Fall 2008
August 18-October 10 – Galería América, McKenna Hall
The Idea of Black Culture: Afro-Latino/as and the Americas (Gallery Exhibition)
This exhibition reflects Latino/a-African heritage in the Americas. These thought-provoking images will hopefully create a dialogue between the members of the Notre Dame community, allowing for a better understanding of the subject.
Gallery open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
August 29 – 11:30 am – G-20 Flanner Hall
Curtis Evans, University of Chicago Divinity School
The Problem of the ‘Black Church’ (Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion)
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion & Society
September 3 – 7:00 pm – 101 DeBartolo Hall
David O’Brien, ’60 Professor Emeritus, College of the Holy Cross
Faithful Citizenship and the Catholic Tradition
Sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns
September 9 – 4:00 pm – 119 O’Shaughnessy Hall
Anna Moï, Vietnamese Francophone writer
Immigration and “World-Literature” in Contemporary France
Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies
September 9 – 5:00 pm – McKenna Hall Auditorium
Hortense Spillers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English, Vanderbilt University
The Idea of Black Culture
Sponsored by the Provost’s Distinguished Women’s Lecturer Series, Department of English, Department of Africana Studies, Department of American Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, Institute for Latino Studies, the Undergraduate Intellectual Life Initiative, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, Ph.D. in Literature Program, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, First Year of Studies, the Graduate School, and the Dean’s Office for the College of Arts & Letters
September 9 – 7:00 pm – 141 DeBartolo Hall
2008 JOHN A. BERGES LECTURE SERIES
Mark McCready, Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Gerard Pannekoek, Management Department and former CEO of the Chicago Climate Exchange; and Patrick E. Murphy, Co-Director, Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
Climate Change: Technical, Business and Ethical Implications
Sponsored by the Center for Ethics & Religious Values in Business and the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
September 10 – 4:00 pm – Annenberg Auditorium, Snite Museum of Art
Richard Hunt, Public Artist and Sculptor
Douglas Bradley, Curator, Arts of the Americas, Africa and Oceania
The Idea of Black Culture: Blacks, Art and the Americas
Artist’s Talk and Gallery Walk
Sponsored by the Provost’s Distinguished Women’s Lecturer Series, Department of English, Department of Africana Studies, Department of American Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, Institute for Latino Studies, the Undergraduate Intellectual Life Initiative, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, Ph.D. in Literature Program, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, First Year of Studies, the Graduate School, and the Dean’s Office for the College of Arts & Letters
September 11 – 6:30 & 9:30 pm – Browning Cinema, DPAC
FILM SERIES: Contemporary European Animations
The film series for this year will focus on the distinct and sometimes eccentric scope of Contemporary European Animation. This evening will feature an overview of European animation by Faculty Fellow Don Crafton as well as the nominees for Best Short Animated Film from the 80th Academy Awards.
Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies
September 15 – 7:00 pm – Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business
2008 JOHN A. BERGES LECTURE SERIES
Robert Nyhuis, Senior Program Manager, Herman Miller, Inc.
Values and Decision Making
Sponsored by the Center for Ethics & Religious Values in Business and the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
September 15-November 14 – Crossroads Gallery
Nicaragua (Gallery Exhibition)
In this collection of images Grant Ramsey reveals the beauty and rich humanity of daily life in post-revolutionary Nicaragua. A self-trained photographer and Notre Dame professor who has traveled extensively in Nicaragua, Ramsey offers a body of work that pulses with an inner rhythm and emotional vitality.
Crossroads Gallery, 217 South Michigan Street, South Bend, IN 46601, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
September 16 – 12:30 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Christopher Mitchell, professor emeritus, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
Landon Hancock, assistant professor, Center for Applied Conflict Management and Political Science Department, Kent State University
Seeking Sanctuary: Lessons from Zones of Peace
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
September 18 – 12:30 pm – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
John Prendergast, human rights activist and author
How We Can End the Genocide in Sudan
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
September 18 – 7:00 pm – Browning Cinema, DPAC
Darfur Now
John Prendergast will be present to answer questions after the film. (Free but ticketed event—call the DPAC Ticket Office at 574-631-2800 to reserve tickets.)
