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.

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.

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.

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 diversity.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.