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Garrett Pacholl was a student in Professor and Ansari Executive Director Mahan Mirza's course American Adventurism in the Muslim World. He was able to attend a portion of COP28 as part of the Christian Climate Observers Program and generously wrote about his experiences over his winter break.
Ansari Institute Hosts Roundtable on Global Islamism
In late October, the Ansari Institute hosted over 20 scholars and practitioners from the United States and abroad to discuss political Islam in a changing world. The convening was the culmination of a multi-year project of the Hollings Center for International Dialogue funded by the Henry Luce Foundation whereby conversations were held to discuss the future of Islamism in a changing global context.…
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Ansari Institute hosts Final Workshop in a Series for Journalists, Faith Leaders, and Scholars
Media - whether it is traditional or social, print, radio, television, or otherwise - has an incredible influence on the way that the general public consumes information and forms opinions. Even with the rise of social media, most individuals over the age of thirty still view national news outlets as their primary source for trusted information. In the US, those thirty and younger still trust national news outlets more than social media, according to Pew Research…
Bridging the Divide Between the Public Sector and Religion: My Experience at Religions for Peace
The Ansari Instite for Global Engagement with Religion is pleased to partner with Religions for Peace to offer a student internship program. Notre Dame undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to apply to intern with Religions for Peace for a semester or summer internship and receive financial support from the Ansari Institute. The following is a reflection from Saad Kamil, the Fall 2023 Religions for Peace intern supported by our Institute.…
Save the Date for February 14 through February 16: Conversations on the World as it Should be
Join the Ansari Institute for Global; Engagement with Religion on Wednesday, February 14 through Friday, February 16, 2024 to celebrate the second Nasr Book Prize being awarded to Anthony Anett for Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a Just Economy…
Applications for the 2024 Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics Are now open!
The Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics is a two-week program for graduate students, scholars, and practitioners working at the crossroads of religion and global politics and is designed to draw on the unique religious and geopolitical resources of the city of Rome. The Ansari Instite for Global Engagement with Religion is one of the seminars' supporting institutions and Mahan Mirza…
The Ansari Institute Hosts the First of Two Fr. Drew Christiansen Lectures
The Ansari Institute was pleased to host Sir Jeffrey Abood for the first of two lectures planned at the University of Notre Dame in honor of Fr. Drew Christiansen, SJ. Abood’s talk entitled “The Church in the Holy Land and the Quest for Human Dignity” focused on the Catholic Church’s presence in the Holy Land and the living conditions of the Catholic people, sometimes referred to as the “living stones” of the Church.
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The Interfaith Notre Dame Initiative Participates in Interfaith Prayer Service as part of Notre Dame's Cultural Relations Week
The Interfaith Notre Dame Initiative, a student initiative sponsored by the Ansari Institute, had the privilege of collaborating with Notre Dame Student Government and Campus Ministry for an Interfaith Prayer Service. The Service was hosted by the Student Government Department of Diversity and Inclusion: Race and Ethnicity, and it was the first event of Cultural Relations Week.…
Statements Calling for Peace, Justice, and Understanding
The Ansari Institute grieves the loss of innocent life in Israel and Gaza. We invite our audience to read statements issued by the University of Notre Dame’s leadership and by prominent peacebuilding, human rights, and academic institutions. Click on the links below to view the complete statements.
Father John I. Jenkins…
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Indigenous Author Kaitlin B. Curtice Visits the Ansari Institute
The Fr. Sorin Reading room buzzed with energy. Directors, sponsors, Notre Dame students, staff, and colleagues gathered with excitement and the spirit of friendship. By 5:30 p.m., over 50 guests eagerly awaited the start to Kaitlyn B. Curtice’s book session, “Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day”.…
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Dossier on Religion and Peacebuilding in Contemporary Global Crises
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Last week, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs hosted a panel discussion: Can Interreligious Engagement Be a Realistic Tool for Diplomacy and Peacemaking…
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Women's Interfaith Dialogue to Celebrate 20 Years
Womens Interfaith Dialogue Small
Twenty years later, no one can quite remember who was in the group. They know that the original gatherings had six Christian women and six Muslim women but as to who those individuals were, they just cannot recall. Longtime Women’s Interfaith Dialogue member Jane Pitz does know that her friend Reg Weissert initiated the gatherings.…
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The Common Good, or Transactional Religion?
Azza Karam is very familiar with inter-religious dialogue and work towards the common good. She served nearly two decades with the United Nations where she co-founded and chaired the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion. She has published widely and lectured at various universities including West Point Military Academy in the USA and is a internationally respected leader in interreligious dialogue. …
Explaining the Hindu divide at the Parliament of the World’s Religions
Professor Anantanand Rambachan (right) with Carolyn T. Brown. board chair of the Fetzer Institute.
Professor Anantanand Rambachan is an external advisor for the Ansari Institite's Nasr Book Prize and both a rewnowned scholar and an interreligious practitioner. He currently serves as co-president of Religions for Peace…
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Faculty Fellow Emilia Justyna Powell Publishes New Book on International Law and Territory Disuptes
Dr. Emilia Justyna Powell is a professor of political science and concurrent professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, where she is also a faculty fellow with the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government. She specializes in international law and the Islamic legal tradition. Her newest book, The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial and Maritime Disputes…
The Langar: Encounter at Work
By far my favorite part of the Parliament of the World’s Religions was the langar I was able to attend on three occasions during my time there. This year the Parliament was held in Chicago during a week that felt more like October than August. The weather was temperamental and often quite wet which means the success of the langar was all the more impressive.…
The Ansari Institute Delegation Attends the Parliament
It is fairly easy to get lost at McCormick Place. After all, the convention center - located on the south loop of Chicago, IL - is the largest in the United States. Meanderingly large, cavernous in design, and inclusive of at least four separate buildings all connected via skyway, the enormity of McCormick’s Place seemed fitting for the Parliament of the World’s Religions…
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Leveraging Religious Insularity and Civil Indifference to Commit Genocide: Learnings from Our Study Abroad Course in Poland
Note: Every year, Dr. Charles Powell offers three lectures on religion, focusing on the Abrahamic faiths, during a summer course on international law and the Holocaust…
Witnessing the Work of Advancing Gender Equity and Women's Rights at Religions for Peace
The Ansari Instite for Global Engagement with Religion is pleased to partner with Religions for Peace to offer a student internship program. Notre Dame undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to apply to intern with Religions for Peace for a semester or summer internship and receive financial support from the Ansari Institute. The following is a reflection from Kelly Shinnik, a Spring 2023 Religions for Peace undergraduate intern supported by our Institute.…
Faith Leaders Celebrate Groundbreaking
Local faith leaders in South Bend, IN celebrated the dirtless groundbreaking of a new mental health facility in the community on Tuesday. This new 24 hour behavioral health center is the answer to a pressing need that members of the community have been identifying for years.
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