, a pioneering journalist, author and activist, will present the lecture at the University of 91�Թ� at 5 p.m. on March 19 (Wednesday) in the Smith Ballroom at the Morris Inn. , assistant professor of American Studies, will moderate the event, which is free and open to the public.

“Helen Zia is arguably the most important and most recognized Asian American activist of our time,” said , director of the , which organizes the lecture series. “She literally wrote the book on Asian American history and helped solidify the term ‘Asian American.’ It is especially meaningful that she started her activism while living in the midwest, only three hours from our campus. It is a great honor to welcome her to 91�Թ�.”

Zia’s role in the national Asian American civil rights movement began after the racially motivated killing of 27-year-old Vincent Chin in Detroit in 1982. After a judge sentenced Chin’s attackers to probation, Zia helped organize and lead a coalition of Asian Americans to stand up for justice and equality. Zia’s efforts and this movement were crucial, prompting officials to bring federal civil rights charges against the perpetrators. Zia’s efforts are documented in the Academy-Award-nominated PBS film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” After 40 years of civil, women’s and LGBTQ+ rights activism, Zia founded the Vincent Chin Institute in 2023 to build multiracial solidarity against hate.

“Today’s anti-Asian hate has uncanny parallels to the anti-Asian hate of the 1980s,” Zia said. “The Vincent Chin movement’s founding principles are the legacy of solidarity: In 1983, we declared our commitment to equal justice for all and a stand against racism and discrimination of any kind.”

The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Zia was born in New Jersey in 1952. She attended Princeton University where she co-founded the Asian American Students Association and graduated in the first co-educational class. After two years of medical school, she left to work as a construction laborer, autoworker and community organizer until she discovered her life’s work as a journalist, writer and activist.

Zia is the author of “Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People” (2001), a seminal work chronicling critical moments in Asian American history and race relations. Her 2019 book, “Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution,” researched during her experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in China, was an NPR best book and shortlisted for a national PEN America award. Zia served as executive editor of the iconic Ms. magazine, a feminist publication, and her essays and articles have appeared in publications including The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Zia received honorary doctorates from the University of San Francisco and the City University of New York (CUNY) for bringing important matters of law and civil rights into public view. CUNY has two faculty positions named for Zia: the Helen Zia Distinguished Lecturer in Asian American Studies at Hunter College and the Helen Zia Doctoral Lecturer in Sociology. For her work in human rights, Zia was selected as one of 79 people in North America who carried the 2008 Olympic torch in San Francisco on the way to Beijing. In 2010, she testified as a witness in the federal case on marriage equality decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The honors innovative, creative and effective Asian American leaders and celebrates their contributions. This year’s lecture is sponsored by the with the the and the .

The Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, part of 91�Թ�’s , promotes awareness, understanding and knowledge of Asia through administering a supplementary major and minor in Asian studies, supporting student and faculty scholarship, organizing public events, and facilitating interaction and exchanges with partners in Asia. The institute was established by a gift from the RM Liu Foundation that supports the philanthropic activities of Robert and Mimi Liu and their children, Emily and Justin, both 91�Թ� graduates.

For more information, please visit .

Originally published by Jennifer Lechtanski at on March 10.

Contact: Tracy DeStazio, associate director of media relations, 574-631-9958 or tdestazi@nd.edu

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Other major area weather events impacting campus:

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Monday, Jan. 27, and Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014: Campus was closed due to dangerously cold temperatures. That Tuesday, the high at noon was only 1 degree, with a low that night of 13 below zero.

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Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014: The city received 12.3 inches of lake effect snow, breaking the previous daily snowfall record of 4.7 inches set in 1974. Campus stayed open but crews had to clear a foot of snow out of the stadium for the Saturday game against Northwestern.

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Friday to Sunday, Jan. 7 to 9, 2011: A lake effect snow event before classes started disrupted South Bend with accumulations totaling 2 to 3 feet of snow in some areas. The total at the South Bend airport was 36.7 inches, with South Bend reporting 28.1 inches.

