From London, UK, The ESSENTIAL THEATRE presents THE MISTAKE by Michael MearsPrior to its three-week run off-Broadway in New York CityIntroduced by Professor Gerard F. Powers Join us for this special presentation of The Mistake (2025) at the University of Notre Dame before its off-Broadway run in New York. It tells the stories of a Hungarian scientist, an American pilot and a devoted Japanese daughter, in a gripping, moving and thought-provoking drama about the ‘mistake’ that launched our nuclear age.When the decision is made to use the atomic bomb on Japan, Leo Szilard, tormented by his role in creating it, must do everything he can to prevent the catastrophe from occurring. When Shigeko Nomura, a young woman living in Hiroshima, survives her city’s destruction, she must use every last ounce of energy to reach and rescue her parents.  This event is free but ticketed. A talkback question and answer session will follow the production. Reserve TicketsPerformed by Riko Nakazono and Michael MearsDirected by Rosamunde HuttSet design by Mark FriendSound design by Claire Windsor★★★★ ‘The past comes alive - a gripping piece of storytelling’ (THE TIMES)  ★★★★★ ‘This production received one of the very few standing ovations I have seen at the Edinburgh Fringe. A dramatic treat. (UK THEATRE WEB)  ★★★★ ‘A powerful examination of humanity in the wake of Hiroshima.’ (THE LIST) 'The story of Hiroshima and the history of nuclear weapons should never be forgotten, and The Mistake is a timeless and innovative look into that period, expertly done.' (BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE)  Reserve Tickets  This event is part of the ND Arts Festival hosted by the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. It is sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.  Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' landmark encyclical, Laudato Si'. Much remains to be done to implement the encyclical's radical vision of integral ecology, but that vision has made a definitive impact on the work to preserve our common home, achieve integral human development, and build peace. This panel will address ways in which the principles of integral ecology can be operationalized to continue moving such work forward through the next decade and beyond. Panelists: Moderated by Richard (Drew) Marcantonio, assistant professor of environment, peace, and global affairs, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Rev. Emmauel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace StudiesJennifer Tank, the Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla Professor of Biological Sciences  Diogo Bolster, associate professor and the Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Chair in Hydrology; associate director, Environmental Change Initiative  Sr. Damien Marie Savino, Melchor Visiting Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences; concurrent professor, McGrath Institute for Church Life  This event is co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame's Environmental Change Initiative, and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

The Keough-Naughton Institute invites you to a conversation between ARINS Advisory Board Members Dawn Walsh and Jamie Pow on ARINS public opinion research and polling data. ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) was established in 2020 as a partnership between the Royal Irish Academy and the University of Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies. ARINS is a nonpartisan, evidence-based research initiative that enables academics, practitioners and policymakers to explore questions and policy options for Ireland—north and south. Speaker BiographiesJamie Pow is a senior lecturer in political science at the Democracy Unit in Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests include the politics of Northern Ireland, political behaviour, and democratic innovations. Recent collaborative projects have examined voting behaviour in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, attitudes towards institutional reform, and public opinion towards different aspects of the unification debate in Ireland.          Dawn Walsh is an assistant professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, and director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict at University College Dublin. She is a member of the ARINS (Analysing Ireland North and South) Advisory Board and Public Opinion Research Group. Walsh's work has been published in two monographs, a number of edited volumes and numerous journal articles, including in the Journal of Peace Research, Third World Quarterly, and International Political Science Review. She previously held an Irish Research Council Laureate Award for her project 'Power-sharing and independent commissions in post-conflict societies.' Originally published at irishstudies.nd.edu.

Join Keough School of Global Affairs Marilyn Keough Dean Mary Gallagher in conversation with Ambassador Chris Lu, a leading practitioner of public policy and global affairs. Lu is an accomplished senior leader with a proven policy, diplomacy, management, communications, and strategy development track record. In addition to holding some of the most consequential management positions in the federal government, he oversaw the 2008 Obama-Biden presidential transition planning and served as then-Senator Obama’s Chief of Staff.  In this Democracy Talk, Ambassador Lu will comment on how the strength of American democracy matters to the rest of the world from the perspective of someone who defended American values at the United Nations. More about Ambassador Lu: Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform (2022-2025)U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor (2014-2017)White House Cabinet Secretary (2009-2013) Event details: Tuesday, April 15Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies5 p.m., with reception to follow Co-sponsored by the Democracy Initiative and the Keough School of Global Affairs' Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. Learn more about the ND Democracy Talks series. Originally published at strategicframework.nd.edu.

The assault on Colombia’s Palace of Justice, the judicial branch’s headquarters, took place on Nov. 6, 1985, when 35 commandos of the M-19 guerrilla movement violently entered the building in downtown Bogotá. Their alleged purpose was to demand that the Supreme Court invoke a public trial of then-president Belisario Betancur. In their words, Betancur “betray[ed] a national desire to end the war through negotiations and public participation,” which was agreed upon with the signing of a ceasefire and the establishment of a national dialogue on Aug. 24, 1984. Within minutes Armed Forces reacted with a deployment of about 5,000 army and police members with heavy weaponry. According to the Truth Commission's report a massacre took place resulting in the estimated loss of at least 100 lives, the disappearance of 11 people, and the torture of several more at the hands of these security forces. In this lecture, Helena Urán Bidegain will focus on the question, “Why have the wounds caused by the attack on the Palace of Justice in Colombia not yet healed?” Her research contributes to the debate over how official and alternative narratives influence the recognition of victims and transitional justice in Colombia. Panelists: Helena Urán Bidegain, serves as an advisor for the Comprehensive System of Peace on measures for non-repetition. Her professional background includes working as a ministerial advisor at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a researcher at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund on peace-related issues, and a parliamentary advisor on foreign policy (Latin America) in the German Bundestag, among others. She is the author of the book, "Mi Vida y el Palacio" (2020), a political-autobiographical account and investigation into the worst institutional tragedy of political violence in Colombia’s history. She has also contributed as a columnist for Revista Cambio, El Espectador, and ElDiario.es.Salina Kafle, Notre Dame human rights L.L.M. studentMonica Nuño Nuño, Notre Dame human rights L.L.M. student  Josefina Echavarría Álvarez, professor of the practice and director of the Peace Accords Matrix  Photo: The Palace of Justice during the 1985 siege. Credit: El Tiempo archive Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Anne Slovin, soprano, University of Notre Dame, and Jason Gresl, clarinet, instructor at Saint Mary's College, will perform I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Lori Laitman. This piece features musical settings of texts by children living in the Theresienstadt ghetto. Following the performance, a discussion on the spiritual resistance of the arts during the Shoah will be led by Philip B. Bohlman (Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish History, Music and Humanities, University of Chicago) and Nicolette van den Bogerd (Postdoctoral scholar in Jewish Studies, Indiana University). This program is generously supported in part by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and the Sacred Music Program. It is being held in conjunction with the spring Rare Books and Special Collection exhibit, "Tragedies of War: Images of WWII in Print Visual Culture." About the Exhibit This exhibit commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (1939-1945) using primarily European visual sources recently acquired by Rare Books and Special Collections. It showcases over forty 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.Open to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, postdocs, alumni, friends, and the pulbic.