Events | Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion

Theologies of Transformation and Actions for Justice

Time: Mon Jan 24, 2022, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Location: Zoom

Interfaith Action

Join Interfaith Action, a southwest Michigan peace and justice collaborative, for the first session in a new social justice conversation series.…

Multifaith Integral Human Development Colloquium Meeting

Time: Fri Jan 28, 2022, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom

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Rev. Kyoichi Sugino, president of Gakurin Seminary in Tokyo and former deputy secretary general at Religions for Peace International, will share Buddhist perspectives on human dignity at the next meeting of the Multifaith Integral Human Development Colloquium on Jan. 28. …

Theologies for Transformation and Actions for Justice

Time: Thu Feb 10, 2022, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Location: Zoom Webinar

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Join Interfaith Action, a southwest Michigan peace and justice collaborative, for the next session in a new social justice conversation series. This next conversation on February 10 will include a review of Interfaith Action’s 10 interfaith principles with feedback from panelists. The 10 interfaith principles are based on a months-long study of Pope Francis' 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti (on fraternity and social friendship).

Our Shared Paths to Justice: Learning from Desmond Tutu’s Faith and Activism

Time: Thu Feb 24, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom Webinar

Desmond Tutu

Join the Ansari Institute for a timely discussion that will highlight key lessons from the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s work. Hear insights from panelists who will explore his advocacy for what he called “our shared paths to freedom and justice,” and learn how his approach can help us address inequality and oppression today.

Multifaith Integral Human Development Colloquium Meeting

Time: Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Ansari Institute Lounge, 4148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

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The Multifaith Integral Human Development Colloquium will welcome guest speaker Ashlee Bird, a Native American game designer and Moreau Postdoctoral Fellow with the University's Department of American Studies, at its next meeting on Friday, Feb. 25. All are welcome to attend.

Dignity and Development Forum Keynote Address | ‘One Complex Crisis’: Towards a Just and Sustainable Future

Time: Thu Mar 17, 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Location: Decio Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center | Zoom Webinar

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Oby Ezekwesili—a leader across global, national, and local scales, and across the realms of economics, governance, and politics—will reflect upon ethical and effective responses in the face of complex and interconnected problems.

Dignity and Development Forum Lecture | Designing for Emergence: Creating the Conditions for Human Flourishing

Time: Fri Mar 18, 2022, 9:00 am - 10:15 am

Location: Downes Ballroom, Corbett Family Hall | Zoom Webinar

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Ann Pendleton-Jullian, co-author of "Design Unbound: Designing for Emergence in a Whitewater World," will discuss insights from the scholarship and practice of design about acting effectively and collectively in a world marked by complexity.

Dignity and Development Forum | Roundtable Discussion with Oby Ezekwesili and Ann Pendleton-Jullian

Time: Fri Mar 18, 2022, 10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Downes Ballroom, Corbett Family Hall | Zoom Webinar

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Ambassador Bisa Williams (ret.) and members of the Keough School community will join Oby Ezekwesili and Ann Pendleton-Jullian for a dialogue about the ideas and initiatives that arose in their two talks.

Dignity and Development Forum | Panel Discussion: Interreligious Approaches to Integral Human Development

Time: Fri Mar 18, 2022, 12:40 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Foley’s (Corbett Family Hall) | Zoom Webinar

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This multifaith panel invites reflections on the significance of religion engaged as a whole, encompassing its full range of relevance to everyday life.

Dignity and Development Forum Panel Discussion | US Peace Policy: Can America Help Fragile States Flourish?

Time: Fri Mar 18, 2022, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Downes Ballroom, Corbett Family Hall | Zoom Webinar

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Top officials from the Biden Administration, conflict prevention advocacy organizations, and Washington think tanks will discuss a possible new paradigm for US foreign policy in fragile states.

Multifaith Integral Human Development Colloquium Meeting

Time: Fri Mar 25, 2022, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Ansari Institute Lounge, 4148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

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The Multifaith Integral Human Development Colloquium will hold its next meeting on Friday, March 25. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Abigail Ginzburg at aginzbur@nd.edu…

Flash Panel: Lessons from India’s Religious Freedom Protests

Time: Mon Mar 28, 2022, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls | Zoom Webinar

Girls In Kargil

In January, six Muslim students protested against authorities at a district college in Karnataka, a state in southern India, after being denied their right to wear headscarves. What can we learn from their simple act of civil disobedience and the broader debate it has inspired?