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Blizzard of Feb. 1-2, 2011: Classes were canceled and campus closed for the first time since 2000 when the area had blizzard conditions and 14.7 inches of snow between Monday, Jan. 31, and Wednesday, Feb. 2, adding to South Bend’s record total of 100 inches of snow for the winter.

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Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 11 and 12, 2000: A winter storm brought freezing rain and then lake effect snow, with winds of 30-40 mph creating blizzard conditions. The South Bend airport reported 11.5 inches of snow. Campus was closed Dec. 12.

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Thursday, Jan. 16, 1997: Gusting winds and nearly a foot of snow closed campus. The Observer reported that many area businesses were closed, including the Papa John’s Pizza location near campus.

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Sunday and Monday, Jan. 16 and 17, 1994: Campus was closed due to extreme cold — the low at 6 a.m. Jan. 16 was 17 below zero.

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Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1993: A snowstorm that dropped more than 15 inches of snow forced cancellation of classes for the first time since the 1978 blizzard.

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Thursday, Jan. 26, 1978: The Blizzard of ’78: Forecasts for that Thursday predicted blizzard conditions, but no one was prepared for the 41 inches of snow that fell over the next three days, producing drifts of up to 20 feet. Classes were canceled for three days.

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Friday, Jan. 16, 1959: The Scholastic reported that “warning bells marked the end of classes for the duration of what turned out to be the worst snowstorm 91�Թ� has witnessed in many years.” Only dining hall employees and snow removal crews remained on campus after a snowfall of 15 inches.

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At the time, the Scholastic article went on to say, “No one in the present administration can remember canceling classes for a snowstorm, although in the early days of the school it is unlikely that snow affected 91�Թ� much since most students and professors lived on campus.”

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Sponsored by 91�Թ�’s , Matláry will deliver a lecture entitled “A House Divided: European Values and Strategic Ability.” The lecture will be free and open to the public.

The purpose of the Nanovic Forum is to bring European leaders from a variety of academic, cultural, and professional fields to 91�Թ� to discuss issues of major importance in Europe today. The Forum was established in 2011 through the generous support of Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic.

Born in Norway in 1957, Matláry converted to Catholicism at the age of twenty and went on to pursue a distinguished career in academia and public policy. She earned her Ph.D. in political science in 1994 and taught policy courses at the University of Oslo on energy, security, and international human rights. In 1997, she was invited to join Kjell Magne Bondevik’s Christian-Democratic government and served as its deputy Foreign Minister for three years.

In taking that government position, Matláry became the first woman to hold a high government post in Norway since the Protestant Reformation.

In 2000, Matláry returned to teaching, research, and advising as Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo. For her scholarship and work in European culture and politics, she was awarded the St. Benedict Prize in 2007. She was invited to the Davos World Economic Forum as a member of the Global Agenda Council. Since her government work in Norway, she has led the Norwegian Research Council’s program on petroleum research and was part of the expert commission that developed Norway’s ethical guidelines for energy expenditure, criminal justice, and defense. At the Holy See in Rome, Matláry serves a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and consultor for the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Her latest book-length publication is Hard Power in Hard Times: Can Europe Act Strategically? (2018). ��

"Professor Matláry's lecture could not come at a better time," said , director of the Nanovic Institute, and the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Professor of the Humanities at the University of 91�Թ�. "With both NATO and the EU under assault, Europeans face enormous challenges. Can Europe go it alone? Should it endeavor to do so? This is all very much in the air. As a core academic unit of the Keough School of Global Affairs, the Nanovic Institute is pleased to bring Professor Matláry to campus to explore these pressing questions."

Past speakers in the Nanovic Forum have included Hanna Suchocka (former Prime Minister of Poland), Horst Koehler (former President of Germany), Krzysztof Zanussi (filmmaker), Lord Patten of Barnes (Chancellor of Oxford), and other eminent professionals in education, literature, and law.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of 91�Թ� is committed to enriching the intellectual culture of 91�Թ� by creating an integrated, interdisciplinary home for students and faculty to explore the evolving ideas, cultures, beliefs and institutions that shape Europe today. The institute is an integral part of 91�Թ�’s .

For additional information about the Nanovic Institute and the Nanovic Forum, visit .

