Past Events

This event will take the format of a keynote address from Ambassador Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Ireland, followed by a youth panel discussion.

Join the Alumni Assocation for a timely discussion on how peacemaking and peacebuilding viewed through a Catholic lens can guide us through the tumultuous challenges ahead. Featured experts work as practitioners in national security, diplomacy, and conflict prevention. 

Using the suggested content from the University Forum on War and Peace, learn how to apply distant reading and machine learning techniques to address timeless questions surrounding war, peace, honor, and justice. This workshop will engage participants in the process of using a computer to read, question, use, and understand the content of a selected body of scholarship.

According to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), 100M people have been forcibly displaced, growing to 250M by the end of the decade. War, civil unrest, economic collapse, and the effects of climate change are among the drivers. Hear from the Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church about the plight of displaced Ukrainians in the United States and refugees around the world.

Conference Theme: Voices: Naming War, Speaking Peace

The Notre Dame Student Peace Conference is an annual conference organized by undergraduate peace studies students at the University of Notre Dame.

Conference Theme: Voices: Naming War, Speaking Peace

The Notre Dame Student Peace Conference is an annual conference organized by undergraduate peace studies students at the University of Notre Dame.

Using the suggested content from the University Forum on War and Peace, learn how to apply distant reading and machine learning techniques to address timeless questions surrounding war, peace, honor, and justice. This workshop will engage participants in the process of using a computer to read, question, use, and understand the content of a selected body of scholarship.

Twenty years ago the United States invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq. By the time U.S. forces left in 2011, more than 100,000 people had been killed, thousands more had fled, and fundamentalist militias ruled the streets. How does such a calamity reverberate through time? How does war live within us, even when we are at peace?

"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" John Kerry posed this question in 1971 while testifying before Congress about Vietnam. The question keeps returning to haunt us in other theaters of war. Twenty years ago, America invaded Iraq. As this year's …

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq, which led to more than 100,000 individuals dead, the destabilization of the Middle East, and long-term consequences for the U.S. Join a panel of experts for a conversation about the aftermaths of these events for war and peace. 

Featuring Myla Leguro (M.A. ‘10), Technical Advisor II Social Cohesion and Church Engagement at Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the Philippines

Sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns

"We are called to establish with truth, justice, charity, and liberty new methods of relationships in human society.” #163, Pacem in Terris

The Justice Sown in Peace conference at the University of…

Several times a semester, a different member of the Kroc Institute community will facilitate an informal conversation about a timely topic relating to their work or research. Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to join us for these chats about the ongoing work of peace studies in the world.

Sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns

"We are called to establish with truth, justice, charity, and liberty new methods of relationships in human society.” #163, Pacem in Terris

The Justice Sown in Peace conference at the University of…

Sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns

"We are called to establish with truth, justice, charity, and liberty new methods of relationships in human society.” #163, Pacem in Terris

The Justice Sown in Peace conference at the University of…

This event is sponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. 

Maria Ressa, a Filipino American journalist who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for…

What is the situation for women in Iraq today? What are the challenges to implementing the Women, Peace, and Security agenda that would ensure women’s equal and meaningful participation in peace and security policy? And how might policymakers work with a variety of stakeholders in government, civil society, and the international community to support this agenda? 

On International Women’s Day, join us for a panel discussion that will explore these questions. Hear insights from a panel featuring leading Iraqi women scholars and policy advocates. 

Join the Keough School of Global Affairs March 2-3, 2023 to explore diverse approaches to supporting dignity and integral human development, especially where injustices—both historical and ongoing—cause harm and humiliation. Hear insights from global experts.

Join the Keough School of Global Affairs March 2-3, 2023 to explore diverse approaches to supporting dignity and integral human development, especially where injustices—both historical and ongoing—cause harm and humiliation.

Join us for an inspiring talk by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, followed by a panel discussion on new and old threats to peace in light of the war in Ukraine. 