Feminist Theologies in Global Context Colloquium Meeting

Time: Thu Mar 31, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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The Feminist Theologies in Global Context Colloquium will meet at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, March 31 to hear from special guest Dr. Marystella Ramirez-Guerra, who will present a talk titled "Towards a Feminist Theology of Motherhood." The group provides a space to discuss Islamic and Christian theologies in their own terms and in dialogue with each other. All are welcome. To access the meeting, use this Zoom link…

"How Is the Catholic Church Safeguarding Children? A Perspective after the Recent Developments in Europe" — The Keeley Vatican Lecture with Rev. Dr. Hans Zollner, S.J.

Time: Tue Apr 5, 2022, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Location: Eck Visitors Center Auditorium

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Reverend Dr. Hans Zollner, SJ will deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture titled "How Is the Catholic Church Safeguarding Children? A Perspective After the Recent Developments in Europe." Generously supported by Terrence R. Keeley, the lecture is now in its second decade. It provides a way for the Nanovic Institute to deepen Notre Dame’s connection to the Holy See by bringing distinguished representatives from the Vatican to Notre Dame to explore questions involving Notre Dame’s Catholic mission. Each year’s lecturer is chosen by the Institute in close consultation with its Advisory Board and the Notre Dame administration.…

Native American Perspectives on Human Dignity

Time: Thu Apr 7, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls | Zoom Webinar

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What perspectives do Native American traditions bring to our understanding of human dignity? Given past injustices, how can we work together to build more inclusive societies that advance the flourishing of all people? Join us to hear from a panel of Native American students, academics, and professionals.

Global Religion & American World-Making Conference

Time: Fri Apr 8, 2022, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location: 215/216 McKenna Hall Conference Center

Join us for an interdisciplinary conference examining how religion has shaped—and contested—the projection of U.S. power around the globe from the 19th century to the present. The conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 8–9, 2022 at the McKenna Hall Conference Center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. This event will take place in person. …

Global Religion & American World-Making Conference

Time: Sat Apr 9, 2022, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location: 215/216 McKenna Hall Conference Center

Join us for an interdisciplinary conference examining how religion has shaped—and contested—the projection of U.S. power around the globe from the 19th century to the present. The conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 8–9, 2022 at the McKenna Hall Conference Center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. This event will take place in person. …

Rethinking the Role of Clergy in Conflict and Peacebuilding

Time: Tue Apr 12, 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

Gladys Ganiel

Featuring Gladys Ganiel, Reader, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast Drawing on interviews with Presbyterian ministers who served during Northern Ireland’s Troubles (ca. 1968-1998) and churchgoing victims of violence, Ganiel argues that one of clergy’s primary roles has been overlooked: their work as “first responders” who provide pastoral support for victims through prayer and presence. The emotional and spiritual energy expended in this first responders role poses a significant challenge to “prophetic” leadership, especially during periods of intense violence. Moreover, the pastoral demands of dealing with the past continue to occupy Northern Ireland’s Presbyterian ministers more than two decades after the peace agreement; while competing societal conceptions of forgiveness, reconciliation, and justice hinder clergy’s ability to play transformative roles. …

The Abraham Accords: Whitewashing Palestinian Suffering?

Time: Tue Apr 12, 2022, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: 213 DeBartolo Classroom Hall

Palestinians

The false claim of being “the only democracy in the Middle East” has traditionally been used by Israel's apologists to whitewash its crimes and human rights violations against Palestinians. This has especially been the case with the Abraham Accords, passed in 2020 by former President Donald Trump under the pretense of ushering in a “new era of peace” between Israel and its undemocratic Arab neighbors.

Russia in Ukraine: What’s Religion Got to Do with It?

Time: Thu Apr 21, 2022, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom Webinar

Kremlin

Thursday, April 21 12:30 p.m. – 1: 30 p.m. ET (US) Zoom Webinar Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly invoked religion in an effort to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine. How, specifically, has Putin used religion—and in particular, Russian Orthodox Christianity—in his rhetoric? To what extent has it helped him build support for the war? How do such actions fit into a larger global context where political leaders at times seek to instrumentalize religion for ostensibly secular ends? And how is religion helping to address the human cost of the war, as religious NGOs provide assistance for Ukrainian refugees? …