Mary Gallagher, Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs"Contagious Capitalism Revisited: Labor, Law, and Justice in China" The Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture Series invites top scholars who examine the theme of justice in relation to Asia and with awareness of Asian cultures and traditions. The series is part of the Liu Institute’s organizing theme of “Justice and Asia” that examines and supports thematic work from a range of perspectives, projects, disciplines, and collaborations. This year, Mary Gallagher, the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs, will present, "Contagious Capitalism Revisited: Labor, Law, and Justice in China." The lecture title is derived from her book “Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China” (Princeton, 2005). A political scientist and top scholar of contemporary China, Gallagher examines Chinese domestic politics, political economy, and industrial relations. Before joining Notre Dame in 2024, Gallagher directed the International Institute at the University of Michigan where she was also the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Chair in Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights. Her international experience includes teaching at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing and visiting professorships at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai and at the KoGuan School of Law at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Gallagher has received multiple honors for her research, including two Fulbright awards and grants from the National Science Foundation and the Luce Foundation. She also serves as a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and a consultant for the World Bank, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Labor and many other nongovernmental and international organizations. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. Originally published at asia.nd.edu.

“Vocation as a Principle of Natural Law: A Book Launch and Discussion of Ethics, Politics and Natural Law." Melissa Moschella serves as a Professor of the Practice at the McGrath Institute. We hope you will join us to celebrate the launch of her newest book, published through University of Notre Dame Press. This event will include comments from Danial Philpott and David Cloutier. Originally published at mcgrath.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. Theodore Cachey from the University of Notre Dame: Automappature dantesche: da ‘Voi che ‘ntendendo’ a Paradiso 8” (Dantean Mappings: From ‘Voi che ‘ntendendo’ to Paradiso 8)   Unico tra i poeti del suo tempo, Dante sviluppò la sua identità poetica all'interno di una cornice cosmica. C'è una profonda analogia e corrispondenza tra l'esperienza bio-spaziale della sua vita e il cosmo che il poeta costruisce nella sua letteratura sia in termini celesti che terrestri. Detto in termini più semplici, dovrebbe essere possibile seguire l’emergere e lo sviluppo del tema cosmologico, del cosmo di Dante, lungo l’intero percorso della sua vita e delle sue opere, come una sorta di barometro del continuo bisogno di Dante di stabilire e mantenere il suo “luogo” nel mondo. Questo è ciò che si intende per “auto-mappatura” nel titolo. Theodore J. Cachey Jr. è professore ordinario di letteratura italiana all’università di Notre Dame e direttore del Centro di Italian Studies e del William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies a Notre Dame. La sua ricerca verte su Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio, la storia della lingua italiana, la letteratura di viaggio e i rapporti tra cartografia e letteratura. Ha pubblicato e curato numerosi libri, tra cui Le isole fortunate (1995), Petrarch’s Guide to the Holy Land (2002), Petrarch and Dante (2009) e Dante’s Other Works (2022). I suoi saggi sono apparsi in riviste come Italianistica, Critica del Testo, e Annali d’italianistica. Please register here Originally published at italianstudies.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.

The Cushwa Center 50th anniversary conference will convene April 10–12, 2025, at the University of Notre Dame to explore Catholic modernity as a global reality shaped by the Church’s former peripheries—not least South and North America. Conference sessions are free and open to all, but participants must register in order to join in conference meals. Learn more and registerImage: Indigenous women and children in front of the mission church of Santa Teresita de Kavanayén in Venezuela’s Gran Sabana, c. 1955. Pictorial Parade via Getty Images. Originally published at cushwa.nd.edu.

Register to attend via Zoom here The recent drastic restructuring of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the overtaking of the offices by DOGE, have brought to the forefront the way the current administration actions have undercut peacebuilding efforts locally and globally. This flash panel, including George A. Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, Lisa Schirch, the Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, Elizabeth (Liz) Hume, executive director, Alliance for Peacebuilding, and Kroc Institute Advisory Board member, Angela Lederach (Ph.D. '19), assistant professor of peace studies at Chapman University, and others will discuss the history and significance of USIP for peacebuilding around the world, including the work of the Kroc Institute. The panel will also consider the consequences these actions have on the broader policies of peacebuilding globally. Background: The USIP is an independent, nonprofit, national institution tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide. It provides research, analysis, and training to individuals in diplomacy, mediation, and other peace-building measures. Following years of proposals for a national peace academy, the USIP was established in 1984 by congressional legislation signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame and a national voice for civil and human rights, served as a member of the board of directors of USIP from 1991-2000 and as co-chairman of the USIP Building Campaign. At the groundbreaking ceremony, Hesburgh said, “Amidst all these reliquaries of wars, we are going to commit a temple of peace.” A hall was named in honor of Father Hesburgh to house the Institute's Religion and Peacemaking Center. The USIP is officially nonpartisan and independent, receiving funding only through a congressional appropriation to prevent outside influence. The Institute is governed by a bipartisan board of directors with 15 members, which must include the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, and the president of the National Defense University. The remaining 12 members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.   Register to attend via Zoom here Photo: The U.S. Institute of Peace's headquarters. Credit: (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.