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American Catholic Studies Newsletter

47, no. 1 (Spring 2020)

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Latest News

A conversation with postdoctoral fellow Stephen Koeth, C.S.C.

Published: August 14, 2020

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Stephen Koeth, C.S.C., recently completed his doctorate at Columbia University and joins the Cushwa Center as a postdoctoral fellow for 2020–2021. We caught up to discuss recent work, moving back to Notre Dame, and plans for the coming year.

Italian Studies Director Serves on Vatican Dante Centenary Committee

Published: July 21, 2020

Author: David Lummus

Ravarino Family Director of the Center for Italian Studies and Devers Family Program in Dante Studies, Professor Theodore Cachey, has been invited to sit on the scientific committee for the 2021 Dante centenary organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Upcoming Events

Postponed: Declan Kiberd, “Ireland Now: Excavating the Present”

Aug 28

6:00PM - 7:00PM

O'Connell House (Dublin, Ireland)

Cushwa Center Lecture: Leslie Woodcock Tentler, “What Does It All Mean? Writing a History of American Catholicism”

Oct 6

7:30PM - 8:30PM

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