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
September 20 – 9:00 am-12:00 pm – McKenna Hall
The Religious History of American Religion: Reimagining the Past
The Cushwa Center Seminar in American Religion presents Catherine Am Brekus, editor, with contributing authors Anthea Butler and Kristy Nabhan-Warren with commentator Thomas Tweed, University of Texas at Austin.
Sponsored by the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
September 21 – 2:00-4:00 pm – Snite Museum of Art
Public Reception for Fall Special Exhibitions:
Arc of the Curve and Paths & Edges: Prints by Richard Serra
Images from the Era of the French Revolution
Maxim Kantor: Selections from the Wasteland and Metropolis Print Suites
Gallery talks will begin at 3:00 pm:
Vittorio Hosle, Maxim Kantor, 3:00-3:15
Diana Matthias, French Revolution, 3:15-3:30
Julia Douthwaite, French Revolution, 3:30-3:45
Leslie Walker, French Revolution, 3:45-4:00
Chuck Loving, Serra Prints, 4:00-4:10
The reception and gallery talks are free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Snite Museum of Art
September 23 – 12:30 pm – Hesburgh Center
Jeff Bergstrand, Professor of Finance and Kellogg Fellow
The Growth of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade and the Role of “Outsourcing”
Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies
September 23 – 4:15 pm – Hesburgh Center
MIGRANTS WORKING GROUP
Sam Quinones, Journalist and Author
Antonio’s Gun
Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies
September 23 – 4:15 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
BOOK LAUNCH: Peace: A History of Movements & Ideas
David Cortright, author
Commentators: Janne Nolan, professor of international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; John Darby, professor of comparative ethnic studies at the Kroc Institute
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
September 23 – 5:00 pm – Coleman Morse Lounge
PIZZA, POP, AND POLITICS: The Economy
Speakers include:
Jennifer Warlick, Dept. of Economics and Policy Studies—Expertise in Poverty
Rich Williams, Department of Sociology—Expertise in Housing
Other faculty speakers to be confirmed.
Sponsored by NDVotes ’08 of the Center for Social Concerns, the Department of Economics and Policy Studies, and the Washington Program
September 23 – 8:00 pm – 155 DeBartolo Hall
CATHOLIC CULTURE SERIES
Wit’s Way to Wisdom: Four Catholic Satirists
Rev. Paul Mankowski, S.J., the Pontifical Biblical Institute
Evelyn Waugh
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
September 23-26 – 7:30 pm – Philbin Studio Theatre, DPAC
Spurt of Blood (Jet de Sang) by Antonin Artaud
Directed by Mark Pilkinton in a new translation by Krysta Dennis; Theatrical concept by Jacqueline Dineen and Mark Pilkinton
Produced for the first time 40 years after it was written in the mid 1920s, many regard Spurt of Blood as surrealistic proto-Absurdist theatre that is completely unstageable. This fantastical drama provides a glimpse into the mind of a theatrical genius and certified madman who was a major force in theatre theory in the second half of the twentieth century. In a new translation by ND alumna Krysta Dennis and under the tutelage of a faculty director, this experimental studio production at Notre Dame brings together for the first time a company of Film, Television, and Theatre majors, all of whom have studied Artaud on the page, who want to attempt to make sense of the man and his work on the stage.
Program Notes: This production is for mature audiences and contains language and situations some may find offensive.
Tickets: $12, $10 faculty/staff, $10 seniors, and $5 all students. Purchase tickets at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center by calling 631-2800 or online at performingarts.nd.edu.
Sponsored by the Department of Film, Television and Theatre
September 25 – 4:00 pm – Hesburgh Center
Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, Oxford University
The Bottom Billion: Can We Make a Difference?
Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies
September 26 – 11:00 am – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
THE JOHN HOWARD YODER DIALOGUES ON NONVIOLENCE, RELIGION & PEACE
Forgiveness & Apology: The Amish, Yoder and Peacebuilding
Donald B. Kraybill, Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow, Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College (PA) and author of the book Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
September 26 – 3:00 pm – Eck Visitors Center Auditorium
THE CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION PLANTINGA FELLOW LECTURE
John E. Hare, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, The Divinity School, Yale University
Divine Command Theory: Some Reflections on the Contemporary Situation
Sponsored by the Center for the Philosophy of Religion
September 28 – 2:30 pm – Philbin Studio Theatre, DPAC
Spurt of Blood (Jet de Sang) by Antonin Artaud
Directed by Mark Pilkinton in a new translation by Krysta Dennis; Theatrical concept by Jacqueline Dineen and Mark Pilkinton
Produced for the first time 40 years after it was written in the mid 1920s, many regard Spurt of Blood as surrealistic proto-Absurdist theatre that is completely unstageable. This fantastical drama provides a glimpse into the mind of a theatrical genius and certified madman who was a major force in theatre theory in the second half of the twentieth century. In a new translation by ND alumna Krysta Dennis and under the tutelage of a faculty director, this experimental studio production at Notre Dame brings together for the first time a company of Film, Television, and Theatre majors, all of whom have studied Artaud on the page, who want to attempt to make sense of the man and his work on the stage.
Program Notes: This production is for mature audiences and contains language and situations some may find offensive.
Tickets: $12, $10 faculty/staff, $10 seniors, and $5 all students. Purchase tickets at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center by calling 631-2800 or online at performingarts.nd.edu.
Sponsored by the Department of Film, Television and Theatre
September 29 – 12:00 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Nahla Valji, Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Cape Town, South Africa
Women & Conflict: Does Transitional Justice Have a Gender?
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
September 29 – 4:30 pm – 129 DeBartolo Hall
Mario Mauro, Vice President of European Parliament
The God of Europe: Christian Roots and the Future of Europe
Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies
September 30 – 4:15 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Kroc Institute Fellow
The Power of International Law for Peace
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
September 30 – 8:00 pm – 155 DeBartolo Hall
CATHOLIC CULTURE SERIES
Wit’s Way to Wisdom: Four Catholic Satirists
Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame
Baron Corvo
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
October 2 – 7:00 pm – Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business
2008 JOHN A. BERGES LECTURE SERIES
Cathie Black, President of Hearst Magazines and author of Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life)
Seeking Balance in Life
Sponsored by the Center for Ethics & Religious Values in Business and the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
October 3 – 3:00 pm – 220 Malloy Hall
PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM
Mark Murphy, Georgetown University
Defect and Deviance in Natural Law Jurisprudence
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy
October 6 – 12:30 pm – 1125 Flanner Hall
Christoph Lumer, University of Siena (Italy)
Prioritarianism: A Specification and a Justification
Sponsored by the David E. Gallo Chair in Business Ethics and the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
October 6 – 3:00 pm – Eck Visitors’ Center Auditorium
PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM
Jean-Luc Marion, University of Sorbonne
The Phenomenological Origin of the Concept of Givenness: Heidegger, Husserl, Meinong and Some Others
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy
October 6 – 7:00 pm – Room 145, Spes Unica Hall, Saint Mary’s College
Mary Catherine Sommers, Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas
Women’s Courage: A Thomistic Perspective on Andromache, Joan of Arc, and Rosie the Riveter
Sponsored by the Edna & George McMahon Aquinas Chair in Philosophy
October 6 – 7:00 pm – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Gwynne Dyer, journalist, broadcaster and historian of international affairs
After Iraq
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
October 7 – 1:15 pm – UN Headquarters, Conference Room 3, New York, NY
Peacebuilding: A Role for Religion
At a time when the UN is giving new attention to peacebuilding, including the role of religion in promoting reconciliation, this panel will consider the spectrum of peacebuilding initiatives of the Catholic Church around the world and lessons learned from its peacebuilding work, especially in the Great Lakes region of Africa. The panel will also consider what a Catholic perspective can contribute to the wider discussion of religion and peacebuilding at the UN.
