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-22 posts tagged "Kroc Institute"
Trinity Reilly | Thursday, January 23, 2020
When Fr. Edward Sorin began building what would eventually be the University of Notre Dame, he began a long history of troubled relationships between the University and minority groups. Today, Notre Dame is still trying to make up for the events both in its past and its present. On Wednesday, the Mediation Program of the
Natalie Weber | Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The month of October saw a wave of violence, with the pipe bomb scare, the Tree of Life synagogue shooting and the shooting of two African Americans in Kentucky that is “being investigated as a hate crime,” according to NPR. In response to these events, members of the Kroc Institute organized a panel Tuesday to discuss
Lucy Lynch | Friday, September 21, 2018
To celebrate the 2018 International Day of Peace, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies hosted several events Thursday and will continue its celebrations Friday, to reflect this year’s United Nations (UN) theme: “The Right to Peace: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70.” The commemoration kicked off Thursday afternoon, as scholar Thania Paffenholz
Tom Naatz | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Kroc Institute awarded its 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award to 2003 M.A. graduate Mai Ni Ni Aung for her work regarding cultural preservation and peacebuilding in Myanmar. Aung is the founder of the Sone-Tu Cultural Preservation Project and director of the related organization Sone-Tu Backstrap Weavings. The two groups seek to preserve the cultural practices of
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, March 28, 2018
“Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” On April 4, we will mark the passage of 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. On that day in history, our nation lost a visionary, a leader and someone who pursued justice and peace with
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, November 29, 2017
A group in Chicago has found a new tool for restorative justice: hip-hop. Circles & Ciphers, a hip-hop youth leadership development organization, will perform at the Center for Social Concerns on Wednesday. Their performance is hosted by both the Center for Social Concerns and the Kroc Institute. Jason Springs, associate professor in the Kroc Institute for
Kelli Smith | Monday, September 11, 2017
Known as the Donald R. Keough School of Global Affairs, Notre Dame’s first new school in nearly a century opened this fall. Intended for both undergraduate and graduate students, the Keough School’s website said the school is focused on advancing integral human development through research, policy and practice. After the University announced its creation in
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 2, 2017
As scholars, practitioners and current and former students of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, we are writing to express our deep dismay and moral condemnation in response to the grave threats to international peace, justice and human security posed by recent proposals of the Trump administration. We
Megan Valley | Friday, January 27, 2017
Tanya Schwarz, a visiting research fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, presented a lecture about the meanings and roles of prayer for faith-based organizations working in areas of peacebuilding Thursday afternoon in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. “I’m interested in how do they pray, why do they pray, when do they
Aidan Lewis | Thursday, January 21, 2016
A panel of international studies scholars discussed the rise of Islamophobia in Europe on Wednesday afternoon at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. The panel, which is sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, examined reasons for the recent spike in anti-Muslim activity in several European