This exhibit commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (1939-45) using primarily European visual sources recently acquired by Rare Books & Special Collections. It showcases more than 40 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. Related Events Monday, March 31, 4:30 pmLecture: Martina Cucchiara, “Fervent Faith, Relentless Persecution: The Daily Life of Erna Becker-Kohen, a Catholic of Jewish Descent in Nazi Germany” Thursday, April 10, 4:30 pmLecture: Robert M. Citino, "The Fascist Lair: the Battle of Berlin" Tuesday, April 22, 4:30 pmYom HaShoah Program to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust Exhibit Tours Meet and speak with curators of the spring exhibit, "Tragedies of War: Images of WWII in Print Visual Culture." Monday, March 31, 3:30 pmThursday, April 10, 3:30 pmTuesday, April 22, 3:30 pm

In 1980, the University of Notre Dame became the first major university to boycott Campbell Soup products in support of Midwestern farmworkers represented by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (Toledo, Ohio). In a few short months, a small and dedicated cohort of students tapped into a growing movement and convinced the campus to act in solidarity. This exhibit was created in conjunction with Somos ND, a campus-wide initiative to honor the history and legacy of Latino and Hispanic contributions to the University. It is curated by Emiliano Aguilar, assistant professor in the Department of History. 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, the public, alumni, and friends  

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.

Earn a free T-shirt and tie-dye it after testing your knowledge about the effects of marijuana. *Limited to 150 shirts (Originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 2.) Originally published at mcwell.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.

A hardworking Maltese fisherman, Jesmark is faced with an agonizing choice. He can repair his leaky luzzu — a traditional, multicolored wooden fishing boat — in the hopes of eking out a meager living at sea for his wife and newborn son, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Or he can decommission it in exchange for an EU payout and cast his lot with a sinister black-market operation that is decimating the Mediterranean fish population and the livelihoods of the local families who depend on it. Luzzu won a Sundance Jury Prize for its nonprofessional lead actor Jesmark Scicluna, a real-life Maltese fisherman, and heralds the arrival of writer-director-editor Alex Camilleri. His gripping film operates in the neorealist tradition of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rosselini, and the Dardenne brothers and calls to mind the socially engaged cinema of Ken Loach and the film’s producer Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart).   Get TicketsThis is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show. In the event of a sell-out, unclaimed tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.