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.

Research Funding

Apply by December 31 to one of Cushwa's five grant programs.

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CHWR 2019

Eileen Markey reflects on papers from the 11th Triennial CHWR.

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Cushwa invites applications for a 2020–2021 fellowship.

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American Catholic Studies Newsletter

46, no. 2 (Fall 2019)

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Latest News

Fall 2019 at the Cushwa Center

Published: November 22, 2019

Author: Philip Byers

Cushwa research fellow Philip Byers revisits events featured at the center from September to November 2019.

Q&A with Philip Byers, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History

Published: November 18, 2019

Author: Carrie Gates

Philip Byers discusses why the role of external money in organized religion deserves some focused attention, and why Notre Dame is the right place for anyone interested in American religious history.

Upcoming Events

Cushwa Center Lecture: "Practicing Radical Hospitality: Sanctuary in the American Midwest"

Feb 27

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Eck Visitors Center Auditorium

Lecture: "The Modern Faith of Margaret Mead"

Apr 16

4:00PM - 5:00PM

242 O'Shaughnessy Hall

Seminar in American Religion

Apr 18

9:00AM - 11:30AM

Morris Inn Smith Ballroom