studiesAlyssa Paylor, postdoctoral student and Ph.D. graduate (‘25) in peace studies and anthropologyMahan Mirza, executive director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with ReligionNell Haynes, assistant professor, global studies and intercultural studies, Saint Mary’s College  This panel is cosponsored by Notre Dame’s Gender Studies Program and the Department of American Studies, in addition to the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, the Southwest Asia and North Africa Working Group at the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, all part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

In an era where international law grapples with escalating conflicts and human rights violations, the Vatican's enduring role as a moral and diplomatic force offers a compelling case study in soft power influencing global justice. Through its sovereign status and faith-inspired advocacy, the Holy See bridges legal frameworks with ethical imperatives, championing the dignity of the marginalized in ways that challenge secular institutions to integrate compassion into policy. In this talk, Rev. Scott Borgman will explore how Vatican-led initiatives not only mediate disputes and aid the vulnerable but also inspire law students to envision human rights as a holistic pursuit intertwining diplomacy, charity, and sustainable development. The Human Rights Lunch-and-Learn series is hosted by the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights in the Keough School of Global Affairs. This event is open to the public; lunch will be provided. About the speaker Father Scott Borgman is a Roman Catholic priest from Orange, California, pursuing an LL.M. in International Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School. Born in Fort Collins, Colorado, and raised in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa), he has lived in Italy and served the Holy See as Coordinating Secretary at the Pontifical Academy for Life, while completing a doctorate in Canon Law in Rome. Ordained in 2010 in France, he served the Diocese of Orange as Judicial Vicar and supports evangelization and Catholic leadership. With a background in film and media, he’s passionate about human dignity, truth, and justice.   Originally published at klau.nd.edu.

Join the Medieval Institute for a faculty-student dialogue between associate professor and MI Faculty Fellow Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis and Medieval Institute Ph.D. candidate Kristina Kummerer. They will speak on the theme of "Calculating Medieval Religious Women." The talks will be followed by a reception.  About the Talks Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis will speak on "The Superior Choice: Elections in Women’s Monastic Communities in Late Medieval England." She is the Rev. John A. O'Brien Associate Professor of the Program of Liberal Studies and the Director of Postdoctoral Studies in the College of Arts & Letters at the University of Notre Dame. Prof. Buyis is the author of The Care of Nuns: Benedictine Women’s Ministries in England during the Central Middle Ages, and the co-editor of Women Intellectuals and Leaders in the Middle Ages and Medieval Cantors and Their Craft: Music, Liturgy, and the Shaping of History. She is currently working on her second monograph, Pastoring Nuns: Sibyl Felton, Barking Abbey, and Leading Liturgy in Late Medieval England, and developing a website on teaching and researching the medieval liturgy in collaboration with Margot Fassler. Kristina Kummerer will speak on "Counting the Dead: Convent Commemoration and Identity Construction in Medieval Alsace." She is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame. Her research centers on the history of medieval religious women, particularly the use of liturgical manuscripts for historical inquiry. Kristina is a recent recipient of the Lone Medievalist Prize for Scholarly Outreach and the Medieval Academy of America Summer Research Fellowship. Her Ph.D. dissertation, from which today's talk derives, examines manuscripts for the commemoration of the dead used by a community of medieval Dominican nuns at the convent Unterlinden in Colmar, France. This work aims to re-consider the opportunities for identity construction and agency available to religious women in the Middle Ages and empower researchers of other women's communities to do the same. Originally published at medieval.nd.edu.

As part of the 2025 Fall Italian Research Seminar series, the Center for Italian Studies is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Filippo Gianferrari (UC Santa Cruz) titled:Our Memories, Ourselves: Restoring Political Communities in Purgatorio   In one of the most striking and comic episodes of the Commedia, Dante and Virgil, Dante, Virgil, and a group of newly arrived souls in Purgatorio are suddenly scattered—like doves in a public square—by an irate Cato. They have just been caught indulging in a moment of recreation, entranced by the singing of a Florentine musician, Casella, who is performing one of Dante’s own canzoni: “Amor che nella mente mi ragiona.” This enigmatic episode has generated sustained critical debate, particularly concerning the target of Cato’s rebuke. Yet the preceding exchange between Dante and Casella is no less peculiar and deserves closer scrutiny—an inquiry this reading seeks to undertake. Casella’s assurances about his unchanged “memory” and “practice of the songs of love” (Purgatorio 2.107) constitute a bizarre and surprising claim in light of the late-medieval scholastic controversy on the survival of memory and affections in the disembodied soul. Dante’s revelations here about the condition of the separated souls must be appreciated as integral to the development of two of the Ante-Purgatory’s central and interconnected themes: the human body-soul composite and the political wreckage of Dante’s contemporary Italy. How do these seemingly unrelated concerns converge to animate this liminal space between life and death, body and soul, time and eternity? To begin addressing this question, this reading broadens its focus to examine the nexus between memory and embodiment in Dante’s treatment of both human generation (Purgatorio 25) and his representation of bodily ombre who can see, experience, and remember each other in Purgatorio (12–14). Through this exploration, affective memory and empathy emerge as key elements of Dante’s anthropology. Not only are they essential to individual and collective identities, but they are also central to his vision of ‘embodied’ souls called to purge themselves and to mend their fractured political bonds. Filippo Gianferrari is associate professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a Ph.D. in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame, and an MA and BA from the University of Bologna. Before joining USCS, he taught at Vassar College and Smith College. His recent book, Dante’s Education: Latin Schoolbooks and Vernacular Poetics, was published by OUP in 2024 and investigates the influence of Latin school texts on Dante's poetics of vernacular learning. His next book project, “Political Eschatology: Vernacular Theories of the Common Good,” focuses on debates on the common good among the laity in late medieval Italian city-states. In particular, the project explores the entanglements of late-medieval political theory and theological controversies on the body-soul nexus, the intellect, and the beatific vision. He is the organizer of the webinar, “Project Paradiso: Exploring Dante’s Heaven,” and co-editor with Ronald Herzman of the edited volume Dante's Paradiso: A Reader's Guide (forthcoming, Routledge: 2025). 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.

The EuroCup has now become the EURO PUB Trivia Night! What do we mean by PUB? Well, we cover trivia from: Portugal toUkraine andBeyond! Join in for the Nanovic Institute’s sixth annual trivia contest! Face off against residence halls, clubs, student groups, undergraduates from the same department office, and others across campus, compete for prizes, and claim bragging rights in this trivia competition on all things European history, current events, geography, art, and beyond. Register your team today! *Just a small disclaimer: While food will be served at this event, there will be no alcohol served. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.