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The London Global Gateway Year (2014-15) in Review

The London Global Gateway Annual Review presents a roundup of the year’s conferences and events, which bring together academics and experts from around the world and participating Notre Dame faculty, as well as news and updates from the academic programs in London.

Scholars in London Challenge Modern-Day Forensic and Medical Norms

A group of leading historians of medicine, science and the law from around the world gathered on July 24-25, 2015, at the London Global Gateway, to discuss and examine the topical issue of forensic science and medicine in a global and historical context.   Ian Burney and Neil Pemberton—both from...

5 Questions with Engineering Majors Martinez and Quigley

  The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering works with the London Global Gateway to offer rising juniors the chance to spend six weeks living and studying at Imperial College London. This summer, 28 students participated in the program.  Marissa Martinez from Seattle, Washington, and Daniel Quigley from Mahopac, New...

London Global Gateway Professor to Release New Book

On September 1, 2015, Gill Gregory, professor of English literature at the London Global Gateway, will release her new book, The Studio: A Psychoanalytic Legacy.   The book, described as a poetic memoir, deals with past struggles through the exploration of art history and psychoanalysis.

Notre Dame and Oxford Connect over Tea with Lord Patten

Four Notre Dame students currently studying at the University of Oxford were recently invited to meet Lord Patten of Barnes, chancellor of the University, alongside Warren von Eschenbach, assistant provost for Europe and director of the London Global Gateway, and Michael Hannigan, a Notre Dame alumnus (Arts and Letters and...

Notre Dame London Alumni Club Receives Two Awards

We are pleased to announce that the Notre Dame Club of United Kingdom-London received two awards yesterday for commitment and outreach.   The Club has been recognized as a Program of Excellence …

Brand Lectures on Governance of Jews in Medieval England

On March 4, 2015 the London Global Gateway hosted Paul Brand, Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, for a discussion of the English laws regulating Jewish communities before their expulsion in 1290.  The talk took place as we approach the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the foundational...

Robson Shares Insight into Bank of England: Past, Present, and Future

On March 2, 2015 the University of Notre Dame London Global Gateway and Notre Dame Club of United Kingdom – London hosted the ninth biannual Notre Dame Alumni-Student Lecture at Fischer Hall.  This semester’s speaker was Mark Robson, Head of Statistics and Regulatory Data Division at the Bank of England.

Black Charts Influence of James Bond on British National Identity

On February 17, 2015, Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway welcomed British historian Jeremy Black (University of Exeter) to Fischer Hall, where he gave an engaging talk on the books and films of James Bond. Black focused on the representation of the cultural nature of the Cold War and the importance...

Students at London Global Gateway Perform Julius Caesar at Globe

On Thursday, December 4, the London Undergraduate Program’s Playing Shakespeare class commenced the end of semester celebrations with a performance of selected scenes from Julius Caesar at Shakespeare’s Globe, the iconic open-air theatre.…

Da Som Kim Wins November Student Blog Competition

Congratulations to Da Som Kim who is the winner of November's student blog competition! Her blog post about study spaces in London will be an excellent resource for her classmates and future London Global Gateway students.  Read the blog again…

Roots and Ruins Student Poster Fair

Yesterday evening, a group of students who traveled to the north of England came together to present their project work to their classmates, and London Global Gateway staff and faculty members.