Join University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. for a Prayer Service For Peace in Ukraine.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Society of Notre Dame and exchange students from the Ukrainian Catholic University, will mark "A One-Year Commemoration of Russia's Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine" on Thursday, February 23, starting at 5:00 p.m. in the Forum of Jenkins Nanovic Hall.

This event is the fourth of four film screenings hosted each Wednesday throughout February 2023 as part of the Notre Dame Forum on "War and Peace." 

One of the most revered filmmakers of all time, Rithy Panh's career has been marked by innovative approaches to making films about the unfilmable, particularly the impact of life under the Khmer Rouge. The Missing Picture exemplifies his work as it explores Rithy Panh's quest for a photograph taken between 1975 and 1979 by the Khmer Rouge when they ruled over Cambodia.

As the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine nears, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies invites Notre Dame community members to attend the opening of an exhibition on art, protest, and resilience in Ukraine.

The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Mendoza College of Business will host a launch of Drew Marcantonio's latest books, "Environmental Violence: In the Earth System and the Human Niche" and "Environmental Management: Concepts…

This event is the third of four film screenings hosted each Wednesday throughout February 2023 as part of the Notre Dame Forum on "War and Peace." 

In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling while falling in love, getting married, having a baby, and saying goodbye as her city crumbled.

Join the Keough School of Global Affairs and its cosponsors for the launch of Professor Julia Kowalski's new book, Counseling Women: Kinship against Violence in India (University of Pennsylvania…

This event is the second of four film screenings hosted each Wednesday throughout February 2023 as part of the Notre Dame Forum on "War and Peace." 

Upon its release in 1929, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front was quickly adapted into a film directed by Lewis Milestone, which won the Best Picture Oscar.

Nearly a century later, a new adaptation from Germany directed by Edward Berger arrives, complete with a parallel narrative not found in Remarque's novel. Still, the plot tracks the story familiar to many: A young German soldier enlists in World War I with idealism that cracks when confronted with the brutal realities of trench warfare.

Giorgi Margvelashvili, Fourth President of Georgia (2013-18), will deliver the Nanovic Forum lecture entitled, "Russian Aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe: Post-Soviet Bloc Politics and Consequences."

This event is the first of four film screenings hosted each Wednesday throughout February 2023 as part of the Notre Dame Forum on "War and Peace." 

Belonging to a set of films made with not much distance from the historical event featured, The Hurt Locker is set in 2004 and debuted in 2008 while the Iraq War carried on. That fusion of the past and present gave an immediacy to a film aiming to bring the high tension of the Iraq War to its (largely American) audience.

Join the Nanovic Institute for an important virtual flash panel reflecting on the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In the mythology around Second World War Britain, the pianist Myra Hess’s lunchtime concerts at the National Gallery hold a prominent place.

Juan Fernando has dedicated his career to the development of governance networks in the field of public finance and peace. In PASO Colombia he has been developing such networks to rehabilitate economic and social tissue in territories most affected by organized political violence.

This panel discussion will reflect on the interests and roles of regional countries as it relates to Afghanistan's conflict, peace, and security under Taliban rule. The panelists – including scholars with regional and subject matter expertise on peacemaking and security – will explore the relationship between the Taliban and Central Asian states, and neighboring countries such as China, Pakistan and Iran.

This event is sponsored by Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance. 

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This event is sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.

In this lecture, Abigail Lewis will discuss her research on the afterlives of wartime photographs in post-World War II France. Focusing on the display of these images as evidence in war crimes exhibitions…

Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland.

Join the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland for a book launch of Monica…

This event is sponsored by The Law School. 

Judge Theodor Meron will discuss the characteristics and the goals of international criminal justice, the political environment in which it operates, the challenges to the fight against impunity, its achievements…

Sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs and its Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

The connections between environmental protection and regeneration, peace, and human security have become more evident in recent decades. According to International…

Sponsored by the Ukrainian Society of Notre Dame and Campus Ministry.

Join the Ukrainian Society of Notre Dame and the greater Ukrainian community in prayer this Wednesday, October 26 at 8PM in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, to celebrate a Byzantine Catholic Divine…

This event is sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.

