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Farrell O’Gorman on Catholicism in American Gothic Literature

Published: February 16, 2018

Michael Skaggs revisits a November 2017 discussion of O’Gorman’s Catholicism and American Borders in the Gothic Literary Imagination (Notre Dame Press, 2017).

New travel grant program launched for Catholic women’s history; open to scholars of any academic discipline

Published: January 30, 2018

Author: Shane Ulbrich

The Cushwa Center has launched the Mother Theodore Guerin Research Grant Program.

Five questions for Marie Curie Fellow Valentina Ciciliot

Published: January 23, 2018

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Ciciliot is at Notre Dame researching the North American origins and global influence of the Catholic charismatic movement.

American religion in the Gilded Age

Published: January 18, 2018

Author: Benjamin J. Wetzel

Benjamin Wetzel reviews Richard White's The Republic for Which it Stands.

Ian McBride on Catholics under the penal laws

Published: December 04, 2017

Author: Peter Cajka

For the 2017 Hibernian Lecture, Ian McBride shared new sources and insights on both immediate and long-term effects of Ireland's penal laws.

Notre Dame’s “1.5 founder”: 2017 Cushwa Center Lecture evaluates the legacy of John A. Zahm, C.S.C.

Published: November 28, 2017

Author: Benjamin J. Wetzel

Benjamin Wetzel revisits the 2017 Cushwa Center Lecture by Rev. Thomas Blantz, C.S.C.

U.S. Catholic discourse on race, gender, and sexuality, 1917–1970: A conversation with Billy Korinko

Published: November 21, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Billy Korinko (University of Kentucky) received travel grant funds supporting dissertation research on discourse related to race, gender, and sexuality in mid-twentieth-century American Catholic media.

French Catholicism in the early American West: A conversation with Gabrielle Guillerm

Published: November 16, 2017

Author: Benjamin J. Wetzel

Guillerm received a Research Travel Grant in 2017 to study the intersection of French Catholicism, state building, and popular devotion in the early republic.

Polygamy, women’s rights, and Mormonism: A seminar with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Published: November 07, 2017

Author: Benjamin J. Wetzel

The fall 2017 Seminar in American Religion discussed Ulrich’s A House Full of Females.

Rev. Thomas Blantz, C.S.C., to deliver 2017 Cushwa Center lecture

Published: October 31, 2017

Author: Amanda Skofstad

Rev. Thomas Blantz, C.S.C., professor of history emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver the 2017 Cushwa Center Lecture on Nov. 3 (Friday), at 2 p.m. in McKenna Hall Auditorium.

Five questions for research travel grant recipient Barry McCarron

Published: October 24, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

McCarron received funds to study the stance of Irish Americans and the Catholic Church toward Chinese immigrants and the anti-Chinese movement that culminated in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

Land O’Lakes and its legacy: A lecture and panel on Catholic higher education

Published: October 12, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

In September, the Cushwa Center sponsored a lecture and discussion commemorating a landmark document for Catholic university life.

The Sisters' Survey: Preservation and access for a new generation

Published: October 09, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Catherine Osborne explores the history and significance of a survey of more than 130,000 women religious conducted in 1967. The survey dataset has recently been made available open access through Notre Dame.

Millennial Catholic missionaries: A conversation with Katherine Dugan

Published: September 21, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Dugan received a 2017 Research Travel Grant to study young missionaries and their impact on Catholicism in America.

Gráinne McEvoy on Catholic social thought, U.S. immigration policy, and Father Hesburgh

Published: September 14, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

McEvoy received travel grant funds to study Father Hesburgh’s work on immigration and refugee issues.

Catholic university presidents to reflect on 50-year Land O’Lakes legacy

Published: August 29, 2017

Author: Amanda Skofstad

The Cushwa Center in collaboration with the Office of the President at Notre Dame will host five Catholic university presidents on Sept. 5 for a lecture and panel to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the drafting and signing of the Land O’Lakes Statement.

Midwestern Catholic mothers at mid-century: A conversation with Ann Huey

Published: August 22, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Huey received a 2017 Research Travel Grant to study the devotional practices of German American Catholic women.

Sergio González on Latino immigration, religion, and community in Milwaukee, 1920–1990

Published: August 15, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

González, a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received a 2017 Research Travel Grant from the Cushwa Center.

Thomas Jefferson, slavery, and religion: Rethinking an American icon

Published: August 08, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Benjamin Wetzel reviews John B. Boles’ Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty (Basic, 2017).

Trans-Atlantic pipeline: Roman connections and the search for global Catholicism

Published: August 01, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Patrick J. Hayes revisits June’s three-day conference, North Atlantic Catholic Communities in Rome, 1622–1939.