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Monday, November 3, 2025
- 12:00 PM1hWebinar: “Is Empathy a Threat?”Register here Jennifer Szalai recently published a piece in the New York Times about several recent books that view empathy negatively. We will have a conversation with her about these books and the role of empathy in this cultural moment. Virtues & Vocations is a social movement committed to individual and communal flourishing through the cultivation of character across the professions. This aspirational, cross professional learning community understands thriving professions are the backbone of thriving societies and knows professional excellence requires both competence and character. Originally listed at socialconcerns.nd.edu/.
- 12:00 PM1hWebinar: “Is Empathy a Threat?”Register here Jennifer Szalai recently published a piece in the New York Times about several recent books that view empathy negatively. We will have a conversation with her about these books and the role of empathy in this cultural moment. Virtues & Vocations is a social movement committed to individual and communal flourishing through the cultivation of character across the professions. This aspirational, cross professional learning community understands thriving professions are the backbone of thriving societies and knows professional excellence requires both competence and character. Originally listed at socialconcerns.nd.edu/.
- 12:00 PM1hWebinar: “Is Empathy a Threat?”Register here Jennifer Szalai recently published a piece in the New York Times about several recent books that view empathy negatively. We will have a conversation with her about these books and the role of empathy in this cultural moment. Virtues & Vocations is a social movement committed to individual and communal flourishing through the cultivation of character across the professions. This aspirational, cross professional learning community understands thriving professions are the backbone of thriving societies and knows professional excellence requires both competence and character. Originally listed at socialconcerns.nd.edu/.
- 12:00 PM1hWebinar: “Is Empathy a Threat?”Register here Jennifer Szalai recently published a piece in the New York Times about several recent books that view empathy negatively. We will have a conversation with her about these books and the role of empathy in this cultural moment. Virtues & Vocations is a social movement committed to individual and communal flourishing through the cultivation of character across the professions. This aspirational, cross professional learning community understands thriving professions are the backbone of thriving societies and knows professional excellence requires both competence and character. Originally listed at socialconcerns.nd.edu/.
- 5:00 PM1h 30mCultivating Hope and Climate Action: A Conversation with Eamon Ryan and Arun AgrawalPlease join the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, and the Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative for a public conversation with Eamon Ryan, former Green Party Leader (2011-2024) and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (2020-2025). Ryan will be joined in conversation by Prof. Arun Agrawal, Inaugural Director of the Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative and Pulte Family Professor of Development Policy. About the conversation We are in the middle of what has been described as the vital decade to stop runaway climate change. While there are positive signs in the scaling up of renewable power across the world, the reality is that global emissions continue to rise. The issue of climate change has become a contentious and divisive one. Politicians know what needs to be done to address the issue but are not sure how they can be reelected while making the necessary changes. What are the stories and political strategies that can see us raising both hope and climate ambition. What lessons can be learnt from Ireland? About Eamon RyanEamon Ryan was Minister for the Environment in the Irish Government from 2020 to 2025 and leader of the Green Party in Ireland from 2011 to 2024. He stepped back from elected politics in January this year and is currently serving as Chair of the European Affordable Housing Advisory Board. He is a high-level advocate for the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a UN affiliated agency looking to tackle short lived climate pollutants. He lives in Dublin with his wife, the writer Victoria White, and their four adult children. This event is hosted in partnership with Notre Dame's Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative, a University-wide effort to build a sustainable future where people and nature flourish together. Part of the 2025-26 Notre Dame Forum Series: Cultivating Hope. Originally published at irishstudies.nd.edu.
- 5:15 PM1hDía de los Muertos CelebrationJoin the School of Architecture in celebrating Día de los Muertos. Together we will honor the loved ones featured on this year's ofrenda, as we celebrate the lives and memories of those who have passed. Everyone is welcome to join this vibrant celebration!Junbuggies Tacos La Rosita Paletas Candy bags Mask decoratingOriginally published at architecture.nd.edu.
- 5:15 PM1hDía de los Muertos CelebrationJoin the School of Architecture in celebrating Día de los Muertos. Together we will honor the loved ones featured on this year's ofrenda, as we celebrate the lives and memories of those who have passed. Everyone is welcome to join this vibrant celebration!Junbuggies Tacos La Rosita Paletas Candy bags Mask decoratingOriginally published at architecture.nd.edu.
- 5:15 PM1hDía de los Muertos CelebrationJoin the School of Architecture in celebrating Día de los Muertos. Together we will honor the loved ones featured on this year's ofrenda, as we celebrate the lives and memories of those who have passed. Everyone is welcome to join this vibrant celebration!Junbuggies Tacos La Rosita Paletas Candy bags Mask decoratingOriginally published at architecture.nd.edu.
