This event is part of the Kroc Institute’s series on intersectionality and justice as a beneficial framework and methodology paired with peace studies. The series is led by Ashley Bohrer, assistant professor of gender and peace studies, and features a variety of guest presenters who address the potential of intersectional analysis to transform timely global conversations and issues. Since the new millennium, Rwanda has been celebrated as a prosperous country with the highest number of women (61% in 2018) in its Parliament. Yet, President Paul Kagame has been winning Rwandan elections since 2003, and in 2024 was elected to a fourth term with 99.15% vote. Led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), the government has been criticized as an authoritarian state for its repression of political dissidents. Dr. Xianan Jin, lecturer in politics at the University of Exeter, will discuss her book project, "Selective Capital in Women’s Political Participation: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Rwanda," which investigates the paradox between liberal political inclusion of women and oppressive state control. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

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.