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OVI Seminar Series 2021, II

Time: Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Zoom

"Didascalismo, allegoria moralizzante e umanesimo cristiano: la iconografia del 'trionfo' in Dante, Boccaccio e Petrarca" (Didascalism, Moralizing Allegory, and Christian Humanism: The Iconography of the "Triumph" in Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch) Leonardo Francalanci (Notre Dame) Register here…

Second Annual Liss Lecture in Judaica: "Apostate and Saint: Edith Stein as Challenge for Jewish-Christian Dialogue"

Time: Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Location: Online

University of Notre Dame's Department of Theology will host the Second Annual Liss Lecture in Judaica. The speaker will be Leora Batnitzky of Princeton University. The lecture will be held online and is free and open to the public. Register in...

Shaadi: Weddings in India

Time: Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Zoom (link below)

Marriages in India are considered sacred. The rituals, preparations, enthusiasm and great pomp surrounding them show they are no less than a festival. Join the CSLC’s Hindi FLTA, Shivangi Nathawat, and have a look at the Indian style of “Together...

Workshop: Dante's Antipurgatorio III

Time: Fri, Mar 5, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Zoom

Between January 2021 and May 2022, the Center for Italian Studies and the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies will host a series of workshops on the first nine cantos of Dante's Purgatorio and associated themes. The main aim of...

Virtual Talk: "Beyond Broadway: The Pleasure and Promise of Musical Theatre Across America"

Time: Fri, Mar 5, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Zoom

The idea of American musical theatre conjures up images of bright lights and big city, but its lifeblood is found in local and amateur productions at schools, community theatres, summer camps, and more. In this talk based on her book, Beyond Broadway…...

A Conversation About Conversations

Time: Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location: Online (via Zoom)

What is a conversation exchange? While there are many apps that use AI to teach language to learners, the confidence that comes from interacting and conversing with a native language speaker can only be accomplished by having a real conversation...

Lecture: "From Margin to Center: The Abstracting of Photography"

Time: Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: Virtual

Lyle Rexer is a New York-based writer, curator, and art critic. He is a contributor to Photograph magazine and has written for many others including Art in America, Aperture, and Modern Painters.

Inti Raymi Celebration (Sun Fest)

Time: Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Location: Zoom (link below)

Throughout the year, indigenous people have different celebrations, giving thanks to our mother Earth (Pachamama) because she feeds us and the Sun makes it possible. That is why one of the biggest celebrations is Inti Raymi (Sun’s Fest), giving thanks...

Lecture: "Geopolitics: The Competing Maritime and Continental World Orders of China, Russia, and the United States"

Time: Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Virtual Event [Zoom]

Sarah C. M. Paine is the William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy in the Strategy & Policy Department of the U.S. Naval War College. Nine years of research in Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and Taiwan form...

Lecture: "Redoubled/Something We Carry"

Time: Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: Virtual

Jen Everett will exhibit her work in the Riley Hall Photography Gallery from March 5 to April 2, 2021. She will also give this virtual lecture.

Dante in America III

Time: Fri, Mar 19, 2021, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Zoom

In this third session, Joshua Matthews, associate professor of English at Dordt University, will give a lecture on Dante in the American Civil War era and Dennis Looney, director of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages at MLA, will...

Clothing and Food, the Kenyan Way

Time: Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Zoom (link below)

Kenya is a multicultural country with about 44 ethnic communities, all with different cultures, foods and clothing. In this language table hosted by the CSLC’s Swahili FLTA, Jossy Mutisya, we will look at some of the cultures and their ways...

Lecture: "Flexibility in Order: Three Assumptions that Distort International Order"

Time: Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Virtual Event [Zoom]

Mariya Grinberg is a postdoctoral fellow with the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College. Her primary research examines why states trade with their enemies,...

Translating the Founder: The Sorin Translation Project and Digital Exhibit

Time: Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Online (Zoom)

Presented by Sonja Stojanovic and Rev. Gregory Haake.

Virtual Presentation: "Do Wars Make States and States Make War: Rethinking the Origins of the Seven Years War"

Time: Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Virtual Event [Zoom]

I am a historian of Britain and its Empire, of comparative revolutions, comparative empires, and of northern Europe more broadly. I am both a deeply committed archival historian and a scholar who believes profoundly that...

Poshak: Dress Code Culture in India

Time: Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Zoom (link below)

Clothing in India is affected by place, religion, culture and region. The diversity is depicted in daily-wear clothing as well as that worn on specific occasions. From embroidery to prints, hand weaving to machine work, India has a full wardrobe when...

Fifth Annual Ravarino Lecture (connected to the Dante in America lecture series)

Time: Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Location: Zoom

"'Nel mezzo del cammin': Finding Dante in American Religious Culture" The Center for Italian Studies presents the fifth annual Ravarino Lecture, delivered by Peter S. Hawkins, professor of religion and literature in the Yale Divinity School. This special edition of...

Faculty Workshop: "Intercultural Competence and IDI"

Time: Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location: Online (Zoom)

Janice Aski, Professor of Italian & Romance Linguistics and April D. Weintritt, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director of the Italian Language Program The Ohio State University - Department of French and Italian About Janice Aski About April Weintritt…

OVI Seminar Series 2021, III

Time: Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Zoom

"Il primo sonetto della Vita nuova prima della Vita nuova" (The First Sonnet of the Vita nuova before the Vita nuova).

Ecuadorian Indigenous Marriage Rites and Traditions

Time: Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Location: Zoom (link below)

When two people join their lives in a marriage, it is a perfect excuse for a big celebration. For Ecuadorian indigenous people, there are rites and traditions before and after marriage, such as: how the couple gets engaged, how the...

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