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American Christianity and oil: A conversation with Darren Dochuk

Published: December 14, 2020

Peter Cajka corresponded with Dochuk about his most recent book, Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America (Basic, 2019).

Holy Cross history: A conversation with James T. Connelly, C.S.C.

Published: December 10, 2020

Author: Todd C. Ream

Todd C. Ream (Taylor University) interviewed Father James T. Connelly, C.S.C., about the process of writing his latest book, The History of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Notre Dame Press, 2020).

In review: Fall 2020 at the Cushwa Center

Published: December 08, 2020

Author: Philip Byers and Stephen M. Koeth, C.S.C.

Speakers at Cushwa's fall events included Leslie Woodcock Tentler, Colin Barr, Heath Carter, and Kathryn Gin Lum.

Rome, the United States, and postwar liberal democratic culture: An interview with Susanna De Stradis

Published: December 03, 2020

Author: Philip Byers

De Stradis is one of the first external researchers to engage newly available sources from the pontificate of Pius XII. Philip Byers recently corresponded with her for an update on her work.

Breaking our silence: A primer for research on clergy sexual abuse

Published: November 16, 2020

Author: Brian Clites

Brian Clites (Case Western Reserve University) offers an interdisciplinary overview of literature on clergy sex abuse.

Friends of Cushwa news and notes

Published: November 13, 2020

Author: Shane Ulbrich

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Book review

Published: October 07, 2020

Author: Philip Byers

Philip Byers (University of Notre Dame) reviews Petra Goedde's The Politics of Peace: A Global Cold War History (Oxford, 2019).

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.

Italian Studies Director Serves on Vatican Dante Centenary Committee

Published: July 21, 2020

Author: David Lummus

Ravarino Family Director of the Center for Italian Studies and Devers Family Program in Dante Studies, Professor Theodore Cachey, has been invited to sit on the scientific committee for the 2021 Dante centenary organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Early modern Irish women religious: A conversation with Bronagh McShane

Published: July 06, 2020

Author: Shane Ulbrich

McShane received a Mother Theodore Guerin Research Travel Grant for her project, “Irish Women Religious, c. 1530–1756: Suppression, Migration and Reintegration.”

Religion and pandemics: Five questions with Jonathan Riddle

Published: June 05, 2020

Author: Philip Byers

Philip Byers recently caught up with Riddle (Wheaton College) to discuss his research on religion and pandemics.

In review: February 2020 at the Cushwa Center

Published: May 28, 2020

Author: Philip Byers

Philip Byers surveys two Cushwa Center events held in February 2020.

The French Revolution and American Catholicism: Five questions with Mitchell Oxford

Published: May 19, 2020

Author: Peter Cajka

Oxford received a Research Travel Grant in 2019 for research contributing to his dissertation.

Reading a frontier missionary: Philippine Duchesne’s complete writings

Published: April 13, 2020

Author: Catherine O'Donnell

Catherine O'Donnell offers a review essay on the recently published, two-volume Philippine Duchesne: Pioneer on the American Frontier (1769–1852).

Friends of Cushwa news and notes

Published: April 03, 2020

Author: Shane Ulbrich

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Archives report: Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province

Published: March 27, 2020

Author: Patrick J. Hayes, Ph.D.

Patrick Hayes surveys recent acquisitions at the Redemptorist Archives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Book review

Published: March 20, 2020

Author: Timothy Neary

Timothy Neary (Salve Regina University) reviews Lizabeth Cohen's book on the life and work of Ed Logue.

Cushwa in Rome: Scholars gather in fall 2019

Published: March 06, 2020

Author: Luca Codignola and Rose Luminiello

Luca Codignola and Rose Luminiello review three Cushwa events in Rome held in November.

Cushwa Center announces research funding for 2020

Published: March 04, 2020

Author: Shane Ulbrich

In 2020, the Cushwa Center is providing grants and awards to 20 scholars for a variety of research projects.

Slavery, Jesuits, and freedom on American borderlands: An interview with Kelly Schmidt

Published: January 31, 2020

Author: Philip Byers

Kelly Schmidt (Loyola University Chicago) received a grant from Cushwa in 2019 to support archival research for her dissertation. Philip Byers caught up with Kelly in the fall to discuss the project.

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