Cushwa Center // University of Notre Dame

Interpreting the American Catholic experience

Research Funding

Cushwa administers five funding programs supporting research in a variety of subject areas. Apply by December 31.

CHWR 2019

The 11th Triennial Conference on the History of Women Religious is scheduled for June 23–26, 2019, at Saint Mary's College.

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Global History and Catholicism

This conference (April 4–6, 2019) explores the intersection of global history and the Catholic Church.

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American Catholic Studies Newsletter

46, no. 1 (Spring 2019)

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Five questions with postdoctoral fellow Peter Cajka

Published: June 14, 2019

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Cajka discusses his research and teaching from the past two year, his book project, and the year ahead, when he’ll join Notre Dame’s Department of American Studies as visiting assistant professor.

Historian: In quest for holy heroes, American Catholics find tensions between national, religious identities

Published: May 02, 2019

Author: Amanda Skofstad

In new research, Kathleen Sprows Cummings chronicles how canonization, or the intricate process of naming someone a saint, prompted a minority religious group to define, defend and celebrate its American identity.