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Contact: The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, 574-631-5123, nanovic@nd.edu

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Bishop Borys Gudziak, president of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine, and a leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, will present the Keeley Vatican Lecture at noon Tuesday (Nov. 1) in McKenna Hall’s lower level.

Sponsored by the , Bishop Gudziak’s lecture, titled “Ukraine, Democratic Revolution, and the Challenges of a Catholic University,” is free and open to the public.

, director of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, describes Bishop Gudziak as “a major figure in the Eastern Catholic Church who has demonstrated that it is possible to create a vibrant Catholic community in a country previously ruled by a dictatorship.”

Bishop Gudziak was born in the United States to Ukrainian parents. After earning dual degrees in philosophy and biology at Syracuse University, he studied theology and ecclesiastical sciences at the Pontificia Università Urbaniana and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Slavic and Byzantine cultural history from Harvard University in 1992. He then moved permanently to Lviv, where he was ordained in 1998, joined a commission for the revival of the Lviv Theological Academy, founded a new Institute of Church History and became the rector (and later president) of the Ukrainian Catholic University.

Gudziak has been a prominent leader in higher education in Ukraine after years of communist regime. An important voice in the Orange Revolution (2004-2005), which occurred in response to a controversial election decided in favor of Viktor Yanukovych, Gudziak also played a key role in Ukraine’s peaceful demonstrations in the Maidan of Kiev in 2013.

McAdams notes that Gudziak “has presented Ukrainian citizens with a vivid image of how to live with integrity and honor in a country still struggling with the vestiges of communism. He exhibited extraordinary leadership in the founding of the Ukrainian Catholic University and has inspired a generation of Ukrainian students and scholars.”

In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI elevated Bishop Gudziak to the Paris Eparchy of Saint Volodymyr the Great, the territorial diocese for the Ukrainian Catholic Church in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Germany. The Ukrainian Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See.

The Keeley Vatican Lecture was established by the generosity of Terrence R. Keeley, class of ’81, to bring distinguished representatives from the Vatican to explore questions involving 91�Թ�’s Catholic mission. For more information and the archive of past lectures, visit .

Contact: Jennifer Lechtanski, Nanovic Institute, 574-631-3548, nanovic@nd.edu

Margarethe von Trotta, one of Germany’s best-known and most successful female film directors, will deliver the 2016 at 5 p.m. April 20 (Wednesday) in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium at the University of 91�Թ�.

Sponsored by the , the lecture, titled “My Approach to Biography,” is free and open to the public. In addition, von Trotta will hold a discussion on her work and techniques in a masterclass and will introduce her latest film, “The Misplaced World,” at a public screening at the Browning Cinema at at 7 p.m. April 21.

Born in 1942, von Trotta was introduced to French New Wave Cinema during a trip to Paris in the early 1960s. She decided to change her career to acting upon her return to Germany. She won acclaim for her roles in New German Cinema and starred in films by Rainer Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. She went on to make important and controversial films, especially films about women, such as “Marianne and Juliane” (1981), “Rosa Luxemburg” (1986) and “Vision” (2009) about Saint Hildegard von Bingen. Actress Barbara Sukowa, whom von Trotta frequently casts in her films, introduced a screening of “Hannah Arendt” at 91�Թ� in 2013, a film both written and directed by von Trotta. In addition to making films, she is a professor of film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, through the generosity of Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic, established the Nanovic Forum to deepen 91�Թ�’s rich tradition of connections to Europe by bringing prominent figures to campus in a wide range of fields to explore, discuss and debate the most pressing questions about Europe today. Past speakers have included Lord Patten of Barnes, chancellor of the University of Oxford; Horst Koehler, former president of Germany; Hanna Suchocka, former prime minister of Poland; and Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies is an integral part of the new at the University of 91�Թ�.

More information on von Trotta’s visit and an archive of past Forum lectures is available at .

Contact: Monica Caro, Nanovic Institute, 574-631-3547, mcaro@nd.edu

The at the University of 91�Թ� has awarded the 2016 to Mark Thompson for his book “” published by Cornell University Press. , director of the Nanovic Institute, praised the book as “an extraordinarily imaginative book that shows us how biography can provide a lens into understanding major historical crises.”

