The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Art, Art History & Design is proud to present its annual MFA thesis exhibition, highlighting the culminating work of four graduate students set to earn their Master of Fine Arts degrees in May 2025. This highly anticipated exhibition will be displayed in two groups, each offering a distinct and engaging artistic experience. The first exhibition will run from February 28 to March 20 at the AAHD Galleries (214/216 Riley Hall), featuring the thought-provoking works of Thomas Callahan and Emma Ryan. An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 28, from 5 to 7 pm, providing an opportunity to meet the artists and experience their work firsthand. The second exhibition will showcase the exceptional pieces of Norah Amstutz and Griffin Liu, on display from April 3 to April 16 at the AAHD Galleries. The opening reception for this group will take place on Friday, April 4, from 5 to 7 pm. This annual exhibition is a celebration of creativity, dedication, and artistic vision, offering visitors a glimpse into the future of contemporary art. We invite you to join us in supporting these talented emerging artists and experiencing their extraordinary work. Originally published at artdept.nd.edu.

The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Art, Art History & Design is proud to present its annual MFA thesis exhibition, highlighting the culminating work of four graduate students set to earn their Master of Fine Arts degrees in May 2025. This highly anticipated exhibition will be displayed in two groups, each offering a distinct and engaging artistic experience. The first exhibition will run from February 28 to March 20 at the AAHD Galleries (214/216 Riley Hall), featuring the thought-provoking works of Thomas Callahan and Emma Ryan. An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 28, from 5 to 7 pm, providing an opportunity to meet the artists and experience their work firsthand. The second exhibition will showcase the exceptional pieces of Norah Amstutz and Griffin Liu, on display from April 3 to April 16 at the AAHD Galleries. The opening reception for this group will take place on Friday, April 4, from 5 to 7 pm. This annual exhibition is a celebration of creativity, dedication, and artistic vision, offering visitors a glimpse into the future of contemporary art. We invite you to join us in supporting these talented emerging artists and experiencing their extraordinary work. Originally published at artdept.nd.edu.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the OVI-UND seminar series, the Center for Italian Studies is pleased to host a seminar by Prof. Lino Leonardi frome the Scuoal Normale Superiore di Pisa: “Guittone, Dante e le rime speciali: appunti dal cantiere dell’edizione di Guittone d’Arezzo” (Guittone, Dante, and the Special Poems: Notes from the Edition of Guittone d'Arezzo)   Il lavoro in corso per l’edizione critica delle rime di Guittone d’Arezzo, a cui collaboro con Vittoria Brancato e Andrea Beretta, sta giungendo alla sua fase conclusiva. Uno dei punti delicati che abbiamo dovuto affrontare riguarda il trattamento delle cosiddette rime speciali, a partire dalla rima siciliana fino ad arrivare alle rime tecniche più spericolate. È una questione su cui il dibattito (da Contini a Baldelli a Castellani) ha forse bisogno di un aggiornamento, anche per le implicazioni circa il ‘guittonismo’ di Dante. Lino Leonardi è professore ordinario di filologia e linguistica romanza alls Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Dal 2014 al 2018 ha diretto l'Istituto CNR Opera del Vocabolario Italiano, e dal 2023 coordina il dottorato in Filologia romanza e italiana digitale. Il suo lavoro si concentra sulla poesia italiana medievale, i volgarizzamenti, il romanzo arturiano, la Bibbia in volgare e le digital humanities. Ha pubblicato numerose edizioni, tra cui quelle dei sonetti di Guittone d'Arezzo e del Ciclo di Guiron le Courtois. È socio dell'Accademia della Crusca, direttore di riviste e collane editoriali, membro di comitati scientifici, e rappresenta l'Italia in DARIAH-ERIC. È anche presidente della Sezione Italiana dell'International Arthurian Association. Please register here   Originally published at italianstudies.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. 

REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE A CAMPUS TRADITION CONTINUES! Sonnetfest returns to celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday! Join us on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 for a marathon reading of all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, featuring a wide range of local, national, and international personalities. WE NEED YOU TO READ!Click here to choose your time slot! Check out this gallery of photos from Sonnetfest 2024, featuring The Sonnet Man, Devon Glover:Originally published at shakespeare.nd.edu.

Notre Dame’s three jazz ensembles present a delightful varied program. The event will honor the senior members for their dedication to the program as collegiate musicians. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.