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MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow kicks off the Center for Social Concerns’ spring series on mass incarceration

Peter Breen | Monday, February 6, 2023

Reuben Jonathan Miller, a MacArthur “Genius Grants” Fellow and University of Chicago sociologist, spoke Friday evening in Geddes Hall about carceral citizenship, a condition of rejection borne by those with criminal records. Miller is the first of four guest speakers in the Center for Social Concerns’ spring lecture series on mass incarceration. Portraying “mass incarceration’s afterlife”

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Professor outlines how Christian salvation can aid survivors of sexual violence

Liam Price | Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Creighton University theology professor Julia Feder spoke Tuesday night in Carroll Auditorium about using a Christian worldview to deal with human suffering, especially with regards to sexual violence. In her lecture, which was the final part of the Center for Spirituality’s “Developing a Spirituality of Resilience” series, Feder sought to distinguish between the theological notions

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‘Studebaker Talks’ highlight South Bend’s people, progress

Isa Sheikh | Monday, October 10, 2022

Freight trains rattled overhead and a double rainbow stretched across the gray sky as hundreds of South Bend residents gathered for the second annual “Studebaker Talks” in a room that once served as a factory floor for the Studebaker company. The once-abandoned venue, which now serves as the South Bend City Church, reflected the history

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‘Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary’ lecture discusses history of the ‘white power’ movement

Jenna Abu-Lughod | Monday, September 5, 2022

Kicking off year four of the “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” lecture series on Sept. 2 was Dr. Kathleen Belew, an associate professor in the department of history at Northwestern University. In her lecture, which took place via Zoom, Belew discussed the “white power movement,” which is the focus of much of her research as well

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Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute celebrates 75th anniversary

Marcelle Couto | Friday, September 24, 2021

This year, the Notre Dame Medieval Institute is celebrating its 75th anniversary since its inception in 1946. The Notre Dame Medieval Institute is the nation’s “largest and most prestigious” center for the study of the Middle Ages. It contains fifty faculty members from thirteen different departments and an incomparable library with a growing collection of

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‘We believe that we can win in this lifetime:’ Activist discusses ‘reimagining policing’ in lecture series

Evan McKenna | Monday, May 3, 2021

On Friday afternoon, civil rights activist and author DeRay Mckesson spoke on the future of policing as part of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” lecture series. Mckesson, a 2007 graduate of Bowdoin College, worked as a sixth-grade teacher and school administrator before quitting his job in March 2015

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SMC series fosters relationship between faith, reason

Alaina Anderson and Veronica Darling | Thursday, September 18, 2014

Thursday night, Saint Mary’s Center for Spirituality launched “Unitas, Veritas, Caritas: Catholicism and the Liberal Arts and Sciences” fall lecture series. The series will probe the relationship between faith and reason across several academic disciplines, including economics, nursing and biology. “The series will provide students with an opportunity to engage in conversation with women of extraordinary intellectual

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Saint Mary’s resumes ‘Justice Fridays’ lectures

Kathryn Marshall | Monday, September 8, 2014

This past Friday, the Justice Education Program at Saint Mary’s College began its year-long “Justice Fridays” lecture series with an afternoon discussion about misconceptions and stereotypes women face. Discussion leader and senior Jessica Richmond said the goal of the meeting was to discuss labels placed on women. “I found myself facing labels and misconceptions once