The $10,000 Laura Shannon Prize has been described as “a major landmark in the world of humanities research and publishing” in the Anglophone world by Sir Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. It is awarded annually to the author of the best book in European studies that transcends a focus on any one country, state or people to stimulate new ways of thinking about contemporary Europe as a whole, and recognizes alternately books in the humanities and in history and social sciences. This cycle considered books in the humanities published in 2013 and 2014.

The jury commended Thompson’s book, stating:

“Mark Thompson’s ‘Birth Certificate’ is an eloquent biography of a major Yugoslav writer too little known in the Anglophone world. Impressive, eccentric, at times controversial, Danilo Kiš (1935-1989) belonged to many cultures and traditions. He is best known for his playfulness with literary form. Thompson traces his career with an eye toward Kiš’s literary significance. What is remarkable about this biography is how skillfully it relates literary significance to shifts in the history of central Europe. The biography is itself a formal tour de force, combining journal fragments, photographs and interviews with Thompson’s own beautifully written prose. Richly informative, ‘Birth Certificate’ is a brilliant case for Kiš’s importance in cultural history. As Thompson concludes: ‘From Kosovo’s ethnic tyranny to Diderot’s enlightenment and beyond — to Joyce, Borges and a reunited Europe — is almost too far to measure; but it is there, along that spectrum, that Kiš’s writing shines most brightly.’ This book illuminates that brightness, and we hope that this imaginatively printed volume will introduce more readers to this complex figure.”

Thompson is Reader in Modern History at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. His career has included various positions with United Nations missions, with civil society organizations and in journalism. Thompson will accept the award and present a lecture in the fall semester of 2016 at the University of 91�Թ�. During the visit, he will engage in discussions with undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty members in a variety of departments.

The jury also chose to award honorable mention to two books: Joy Calico’s “,” published by the University of California Press, and Krisztina Fehérváry’s “,” published by Indiana University Press.

The jury commended Calico’s “Arnold Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar Europe” as a searching exploration of the way in which one of the great musical reflections on the Holocaust had been received in the communist countries after the Second World War. The book brought much new information to light, and was particularly illuminating concerning the status of Jews and of art devoted to their suffering during the communist years.

The jury also commended Fehérváry’s “Politics in Color and Concrete: Socialist Materialities and the Middle Class in Hungary” as an unusually imaginative study of life in a bleak Hungarian monotown. The book depicts the population’s attempt to express an emerging middle-class identity during the communist years. The jury praised the book as both a contribution to the phenomenology of aesthetic deprivation and a fascinating essay in the history and sociology of modernist vernacular architecture.

The members of the final jury were as follows: Karl Ameriks, McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy, University of 91�Թ�; John Hare, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, Yale Divinity School; Anne Lake Prescott, Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor of English Emerita, Barnard College, Columbia University; Ingrid Rowland, Professor of Architecture, University of 91�Թ�; and Roger Scruton, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of 91�Թ� is committed to enriching the intellectual culture of 91�Թ� by creating an integrated, interdisciplinary home for students and faculty to explore the evolving ideas, cultures, beliefs and institutions that shape Europe today. The institute is an integral part of 91�Թ�’s . For additional information about the Nanovic Institute and the Laura Shannon Prize, visit .

Contact: Monica Caro, 574-631-3547, mcaro@nd.edu

Krzysztof Zanussi, a leading figure in contemporary European cinema, will deliver the 2015 at 5 p.m. Sept. 9 (Wednesday) in the Eck Visitors Center Auditorium at the University of 91�Թ�.

Sponsored by the , the lecture, titled “Strategies of Life: How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too,” is free and open to the public. In addition, Zanussi will deliver remarks about his experiences with Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 10 (Thursday) in McKenna Hall, Room 200. He will also introduce his latest film, “Foreign Body,” at a public screening at the Browning Cinema at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Sept. 10. He will conclude his visit with a luncheon and film screening hosted by the Nanovic Institute at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago on Sept. 11.

