Fall 2019 at the Cushwa Center
Cushwa research fellow Philip Byers revisits events featured at the center from September to November 2019.
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Q&A with Philip Byers, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History
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.
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Five questions with Conor Donnan
Conor Donnan (University of Pennsylvania) received a Hibernian Research Award in 2019 for his dissertation, “An ‘Empire of Liberty?’ Irish Immigrants, Native Americans, and American Imperialism in the Trans-Mississippi West between 1841 and 1924.”
American Catholic history on screen: ‘Hesburgh’
Jerry Barca revisits the research for and public reception of a 2019 documentary film on Notre Dame's longest serving president.
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Friends of Cushwa news and notes
Read updates from our network, including details on a dissertation fellowship and a new essay prize in American Catholic studies.
Searching through the Vatican Archives: Rose Luminiello presents her project on Irish religious women in the Anglophone world
Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway is hosting researcher Rose Luminiello during the academic year 2019–2020.
Coming to terms with archives
As digital collections proliferate in and beyond institutional repositories, Kevin Cawley considers the changing use of the word "archives" in light of the purposes and standards of professional archivists' work.
William Cossen on lived religion among Catholics in the Civil War
Cossen received a 2019 Research Travel Grant for a project examining devotional practices and spirituality among Catholic soldiers in the Civil War.
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Applications invited for Cushwa postdoctoral fellowship
The Cushwa Center invites applications for a 2020–2021 Postdoctoral Research Associate.
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Podcast talks with historian Ann Little
Ann Little discusses her research and writing with Ted Fox for "With a Side of Knowledge," a podcast produced by the Office of the Provost at the University of Notre Dame.
Studying Seton: A seminar with Catherine O’Donnell
Maggie Elmore summarizes the Cushwa Center’s spring 2019 Seminar in American Religion.
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Finding what’s true in the stories of women religious
Eileen Markey reflects on the study of women religious and the process of writing her 2016 book, A Radical Faith.
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Global History and Catholicism: Highlights and insights
John McGreevy revisits the Cushwa Center’s April 2019 conference, Global History and Catholicism.
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Cushwa cosponsors postdoctoral fellowship for research based in Aberdeen, Dublin, and Rome
Rose Luminiello (University of Aberdeen) will conduct archival research for the project, “Irish Religious Women in the Anglophone World, 1840–1950.”
Five questions with postdoctoral fellow Peter Cajka
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.
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Historian: In quest for holy heroes, American Catholics find tensions between national, religious identities
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.
Apostles in the desert: How Catholic advocates once led the fight to help Mexican immigrants
Maggie Elmore explores the history of advocacy services sponsored by the Catholic Church since the 1920s on behalf of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Preserving our story
Patricia Wittberg, S.C., offers sociological perspective on the preservation of religious congregations' archival collections as many communities anticipate downsizing, mergers, or completion in the years ahead.
Book review: Karen Johnson's One in Christ
Peter Cajka reviews Karen Johnson's One in Christ: Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice.
Why I study women religious
Ryan P. Murphy (Chestnut Hill College) reflects on his research and teaching on American Catholic women religious.