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

Published: November 07, 2017

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

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: Catherine R. Osborne

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: Peter Cajka

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.

Susan Ridgely on desegregation in the Diocese of Raleigh, 1953–present

Published: July 25, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Ridgely received a 2017 Research Travel Grant for her project on the generational effects of desegregation in the Diocese of Raleigh.

Global religious icons in the American cultural imagination: A conversation with Julie Chamberlain

Published: July 11, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Chamberlain received a 2016 Research Travel Grant to study American Catholics’ interest in contemporary “religious icons” the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, and Elie Wiesel.

Meet Research Travel Grant recipient Rebecca L. Davis

Published: June 29, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Davis received funding for research for her book in progress, American Converts: Religion and Identity Since World War II. She recently visited the Notre Dame Archives to consult materials on Clare Boothe Luce, Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton.

Cushwa announces postdocs for 2017–2018

Published: June 06, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Peter Cajka and Benjamin Wetzel will join the Cushwa Center for research appointments beginning in July.

Five questions on Catholics and suburbanization with Stephen Koeth

Published: May 24, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

We recently sat down with Research Travel Grant recipient Stephen Koeth, C.S.C., about his dissertation research on the postwar suburbanization of American Catholics. Stephen, a Holy Cross priest, is a doctoral candidate in history at Columbia University. His writing has appeared in The Journal of Church and State and U.S. Catholic Historian.

Five questions with Eladio Bobadilla on immigration and Catholic history

Published: April 24, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Eladio Bobadilla is a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. history at Duke University. His dissertation is entitled “‘One People Without Borders’: The Chicano Roots of the Immigrants Rights Movement, 1954–1994,” and explores how Mexican Americans, long ambivalent and even opposed to undocumented immigration, came to see themselves and the undocumented as “one people.” He was awarded a 2016 Theodore M. Hesburgh Travel Grant to consult Father Hesburgh’s papers related to his work on the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy.

Cushwa Center announces funding for 25 researchers in 2017

Published: March 03, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

The Cushwa Center is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual grants and awards. Across the center's four programs, a record 25 scholars have accepted funding offers for a variety of research projects. Funds will support travel to Notre Dame's University Archives as well as to research sites in Charlotte, Philadelphia, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Rome, Italy.

Video: Timothy Neary and panelists discuss Bishop Sheil’s vision for Catholic youth sports

Published: March 02, 2017

Author: Shane Ulbrich

On February 10, the Cushwa Center and Play Like a Champion Today welcomed historian Timothy Neary to Notre Dame for a lecture on Bishop Bernard Sheil’s founding of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO). After his presentation, a panel explored Bishop Sheil’s relevance for the mission of Catholic sports programs today. More than 30 youth sports leaders from 20 cities traveled to South Bend to participate.