Born in 1939, Zanussi studied physics and philosophy before turning to cinema in 1966. Making his first film shortly thereafter, he became the artistic director, producer and eventually president of TOR Film Production. A key figure in Poland’s post-war cinema, and particularly known for his “cinema of moral anxiety,” Zanussi has won major film prizes at Cannes, Venice and Leipzig, as well as prizes in Russia and international festivals outside the west. He has also directed theatrical plays from Euripides to Stoppard in theaters across Europe and has directed the staging of operas in Poland, Italy and Switzerland. He serves as a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, through the generosity of Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic, established the Nanovic Forum to deepen 91�Թ�’s rich tradition of connections to Europe by bringing prominent figures to campus in a wide range of fields to explore, discuss and debate the most pressing questions about Europe today. Past speakers have included Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford; Horst Koehler, former president of Germany; and Hanna Suchocka, former prime minister of Poland. The Nanovic Institute for European Studies is an integral part of the at the University of 91�Թ�.

More information on Zanussi’s visit and an archive of past Forum lectures is available at .

Contact: Monica Caro, Nanovic Institute, 574-631-3547, mcaro@nd.edu

His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the , will deliver the 2013 at 5 p.m. April 24 (Wednesday) in the Carey Auditorium in the Hesburgh Library at the University of 91�Թ�. Pope Francis specifically commended the theological work of Cardinal Kasper at his first Angelus message, noting that, “(i)n these days, I have been able to read a book by a cardinal — Cardinal Kasper, a talented theologian, a good theologian — on mercy. And it did me such good, that book.”

Sponsored by the , Cardinal Kasper will address “The Origins of Vatican II.” This lecture is free and open to the public. Cardinal Kasper will also participate in an international gathering of scholars, “,” which will take place at the 91�Թ� Conference Center on April 25-27 (Thursday-Saturday).

Born in Heidenheim, Germany, in 1933, Kasper was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He studied at the University of Tübingen where he later became professor of dogmatic theology. He also taught at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1983. Cardinal Kasper served as bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart from 1989 until his 1999 appointment as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Pope John Paul II elevated him to cardinal and appointed him president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in 2001. The Council for Promoting Christian Unity guides and serves the ecumenical activities of the Catholic Church, holds international theological dialogues with other Christian denominations, and is also responsible for Catholic-Jewish relations. As president of the council, Kasper was also the president for the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. He retired as president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in 2010.

The annual Terrence R. Keeley Vatican Lecture provides the 91�Թ� community with the opportunity to interact with distinguished representatives from the Holy See and significant dioceses of Europe. Past lecturers have included Cardinal Angelo Amato, Archbishop Charles J. Brown and Cardinal Reinhard Marx.

More information on Cardinal Kasper’s visit and an archive of past lectures are available at .

Contact: Monica Caro, 574-631-3547, mcaro@nd.edu

, president of the Technical University of Munich, will present the at 5 p.m. April 9 (Tuesday) in the Jordan Hall of Science at the University of 91�Թ�. The lecture, titled “What is an Entrepreneurial University? A Case Study,” is free and open to the public. , William K. Warren Foundation Dean of 91�Թ�’s and professor of physics, will present the introduction.

Under the direction of Herrmann, the Technical University of Munich has dramatically increased student enrollment, the number of full-time female professors and the levels of external funding. Germany’s Excellence Initiative has recognized the Technical University of Munich twice in the last decade as a University of Excellence.

Herrmann studied chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. After obtaining his doctorate at the University of Regensburg and following professorships in Regensburg and Frankfurt, he took over the TUM Chair of Inorganic Chemistry in 1985. His awards include the Leibniz Prize, the Max Planck Research Prize, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, and the Order of the Legion of Honor of the President of France. He has also received eleven honorary doctorates from German and international universities.

Appointed as president of the Technical University of Munich in 1995, Herrmann was unanimously re-elected as president in 2013. He is now the longest-serving president of a German university. In recognition of his significant achievements, Herrmann was honored as “President of the Year” from the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers in 2012.

The established the Nanovic Forum through the generosity of Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic, in order to continue to deepen 91�Թ�’s rich tradition of connections to Europe by bringing prominent figures to campus in a wide range of fields to explore, discuss and debate the most pressing questions about Europe today.

