Cushwa Center // University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to interpret the American Catholic experience.

Gender, Sex, and Power

A team of researchers are studying the history of clergy sex abuse.

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History of Women Religious

Cushwa sponsors conferences and research on Catholic vowed women.

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American Catholic Studies Newsletter

47, no. 1 (Spring 2020)

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Latest News

New prize launched for research projects on the Black Catholic experience

Published: September 23, 2020

Author: Stephen M. Koeth, C.S.C., and Shane Ulbrich

The Cushwa Center has partnered with the American Catholic Historical Association to launch the Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., Prize.

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

Published: August 14, 2020

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Rev. Stephen M. 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.

Upcoming Events

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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Hibernian Lecture: Colin Barr, "The Idea of Greater Ireland"

Oct 9

11:00AM - 12:00PM

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Q&A: Library of Religious Biography

Oct 29

2:30PM - 3:30PM

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