Lecture

The lecture is free and open to the public.  Lunch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, starting 30 minutes prior to the lecture at noon.

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Sponsored by The Notre Dame International Security Center.

Fiona Cunningham is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests lie the intersection of technology and conflict, with an empirical focus on China. Her…

Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

Join the Kroc Institute for a book launch of Professor Emmanuel Katongole's latest book, Who Are My People?: Love, Violence, and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa (Notre Dame Press, 2022).

Sponsored by Keough School of Global Affairs.

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Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.

The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev has revived memories of glasnost, perestroika, and the hopes for one free world that were raised by his turn toward openness and reform. Moving scenes of the fall of the Berlin…

Sponsored by Shakespeare at Notre Dame.

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Ruthless ambition gives way to murder in Macbeth, Shakespeare’s always-relevant examination of…

Sponsored by Shakespeare at Notre Dame.

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Ruthless ambition gives way to murder in Macbeth, Shakespeare’s always-relevant examination of…

Sponsored by Shakespeare at Notre Dame.

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Ruthless ambition gives way to murder in Macbeth, Shakespeare’s always-relevant examination of…

Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs will host Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the youngest president of Croatia as well as the first woman to be elected to the office, at the…

Sponsored by the Pulte Institute for Global Development

Conflict narratives in fragile states are often framed by identity groups or other non-state actors along…

As part of this year’s Notre Dame Forum, the University, in partnership with Theater of War Productions, hosted a dramatic reading of an ancient Greek tragedy, Aeschylus’ "The Suppliants," by Emmy Award-winning actors Anthony Edwards and Keith David along with actor and director Tate Donovan in Notre Dame Stadium.

The Ansari Institute invites you to its Nasr Book Prize Symposium Oct. 2-3 in the Morris Inn Smith Ballroom at the University of Notre Dame. The institute will honor Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta, an Indigenous Australian scholar and the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, with this recognition. Dr. Yunkaporta's book, which has earned widespread acclaim, raises important questions and brings Indigenous ways of knowing to the critical examination of global systems.

The Ansari Institute invites you to its Nasr Book Prize Symposium Oct. 2-3 in the Morris Inn Smith Ballroom at the University of Notre Dame. The institute will honor Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta, an Indigenous Australian scholar and the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, with this recognition. Dr. Yunkaporta's book, which has earned widespread acclaim, raises important questions and brings Indigenous ways of knowing to the critical examination of global systems.

Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. 

As an unprovoked act of aggression on a sovereign nation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 represented a failure of diplomacy. Now over six months into the war, is there a role for diplomacy…

Sponsored by Senior Fellows for Internationalization and the Ukrainian Society.

A conversation with Ukrainian students at Notre Dame

Join Ukrainian exchange students at Notre Dame as they relate their personal stories and perspectives on the ongoing war in their home country.…

Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Each year, the United Nations International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21.

This year’s theme is “End Racism. Build Peace.” Join the Kroc Institute for a dynamic…

Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Claudio Gugerotti, the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and the Titular Archbishop of Rebellum, will present the Keeley Vatican Lecture at the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday,…

This event is co-sponsored by The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor University and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

Join a panel of distinguished guests for a conversation about what comes next for Aghanistan one year after the fall of…

Sponsored by The Notre Dame International Security Center

As part of the Jack Kelly and Gail Weiss Lecture Series, The U.S. Intelligence Community: Assessing Global Threats in Service to Country, join us for a conversation with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Ms.…

Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Featuring the Honorable Juan Manuel Santos, Former President of Colombia; 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Senior Policy Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Keough…

Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

This panel aims to provide an analysis on the impact of the past year’s developments on the prospects for a political process toward reconciliation among Afghans. Key questions the panel will discuss include:…

Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies

“Focus on Ukraine: Eyewitnesses to the War,” a virtual flash panel sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, gathers scholars and experts on internationalization, Catholic higher education, and foreign…