Past speakers have included Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the last British Governor of Hong Kong; Horst Koehler, former president of Germany; and Bernhard Schlink, a German novelist and constitutional court justice.

Contact: Jennifer Lechtanski, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, 574-631-3548

Christopher Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC, will present the Nanovic Forum at 5 p.m. April 19 (Thursday) in Andrews Auditorium of Geddes Hall at the University of 91�Թ�. The lecture, titled “Europe, America and the Changing World Order,” is free and open to the public.

“Lord Patten is an extraordinary figure, a man who has epitomized global leadership in diplomacy, higher education, international affairs and Catholicism,” says , director of 91�Թ�’s .

Lord Patten is chairman of the BBC Trust, chancellor of the University of Oxford and co-chair of the UK-India Round Table. He was a member of parliament from 1979 to 1992, including chairmanship of the Conservative Party. After leaving Westminster, Lord Patten served as the last British Governor of Hong Kong, overseeing the territory’s return to China in 1997. He also chaired the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland and became European commissioner for external affairs.

In 2010, Lord Patten was appointed by the prime minister to oversee and manage the preparations for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United Kingdom, the country’s first papal visit in nearly 20 years.

Lord Patten was named a privy counsellor in 1989, a companion of honor in 1998, and a life peer in 2005. He has written a number of best-selling books on international politics. His wife, Lavender, a barrister and family mediator, will accompany him on this visit to 91�Թ�.

The Nanovic Institute established the Nanovic Forum through the generosity of Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic, in order to continue to deepen 91�Թ�’s rich tradition of connections to Europe by bringing prominent figures to campus who are involved in healing rifts, unifying efforts and enlightening issues that transcend a focus on any one European country, people or constituency.

Past speakers have included Horst Koehler, former president of Germany; and Bernhard Schlink, a German novelist and constitutional court justice.

Contact: Monica Caro, assistant director, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, 574-631-3547

The Most Reverend Archbishop Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P., secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, will deliver the 2012 at 4:30 p.m. March 22 (Thursday) in the Eck Visitors’ Center Auditorium at the University of 91�Թ�.

Sponsored by the , his lecture is titled “The Second Vatican Council Ahead of Us,” and is free and open to the public. Bruguès is also scheduled to celebrate Mass in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at 91�Թ� at 5:15 p.m. March 23 (Friday).

Bruguès was born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre near the Pyrenees and studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) before earning a doctorate in theology. Ordained in 1975, he is a member of the Order of Friars Preachers. Shortly after being appointed bishop of Angers in 2000, he was elected president of the Doctrinal Commission of the French Episcopal Conference.

Since 2007, Bruguès has served as secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education under the prefecture of Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski. This congregation has authority over all seminaries, houses of religious and secular formation, and all universities, faculties and educational institutes that fall under its purview. Bruguès’ activities are focused in the Congregation’s Office for Universities.

The annual Terrence R. Keeley Vatican Lecture provides the 91�Թ� community with the opportunity to interact with distinguished representatives from the Holy See and significant dioceses of Europe. Past lecturers have included Cardinal Angelo Amato from Italy, Cardinal Reinhard Marx from Germany and Archbishop Charles J. Brown, the recently appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.

More information on the lecture and the series is available at .

Contact: Monica Caro, 574-631-3547, mcaro@nd.edu

The University of 91�Թ�’s has awarded the to Eric Nelson for his book “The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political Thought” (Harvard University Press).

The $10,000 Laura Shannon Prize is presented annually to the author of the best book in European studies that transcends a focus on any one country, state or people to stimulate new ways of thinking about contemporary Europe as a whole, and rotates between the humanities and history and social sciences. This is the second award for the humanities, which judged nominated books published in 2009 and 2010.

The jury commended Nelson’s book, stating:

“An electrifying, bold analysis, Eric Nelson’s ‘The Hebrew Republic’ is a transformative work in political and intellectual history that makes a significant contribution to European studies. Nelson argues persuasively that a European engagement with Jewish political thought was central to the development of modern notions of republican government, the redistribution of wealth, and religious tolerance. Using rabbinical commentaries and examining republican thought, Nelson’s careful scholarship offers a wealth of new and counter-intuitive insights. This is a watershed in presenting the history of political thought and is a very important book with which scholars will engage and argue for decades to come.”