Participants include: Gerard Powers, Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame; John Katunga, Regional Technical Advisor for Peacebuilding, East Africa Region, Catholic Relief Services; Maryann Cusimano Love, Associate Professor of International Politics, The Catholic University of America.
The panel will be moderated by Ambassador Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations.
Sponsored by Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
October 7 – 5:00 pm – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
NDVOTES ’08 PIZZA, POP, AND POLITICS: Foreign Policy and National Security
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law; Michael Desch, Professor of Political Science; and Joseph Bock, Director of External Relations at the Kroc Institute
Sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
October 7 – 8:00 pm – 155 DeBartolo Hall
CATHOLIC CULTURE SERIES
Wit’s Way to Wisdom: Four Catholic Satirists
Rev. Marvin O’Connell, University of Notre Dame
Hilaire Belloc
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
October 9 – 7:00 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Jamie Williamson, Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Bernard Barrett, U.S. spokesperson for the ICRC
Humanity in the Midst of War: The Work of the Red Cross
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Center for Civil & Human Rights, and the International Committee of the Red Cross
October 10 – 11:45 am – Grace Lower Level
John Green, University of Akron
Gauging the God Gap: Why Worship Attendance Matters at the Ballot Box
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and Society
October 13 – 4:00 pm – 208 McKenna Hall
FALL 2008 ND INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES
Antonio Turok, Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies
An Imaginary Visual Retrospective Look at Immigration
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
October 13 – 4:30 pm – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
John Guillory, Silver Professor of English, New York University
Reading for a Living: On the Difference Between Lay & Professional Reading
Sponsored by the Department of English
October 13 – 5:00-7:00 pm – Galería América, McKenna Hall
GALLERY EXHIBITION OPENING: 35 Years of Photography
Exhibition runs October 13, 2008 to January 9, 2009. Open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Antonio Turok is an internationally known documentary photographer who has worked in Central America, Mexico, and the United States for the last thirty-five years, covering the human condition of the people of Mexico.
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
October 13 – 5:00 – 210-214 McKenna Hall
Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy and Culture, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Culture, Language, Learning and the Challenges of the 21st Century
Sponsored by the Education, Schooling, and Society Minor; the Institute for Latino Studies; the Nanovic Institute for European Studies; and the Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership at Saint Mary’s College
October 14 – 4:15 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Desirée Nilsson, assistant professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Sweden and Kroc Institute Visiting Fellow
Peace That Lasts: Civil Society in Peace Accords
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
October 14 – 8:00 pm – 155 DeBartolo Hall
CATHOLIC CULTURE SERIES
Wit’s Way to Wisdom: Four Catholic Satirists
Joseph Pearce, Ave Maria University
Oscar Wilde
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
October 15 – 4:30 pm – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
HIGGINS LABOR RESEARCH CENTER FILM SERIES
Made in L.A. (Hecho en Los Angeles) (2007, 70 min.) Directed by Almudena Carracedo (in Spanish and English with bilingual subtitles)
Facilitator: Karen Richman, Director of Border and Inter-American Affairs, Institute for Latino Studies
Made in L.A. follows three Latina garment workers through a groundbreaking lawsuit and consumer boycott, as they fight to establish an important legal and moral precedent: American retailers should be liable for the labor conditions under which their products are manufactured. Made in L.A. provides an insider’s view into the struggles of recent immigrants and the organizing process itself: the enthusiasm, discouragement, hard-won victories, and ultimate self-empowerment. As director Carracedo concludes: these women struggle, “each of them, in her own way, to stand up and say: ‘I exist. I have right.’”
