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

Starting in 2020, a research group studied 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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Research Grants and Awards

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

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American Catholic Studies Newsletter

49.1 (Spring 2022)

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Latest News

The pervasive institution: Slavery and its legacies in U.S. Catholicism

Published: April 05, 2022

Author: Kelly L. Schmidt

Kelly L. Schmidt considers how scholars are taking a new, critical look at slavery and the Catholic Church.

Book review

Published: March 31, 2022

Author: Jacqueline Willy Romero

Jacqueline Willy Romero reviews Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada's Lifeblood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (New York University Press, 2020).

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