The final jury was composed of Caryl Emerson, A. Watson Armour III University Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University; Don Howard, professor of philosophy and director of the , 91�Թ�; Suzanne L. Marchand, professor of history, Louisiana State University; Mark W. Roche, Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Professor of German Language and Literature, 91�Թ�; and Paul Woodruff, professor of philosophy and inaugural dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies, University of Texas at Austin.

Nelson will accept the award and present a lecture this fall at 91�Թ�. Nelson is professor of government at Harvard University. His research focuses on the history of political thought in early-modern Europe and America, and on the implications of that history for debates in contemporary political theory. Nelson received his A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard University (1999) and his Ph.D. from The University of Cambridge (2002). He has been awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. He has also been a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a British Marshall Scholar.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of 91�Թ� is committed to enriching the intellectual culture of 91�Թ� by creating an integrated, interdisciplinary home for students and faculty to explore the evolving ideas, cultures, beliefs and institutions that shape Europe today. For additional information about the Nanovic Institute, the Laura Shannon Prize, and the authors, please see .

Bernhard Schlink, author of the New York Times’ best-selling novel “The Reader,” will be the speaker at the inaugural Nanovic Forum, a three-day event at the University of 91�Թ� April 6 to 8 (Wednesday to Friday).

Schlink is a professor of public law and legal philosophy. For many years he also was a judge on the German Constitutional Law Court in Bonn. Known for his work as a best-selling crime writer in his native country, Schlink captured international attention with his novel “Der Vorleser,” which, translated as “The Reader,” was featured as an Oprah Book Club selection in 1999. He also has written several books on constitutional law, fundamental rights and the separation of powers. Schlink teaches at Humboldt University in Berlin and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.

During his visit, Schlink will introduce the Oscar-winning film based on the book, present a law lecture with faculty panel response on constitutional proportionality, and read from his latest novel The Weekend.

All forum events are open to the public. For more information and the complete schedule, visit the .

Sponsored by the , the Nanovic Forum brings prominent Europeans in a wide range of fields to explore, discuss, and debate the most pressing questions about Europe today.

Contact: Jennifer Lechtanski, lechtanski.6@nd.edu, 574-631-3548

His Excellency Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, will present the 2010 Terrence R. Keeley Vatican Lecture April 7 (Wednesday) at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of 91�Թ�.

Sponsored by 91�Թ�’s Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the lecture, titled “The Social Message of the Church in the Context of Contemporary Challenges,” is free and open to the public. Archbishop Marx also is scheduled to preside at the 11:30 a.m. Mass in 91�Թ�’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

Marx was appointed in 2001 as the Bishop of Trier, the oldest diocese in Germany. In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Marx as the Archbishop of Munich and Freising, a post that was previously held by the pope.

In 2009, the archbishop published the book “Das Kapital,” using the same title as the 19th-century work on political economy by Karl Marx, intending to highlight the value of Catholic social teaching in a globalized world. He argues that “capitalism without humanity, solidarity and the rule of law has no morality and no future.”

The annual Terrence R. Keeley Vatican Lecture provides the 91�Թ� community with the opportunity to interact with distinguished representatives from the Holy See and significant dioceses of Europe. Past lectures have included addresses by Archbishop Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.

More information on the lecture and the series is available on the Web at .

Streaming video of the address will be available at mms://streaming.nd.edu/archmarx and on campus cable Channel 13.

Contact: Jennifer Lechtanski, Nanovic Institute, jmarley1@nd.edu

Marc Crépon, a professor at École Normale Supérieure in Paris and researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), will present the University of 91�Թ�’s 2008-09 Nanovic Institute Distinguished European Lecture on “The Culture of the Enemy: A Critique of Huntington from Freud and Nietzsche” at 8 p.m. Wednesday (April 8) in the auditorium of the University’s Hesburgh Center for International Studies.

As a specialist of the German and French philosophies from the 18th century to the present, Crépon deals with the relationship between language and community, philosophy and terror. He addresses the challenges Europe is facing today in this context.

