Summer 2012 Conferences

Kellogg Institute for International Studies (May 12, 2012)
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Fourteenth Annual PLS/GP Summer Symposium 2012 (June 3-8, 2012)
Each summer, the Program of Liberal Studies and General Program alumni/ae gather on Notre Dame's campus, eager to engage their teachers, the authors of the Great Books. The theme this year is “Montaigne and the Question of the Self.” Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) is usually considered the first modern essayist (from the French word essayer – to make an attempt). “I am myself the matter of my book,” he writes in “To the Reader,” and indeed in his interrogations of philosophical and religious questions, he is continually interrogating himself as well. Montaigne was influenced by virtually every major current of ancient thought, and he, in turn, had an enormous influence on such writers and thinkers as Shakespeare, Descartes, Pascal, Emerson, and Nietzsche. Thus, the theme of this year’s Summer Symposium provides a center that can reach out in many different directions.

MSEC/NAMRC/ICTMP (June 4-8, 2012)
In 2012, three leading world-class conferences in the field of manufacturing will be collocated to better serve the needs of the manufacturing research community.

ASME 2012 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC2012) sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
40th Annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC40) sponsored by the North American Manufacturing Institution of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (NAMRI/SME)
2012 5th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes (ICTMP5) sponsored by the International Tribology in Manufacturing Research Group

EMI 2012: Engineering Mechanics Inst. Conference / PMC 2012: 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics & Structural Reliability (June 17-20, 2012)
The College of Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame are proud to host the 2012 Joint Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute and 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability (EMI/PMC 2012). The joint conference provides a major forum for the exchange of ideas and discussion of recent developments in all mechanics, probabilistic-methods and materials research fields. Researchers, engineers, industry representatives and public officials from all over the world will meet to discuss and tackle new challenges regarding all fields of engineering mechanics and structural reliability. The conference co-chairs, Ahsan Kareem, Tracy Kijewski-Correa and Alexandros Taflanidis and the ASCE organizing committee invite everyone interested in these subject to attend and participate in this upcoming event. Save the Date Flyer

Liturgy Symposium (2012) (June 18-21, 2012)
The 2012 Symposium's theme is "The Eucharist: Become What You Receive, Receive What You Are." Topics to be addressed include the Eucharistic identity of the Church; opportunities and obstacles for fruitful Eucharistic participation in the United States; Eucharistic images in the Scriptures and the Tradition; music in Eucharistic worship; the Eucharist as a school of prayer; full, conscious, and active participation in Mass; and the fruits of Eucharistic celebration.

Play Like a Champion Today Sports Leadership Conference (June 22-24, 2012)
The PLC Leadership Conference features training and education in our Sports as Ministry and Coaching for Character Initiatives. Hosted by The Institute for Educational Initiatives and the Alliance for Catholic Education host, the conference offers professional development for coaches, athletic administrators,sport parents and officials at both the youth and high school levels with a special emphasis on developing the whole person through sports. It is one of the largest gatherings of directors and representatives of CYO and parochial leagues each year. It is a great opportunity to network, share best practices, and hear what other like-minded coaches and administrators are doing all across North America.

We Preach Christ Crucified: A Conference on Catholic Preaching (June 25-27, 2012)
In their 1982 statement Fulfilled in Your Hearing, the U.S. bishops hoped for the continued renewal of the ministry of preaching in the Catholic Church. This conference seeks to reflect on that charge from the vantage point of 30 years later. The conference is open to all those interested in supporting the ministry of preaching.

NCEA Secondary Schools Conference (June 27-30, 2012)
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Catholic Leadership Program (July 9-20, 2012)
A Symposium for Religion Teachers, Campus Ministers, and Service Learning Directors

Assoc. for Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges & Universities: Annual Conference 2012 (July 22-27, 2012)
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Past Summer Conferences

University Faculty for Life: Life and Learning XXI (June 10-11, 2011)
University Faculty for Life's annual conference, Life and Learning XXI, will enable pro-life faculty to deepen their understanding of basic life issues in their political, social, legal, historical, psychological, ethical, and religious dimensions. Attendance at Life and Learning XXI is open to current or former members of college, university, and seminary faculty and their spouses, and to others by individual request. The year's conference will be held on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame beginning early afternoon on Friday, June 10th and ending with a banquet on Saturday night. There will be optional religious services on Sunday morning.

Assembly 2011 (June 13-16, 2011)
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History of Economics Society Annual Meeting (June 16-20, 2011)
The Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by John Cassidy of the New Yorker magazine and the autheor of How Markets Fail. Please join us and add your voice to the discourse by submitting a paper or proposing a session.

Formed for the Liturgy, Reformed by the Liturgy (June 20-22, 2011)
The conference will explore how the liturgy both expects us to have been formed, and then re-forms us, in regard to our rootedness in the Gospel, our identity as Body of Christ, our mission to serve, and our call to the kingdom to come. Keynote speaker: David Fagerbert, University of Notre Dame. Being Capacitate for Liturgy

ACE Principals Academy 2011 (July 5-8, 2011)
The Principals Academy will strengthen your 21st century academic leadership. You will engage in discussions with expert faculty and practitioners and develop a leadership plan with facilitators to improve 21st century teaching and learning in your school. Also, during the Academy you will build community with fellow principals, so you have not only the skills to lead effectively, but the support to do so. Following the Academy, you will have the opportunity to receive professional support during the upcoming school year in order to successfully implement your leadership plan.

Hospitable Text: New Approaches to Religion and Literature (July 14-16, 2011, London Notre Dame Center, UK)
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the relationship between religion and literature, with the broader critical turn to religion in the arts and humanities helping invigorate an interdisciplinary field that has been well served through the work of journals such as Christianity and Literature, Religion and Literature and Literature and Theology. Recognising the importance of talking further about our different approaches to the field, this conference will bring together a wide variety of scholars in order to enable and enrich contemporary explorations of religion and literature.

Contemporary theorists and theologians have paid considerable attention recently to the idea of hospitality, recognising, among other things, the value of actively hosting viewpoints different from our own rather than merely tolerating their presence. With this in mind, the theme of our conference is The Hospitable Text.

13th International Workshop on Vortex Matter in Superconductors (July 31-August 5, 2011, Chicago)
The 13th International Workshop on Vortex Matter in Superconductors is sponsored by Argonne National Laboratory, Ames National Laboratory, The Materials Theory Institute of Argonne and the Institute for Theoretical Sciences of the University of Notre Dame. The Workshop will be held at the Knickerbocker Hotel in downtown Chicago from July 31st (Sunday) to August 5th (Friday), 2011. This Workshop continues the tradition of International Vortex Workshops, which began in 1991. The purpose of the Workshop is to promote international collaboration and exchange of ideas. The year 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity. In celebration, we have expanded the topics of the Workshop beyond vortex matter to include the latest frontier research in superconductivity. We also have planned two mini-symposia at the Workshop to honor lifetime achievements. The first will honor John Clem, Vladimir Kogan and E. Helmut Brandt for their seminal work on electromagnetism and vortex matter in superconductors. The second will honor Masashi Tachiki, Lev Bulaevskii and Niels Pedersen for their pioneering work elucidating the Josephson plasma phenomena in layered cuprate superconductors. There will also be a Public Lecture associated with the Workshop to promote superconductivity as an energy carrier. Finally, at the Workshop, we will introduce the first Abrikosov Prize for vortex physics to celebrate a colleague who has made substantial and sustained contributions to the field of vortex physics.