Alex Coccia Named Rhodes Scholar
Alex Coccia, a 2014 University of Notre Dame graduate, has been selected to the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2015. A Columbus, Ohio native, Coccia was selected from a pool of 877 candidates who had been nominated by their colleges and universities. He is Notre Dame’s 15th Rhodes Scholar and...
W. G. Sebald’s Literary Capital: The Sebald Effect in Holocaust Literature?
A review of last week's lecture on W. G. Sebald by Dr Helen Finch.
VIDEO: W. G. Sebald's Literary Capital
Video footage from W. G. Sebald's Literary Capital by Dr Helen Finch.
Creole, Quechua, Catalan Courses Provide Foundation for Research, Service
The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures offers majors in French, Italian, and Spanish, and a minor in Portuguese, but students also have access to the less widely studied languages of Creole, Quechua, and Catalan.
Implications of Dignity for International Development Explored at Rome Conference
The University of Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies has launched a major new project examining the role of human dignity in the work of international human development by bringing together 25 leading development practitioners and scholars from around the world to an October 22-25 conference at the University’s...
Nicole Sganga: Going Global in Search of Stories
Senior Nicole Sganga spent part of summer 2014 traveling in Myanmar and reporting with New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof after winning the “Win a Trip with Nick” contest. While in Myanmar, she wrote and video-d her way through encounters with Rohingya Muslims living under protracted persecution in internment camps....
The Photographic Legacy of the First World War: Memory Contests in Weimar Germany
A review of last week's First World War lecture by Professor Jonathan Long (Durham University)
VIDEO: The Photographic Legacy of the First World War: Memory Contests in Weimar Germany
Video footage from The Photographic Legacy of the First World War: Memory Contests in Weimar Germany by Jonathan Long (Durham University)
Claire Rembecki Wins October Student Blog Competition
Second student blog competition winner