Crépon’s recent publications have attracted a high level of attention, especially his reflection on “The Clash of Civilizations?” by the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. He received the bronze medal at CNRS, the largest fundamental research organization in Europe, where he also served in 2003 as a research director.

The lecture is sponsored by 91�Թ�’s Nanovic Institute for European Studies and co-hosted by the Ph.D. in Literature Program.

More information is available on the Web at or by calling 574-631-5253.

Mario Mauro, vice president of the European Parliament, will give the inaugural European Union (EU) Lecture sponsored by the University of 91�Թ�s Nanovic Institute for European Studies at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 29 (Monday) in Room 129 of DeBartolo Hall.

Titled “The God of Europe: Christian Roots and the Future of Europe,” Mauros talk is free and open to the public.

The EU Lecture Series is devoted to furthering the knowledge of students, faculty and other members of the 91�Թ� community about the history, nature and future of the European Union, with particular attention to issues of interest for both EU institutions and the Catholic Church.

Mauro was elected to the European Parliament in 1999 and served as vice president of the Culture and Education Committee for five years. In 2000, he was chosen by the U.S. State Department to represent an exchange program for European-American politicians.He became vice president of the parliament in 2004 after his second election and was awarded the delegation for theRelations with Churches and the Religious Communitiesfrom the parliament president in 2007.

Mauro is strongly committed to education, economics and culture and continues to teach human rights and international conventions at the European University of Rome.

According to Anthony Monta, assistant director of the Nanovic Institute, this series puts 91�Թ�’s students and faculty into direct contact with leaders in Europe’s political and administrative institutions that deal with contemporary European dynamics.

“These lectures will be given by people in the best position to discuss important European issues in both a practical and reflective way,” Monta said, “but we’re quite open to their being controversial. These will not be dry rehearsals of EU policies and statistics.These are serious attempts by politicians and administrators to put practical issues of governance in the context of wider economic, cultural and philosophical contexts.Naturally, 91�Թ� is the perfect home for this kind of series.”

The EU visitors will give public lectures, visit classrooms and meet with faculty and students.

“At the Nanovic Institute,” Monta said, “we don’t just take 91�Թ� to Europe.We weave Europe into 91�Թ�.”

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The University of 91�Թ�s Nanovic Institute for European Studies has created a new prize to honor and promote books that feature new perspectives of contemporary Europe.

The Laura Shannon Prize, which carries a $10,000 award, will be given annually to the author of the best book in contemporary European studies.Beginning in 2010, the prize will be awarded each spring with the winning author to deliver an original lecture in the fall at 91�Թ�.

A five-member jury of eminent scholars in European studies will choose the winning author from a variety of fields. The categories will rotate on an annual basis between the humanities in addition to history and the social sciences.

Nominations for the inaugural prize in the humanities will be accepted until
Jan. 1, 2009. The publisher or the author may nominate books published in 2007 or 2008 for the competition. Details and the nomination form for the Laura Shannon Prize are available on the Nanovic Institute website at .

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The University of 91�Թ�s Nanovic Institute for European Studies will represent the University at the fifth meeting of the Central and Eastern European Catholic Universities in Lviv, Ukraine.The symposium, titledThe Spiritual Life and a Culture of Academic Excellence,is being held on May 8 to 11 at the Ukrainian Catholic University.

The conference group, in which 91�Թ� regularly takes part, meets annually to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences on the challenges that face modern Catholic Universities: curriculum, spirituality, leadership and research.

Nanovic Institute Director A. James McAdams, Dr. William M. Scholl Professor of International Affairs, will chair a panel and give a keynote presentation onHiring in a Catholic University: Challenges, Limitations and Practices.

The symposium is an opportunity for 91�Թ� tostrengthen relationships and have an impact upon future generations of prominent academic leaders as they face the challenges and conflicts in building great Catholic universities,McAdams said.

Other institutions attending the Ukrainian symposium include the Catholic Universities of Lublin, Poland; Ružomberok, Slovakia; and the Pázmány Péter Catholic University of Budapest, Hungary.

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