We are thrilled to host our annual Notre Dame Press Book Festival and Dirty Book Sale on Notre Dame’s campus as part of University Press Week! This year, the festival will include incredible in-person deals, several book events, many giveaways, and a chance to find a special Golden Ticket to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the University of Notre Dame Press! The Festival and all its events are free and open to the public. 2024 Book Festival EventsFighting Irish Football: Photographs from the ArchivesDate: November 12Time: 5:00pmLocation: Hesburgh Library Scholars LoungeThis in-person event features Notre Dame Press authors Charles Lamb and Elizabeth Hogan sharing a behind-the-scenes look at their recent book on the photography of Notre Dame football throughout the program’s history. “No Breaking Point”: The Legacy of AraDate: November 13Time: 5:00pmLocation: Hesburgh Library Scholars LoungeSponsor: Cushwa Center for the Study of American CatholicismThis capstone event features Notre Dame Press author and authorized biographer Mark O. Hubbard as he explores the life and character of Head Football Coach Ara Parseghian, sharing insights from Ara’s personal files and stories from his family.

Meet and speak with curators Gregory Bond and Elizabeth Hogan about their exhibit, Notre Dame Football Kills Prejudice: Citizenship and Faith in 1924. Remarks will begin at 3:15pm. About the Exhibit “Notre Dame football is a new crusade: it kills prejudice and stimulates faith.” — Rev. John F. O’Hara, C.S.C., Prefect of Religion, Religious Bulletin, November 17, 1924 The 1924 undefeated University of Notre Dame football team beat the best opponents from all regions of the country and won the Rose Bowl to claim a consensus national championship. Off the field, Notre Dame battled an intense reactionary nativist political environment that, in its most extreme manifestation, birthed the second version of the Ku Klux Klan. The “100% Americanism” political movement of the Klan and of fellow nativist sympathizers celebrated white, male, Protestant citizenship and denigrated or attacked groups—including Catholics and immigrants—who challenged their restrictive understanding of American identity. The “Fighting Irish” football success, cemented in national memory by Grantland Rice’s “Four Horsemen” column, came during this dangerous and divisive political moment. Notre Dame leaders responded by consciously harnessing the unprecedented popularity and visibility of the 1924 national champion football team to refute surging reactionary nativism and to promote—within the very real political constraints of the era—a more inclusive and welcoming standard of citizenship. This exhibit is curated by Gregory Bond, curator of the Joyce Sports Research Collection, and Elizabeth Hogan, senior archivist for photographs and graphic materials. 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.

Join us for GIS Day at Notre Dame — a symposium that combines workshops, presentations, and more to demonstrate the power of geospatial technologies. GIS Day Schedule “What in the World is GIS?” 12:00pm – 1:00pm Presenter: Matthew Sisk, Professor of the Practice, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society GIS is a system of hardware and software for the storage, retrieval, mapping, and analysis of geographic data. It provides a system for organizing spatial and related information into a single analytical framework and is used in various academic and industry settings for understanding spatial relationships. This workshop will address the question, "What is GIS?", provide examples, and present an overview of campus GIS resources. “Getting Started with ArcGIS Online” 1:00pm – 2:00pm Presenter: Jacob Swisher, Graduate Student, Department of History Learn how to make maps using ArcGIS Online and incorporate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into your research. This workshop provides an introduction to basic tools and workflows in ESRI’s ArcGIS Online platform. ArcGIS Online is a browser-based GIS platform that allows users to create, visualize, and manipulate spatial data. Whether you are interested in working with larger datasets or creating maps to add to a class project or senior thesis, ArcGIS Online offers an excellent workspace for researchers who are beginning to work with GIS. Experienced GIS users may also find ArcGIS Online to be a useful space for hosting data for collaborative projects and communicating research findings to public audiences. This workshop is designed with the novice GIS user in mind. After participating in this workshop, you will be able to:Gather, manage, and display spatial data in ArcGIS Online. Use the filters tool to answer questions with spatial data. Create data visualizations using the styles tool.PLEASE NOTE:If you do not already have access to the campus GIS network, you will receive an invitation before the workshop. Please follow the email instructions to activate your account prior to the workshop. Participants are expected to bring a computer to the session.Break 2:00pm – 2:15pm Lightning Talks 2:15pm – 3:30pm Tyler Wolford, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medieval Institute“Paper Walls: GIS and the Byzantine Boundary Description (Periorismos)” Liang Cai, Associate Professor, Department of History“Geographic Mobility of Elites: Identity Construction Before Qin's Unification of China (ca. 390-221 BCE)” Daniel Tadmon, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology“Limits to Helping in a Helping Profession: The Spatial-Social Context of Psychiatrist Opt-Out from Public Insurance” Katie Walden, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of American StudiesJake Swisher, Graduate Student, Department of History“Placing History” Hannah R. Spero, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth SciencesAman Tejaswi, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth SciencesAndrew B. Kennedy, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth SciencesJoannes Westerink, Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor of Computational Engineering and Science“Reconstructing Boulder Transport on Rocky Coastlines Using GIS Tools and Field Data: A Case Study on Inishmaan, Ireland” GIS Day Reception 3:30pm – 4:00pm Join us for GIS Day treats and coffee.