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The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus at 50

Published: February 26, 2019

On November 7, 2019, Father Clarence Williams, C.PP.S., spoke at Rare Books and Special Collections in Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library, reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus.

Protestant missionaries and the transformation of American public life: A seminar with David Hollinger

Published: February 21, 2019

Author: Maggie Elmore

The fall 2018 Seminar in American Religion featured Hollinger's Protestants Abroad.

Cushwa Center Lecture examines how sex and religion fractured American society

Published: February 19, 2019

Author: Maggie Elmore

In October 2018, R. Marie Griffith delivered the annual Cushwa Center Lecture on the ways that sex, gender, and religion have divided American society since the 1920s.

Ruán O'Donnell on America and the Irish Revolution, 1916–1922

Published: January 30, 2019

Author: Peter Cajka

O'Donnell delivered the annual Hibernian Lecture in September 2018.

Catholic missionary education among the Potawatomi: Five questions with Issac Akande

Published: November 27, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Akande (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) received a Research Travel Grant to visit the Notre Dame Archives for research for his dissertation.

Book review: The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright

Published: October 25, 2018

Author: Gabrielle Guillerm

Gabrielle Guillerm reviews Ann M. Little's The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright.

The complete writings of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The challenges of transatlantic, diachronic, and bilingual biographical publication

Published: October 23, 2018

Author: Carolyn Osiek

Carolyn Osiek, R.S.C.J., explains the process of preparing the complete writings of Philippine Duchesne for publication.

Enduring trends and new directions: Assessing Mark Noll’s place in American historiography

Published: October 18, 2018

Author: Benjamin J. Wetzel and Kathryn Rose Sawyer

Benjamin J. Wetzel and Kathryn Rose Sawyer revisit the spring 2018 conference Enduring Trends and New Directions, in light of the intellectual legacy of Mark Noll and several of his colleagues.

Research symposium explores history of migrant education by women religious

Published: October 16, 2018

Author: Margaret McGuinness

Margaret McGuinness revisits Pedagogy of Peace, a March 2018 symposium in Ireland sponsored by the Cushwa Center.

Book review: Authentically Black and Truly Catholic

Published: October 02, 2018

Author: Catherine R. Osborne

Catherine R. Osborne reviews Matthew J. Cressler's Authentically Black and Truly Catholic: The Rise of Black Catholicism in the Great Migration

The Spanish language in the U.S. Catholic Church: A conversation with Antonio Medina-Rivera

Published: August 14, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Medina-Rivera visited the Notre Dame Archives in June 2018 to research Spanish language usage in the U.S. Catholic Church during the 20th century.

The founding of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute: A conversation with Alberto Guasco

Published: August 09, 2018

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Guasco received a 2018 Hesburgh Research Travel Grant to study Father Hesburgh’s leadership in the early years of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute.

Patricio Flores and liberation theology: A conversation with Gabriela Perez

Published: July 30, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Research Travel Grant recipient Gabriela Perez recently visited the Notre Dame Archives to study the life and work of Archbishop Patricio Flores.

Cushwa Center names first six recipients of Mother Theodore Guerin Research Travel Grants

Published: June 14, 2018

Author: Shane Ulbrich

This year, funds will support travel to research sites throughout the Midwestern United States as well as Valence, France; Madrid, Spain; and the Tiwi Islands off the northern coast of Australia.

Five questions with 2017–2018 postdoctoral fellow Benjamin Wetzel

Published: June 12, 2018

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Ben discusses his research and teaching from the past year, the process of writing religious biography, and advice for postdocs. He will join Taylor University in August as assistant professor of history.

Maggie Elmore to join Cushwa Center as postdoctoral fellow for 2018–2019

Published: June 07, 2018

Author: Shane Ulbrich

Peter Cajka and Maggie Elmore are the Cushwa Center’s postdoctoral research associates for 2018–2019.

African American religious traditions in the early 20th century: A seminar with Judith Weisenfeld

Published: May 31, 2018

Author: Benjamin J. Wetzel

The spring 2018 Seminar in American Religion featured Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming.

Conversations and conversions: The Bob Pelton interviews

Published: March 21, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Peter Cajka reflects on five interviews he conducted with Father Bob Pelton, C.S.C., from October 2017 to January 2018.

The Irish Dames: A history of Kylemore Abbey’s Benedictine nuns from Ypres, Belgium, to Western Ireland

Published: March 20, 2018

Author: Jack Rooney

Jack Rooney explores the history of the Benedictine community at Kylemore Abbey in Ireland.

Why I study women religious

Published: March 15, 2018

Author: Marie Marmo Mullaney

For the forthcoming spring issue of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter, Marie Mullaney (professor of history at Caldwell University) reflects on her research and teaching on American Catholic women religious.