Sponsored by the Higgins Labor Research Center and the Institute for Latino Studies
October 16 – 12:30 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Christopher Mitchell, emeritus professor of conflict research, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University
Landon Hancock, assistant professor, Center for Applied Conflict Management and Political Science Department, Kent State University
Seeking Sanctuary: Lessons from Zones of Peace
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
October 28 – 4:15 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
BOOK LAUNCH: Social Movements for Global Democracy
Jackie Smith, author
Commentators: John Markoff, university professor of sociology, history, and political science at the University of Pittsburgh; David Cortright, Kroc Institute research fellow and president of the Fourth Freedom Forum
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
October 28 – 8:00 pm – 155 DeBartolo Hall
CATHOLIC CULTURE SERIES
Wit’s Way to Wisdom: Four Catholic Satirists
Rev. Charles Gordon, C.S.C., University of Portland
Waugh Revisited
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
October 29 – 4:00 pm – 208 McKenna Hall
FALL 2008 ND INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES
Yael Prizant, Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Television & Theatre
Fidel Castro Performs: A Look at History and Reiteration
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
October 30 – 7:00 pm – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Beyond Voting: The Right to Political Participation in the 21st Century (Panel Discussion)
More information coming soon.
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
October 31 – 3:00 pm – Eck Visitors’ Center Auditorium
CUSHWA CENTER HIBERNIAN LECTURE
Jay Dolan, University of Notre Dame
The Irish Americans: A History
Sponsored by the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
November 1 – 10:00 am – Location: TBD
George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor of Peace Studies
Peace Studies Alumni Gathering
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
November 6 – 12:30 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Trita Parsi, author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States
Title: TBD
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
November 10 – 4:00 pm – 208 McKenna Hall
FALL 2008 ND INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES
Jaime Pensado, Assistant Professor, History Department
“Golpeando con la verdad” (y la fuerza): A History of Ultra-Conservative Student Politics in Mexico during the 1960s
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
November 11 – 4:15 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Tina Fetner, assistant professor of sociology at McMaster University
Economic Inequality & Attitudes toward Homosexuality
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the Center for the Study of Social Movements and Social Change, Gender Studies, and the Department of Sociology
November 11 – 7:00 pm – 141 DeBartolo Hall
2008 JOHN A. BERGES LECTURE SERIES
Joe Loughrey, President and Chief Operating Officer, Cummins, Inc.
Ethical Leadership in Business
Sponsored by the Center for Ethics & Religious Values in Business and the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
November 12 – 9:00 am – Grace Lower Level
Tina Fetner, McMaster University
How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism (Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion)
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion & Society
November 13 – 12:00 pm – 208 McKenna Hall
FALL 2008 ND INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES
Mark W. Hauser, Visiting Assistant Professor, Africana Studies
Of Earth and Clay: Caribbean Ceramics and the Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
November 13 – 12:30 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Sharon Erickson Nepstad, professor of sociology and director of religious studies at the University of New Mexico and Kroc Institute Visiting Fellow
Title: TBD
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
November 17 – 4:00 pm – 208 McKenna Hall
FALL 2008 ND INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES
Jason Ruiz, Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies
Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Mexico in the U.S. Popular Imagination, 1876-1920
Sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies
November 18 – 4:15 pm – C103 Hesburgh Center
Scott Byrd, Visiting Fellow at the Kroc Institute and the Center for Social Movements and Social Change
Transnational Social Movement Networks and Resourcing Strategies
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
November 19 – 7:00 pm – Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Congressman Dan Lungren (R-CA) and Major General William Burns (United States Army, retired)
Nuclear Disarmament, Terrorism and Global Security
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame International Security Program, Notre Dame Alumni Office, and Fourth Freedom Forum
December 2 – 4:00 pm – McKenna Hall Auditorium
SEMI-ANNUAL SCHMITT LECTURE SERIES
Peter Kilpatrick, Dean of Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Title: TBD
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