- 7:30 PM1h 30mStaged Reading of "Rear Symphony"A staged reading of Rear Symphony by Daryna Gladun (ND MFA '26).This reading is part of Peter Holland and Romana Huk’s course, Drama and Poetry in Ukraine at War: Representations of Injustice and Resilience in Ukraine, 2014-2024.Set in Atomohrad, Ukraine, Rear Symphony explores the lives of four Ukrainians seeking to survive the war. Gladun wrote this powerful play in a Spring 2025 Playwriting course.The staged reading of this one-act play, directed by Susan E. Bowen, a Chicago-based director, will be followed by a conversation with Gladun, moderated by Kellogg Faculty Fellow Anne García Romero.The cast includes five remarkable Chicago actors:Olga, 30s, widowed mother: Lucy CarapetyanKateryna, 40s, displaced person: Mary WilliamsonValera, 40s, displaced person: Sam PearsonSlava, 60s, widower: Jonathan WeirStage Directions: Timothy Merkle (FTT '23)The reading is co-sponsored by the McMeel Family Endowment, and at Notre Dame by the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.
- 7:30 PM1h 30mStaged Reading of "Rear Symphony"A staged reading of Rear Symphony by Daryna Gladun (ND MFA '26).This reading is part of Peter Holland and Romana Huk’s course, Drama and Poetry in Ukraine at War: Representations of Injustice and Resilience in Ukraine, 2014-2024.Set in Atomohrad, Ukraine, Rear Symphony explores the lives of four Ukrainians seeking to survive the war. Gladun wrote this powerful play in a Spring 2025 Playwriting course.The staged reading of this one-act play, directed by Susan E. Bowen, a Chicago-based director, will be followed by a conversation with Gladun, moderated by Kellogg Faculty Fellow Anne García Romero.The cast includes five remarkable Chicago actors:Olga, 30s, widowed mother: Lucy CarapetyanKateryna, 40s, displaced person: Mary WilliamsonValera, 40s, displaced person: Sam PearsonSlava, 60s, widower: Jonathan WeirStage Directions: Timothy Merkle (FTT '23)The reading is co-sponsored by the McMeel Family Endowment, and at Notre Dame by the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.
- 7:30 PM1h 30mStaged Reading of "Rear Symphony"A staged reading of Rear Symphony by Daryna Gladun (ND MFA '26).This reading is part of Peter Holland and Romana Huk’s course, Drama and Poetry in Ukraine at War: Representations of Injustice and Resilience in Ukraine, 2014-2024.Set in Atomohrad, Ukraine, Rear Symphony explores the lives of four Ukrainians seeking to survive the war. Gladun wrote this powerful play in a Spring 2025 Playwriting course.The staged reading of this one-act play, directed by Susan E. Bowen, a Chicago-based director, will be followed by a conversation with Gladun, moderated by Kellogg Faculty Fellow Anne García Romero.The cast includes five remarkable Chicago actors:Olga, 30s, widowed mother: Lucy CarapetyanKateryna, 40s, displaced person: Mary WilliamsonValera, 40s, displaced person: Sam PearsonSlava, 60s, widower: Jonathan WeirStage Directions: Timothy Merkle (FTT '23)The reading is co-sponsored by the McMeel Family Endowment, and at Notre Dame by the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.
- 7:30 PM1h 30mStaged Reading of "Rear Symphony"A staged reading of Rear Symphony by Daryna Gladun (ND MFA '26).This reading is part of Peter Holland and Romana Huk’s course, Drama and Poetry in Ukraine at War: Representations of Injustice and Resilience in Ukraine, 2014-2024.Set in Atomohrad, Ukraine, Rear Symphony explores the lives of four Ukrainians seeking to survive the war. Gladun wrote this powerful play in a Spring 2025 Playwriting course.The staged reading of this one-act play, directed by Susan E. Bowen, a Chicago-based director, will be followed by a conversation with Gladun, moderated by Kellogg Faculty Fellow Anne García Romero.The cast includes five remarkable Chicago actors:Olga, 30s, widowed mother: Lucy CarapetyanKateryna, 40s, displaced person: Mary WilliamsonValera, 40s, displaced person: Sam PearsonSlava, 60s, widower: Jonathan WeirStage Directions: Timothy Merkle (FTT '23)The reading is co-sponsored by the McMeel Family Endowment, and at Notre Dame by the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.
- 7:30 PM1h 30mStaged Reading of "Rear Symphony"A staged reading of Rear Symphony by Daryna Gladun (ND MFA '26).This reading is part of Peter Holland and Romana Huk’s course, Drama and Poetry in Ukraine at War: Representations of Injustice and Resilience in Ukraine, 2014-2024.Set in Atomohrad, Ukraine, Rear Symphony explores the lives of four Ukrainians seeking to survive the war. Gladun wrote this powerful play in a Spring 2025 Playwriting course.The staged reading of this one-act play, directed by Susan E. Bowen, a Chicago-based director, will be followed by a conversation with Gladun, moderated by Kellogg Faculty Fellow Anne García Romero.The cast includes five remarkable Chicago actors:Olga, 30s, widowed mother: Lucy CarapetyanKateryna, 40s, displaced person: Mary WilliamsonValera, 40s, displaced person: Sam PearsonSlava, 60s, widower: Jonathan WeirStage Directions: Timothy Merkle (FTT '23)The reading is co-sponsored by the McMeel Family Endowment, and at Notre Dame by the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.