A NEW VIRTUAL REALITY

A New Virtual Reality VIRTUAL Promoting European Studies OUTREACH In this increasingly virtual world and in concert with the mission to promote European studies at Notre Dame, the Nanovic Institute is committed to invest, design, and enact new ways to interface with its at Notre Dame: Virtual Europe Online March 31, 2020 The Institute’s new “Visit Europe Online” series has invited the Nanovic community to explore Europe in new ways. Including a collection of Laura Shannon Prize-winning books, a curated list of European museums that offer interactive digital experiences for users, and a various communities. In lieu of physical events due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Institute adopted ways to host webinars, livestreamed lectures, and virtual meetings such as its spring advisory vetted selection of Weimar-era board meeting. German films that are viewable at no-cost, “Visit Europe Online” has aimed to become a one-stop-shop for virtual opportunities of engagement with European culture and scholarship at Notre Dame.

nanovic.nd.edu/about/ visiting-europe-online Interim Director Leads Virtual Lecture on the Collective Memory of Europe

April 7, 2020

Following the coronavirus’s reshaping of the Institute’s spring events calendar, Interim Director Clemens Sedmak led a virtual lecture entitled “Europe and the Ethics of Remembering.” While each European country has had its own way of remembering the past and of writing its history, there have been significant events that transcend national histories and are part of “the collective memory” of Europe, e.g., the First World War, the Holocaust, the beginnings of the European Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Brexit. In his lecture, available online, Sedmak evaluated the need for shared and common memories in order to have a true “Union of European states.” Weekly Featured News Stories

Spring 2020

Featured news stories published weekly on the Nanovic website provided not just further opportunities of engagement with the Institute, but also served as a vehicle to showcase the breadth of the Institute’s grants programs, academic rigor, and global reach. Stories, including a piece on student

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nanovic.nd.edu/remembering Italian healthcare workers amid the pandemic and op-eds by Nanovic Graduate Fellow Clare O’Hare, were the fruits of productive collaboration with units across the University, such as Notre Dame’s Strategic Content team and the KeoughNaughton Institute for Irish Studies. Augmenting these enhanced content offerings, Clemens Sedmak has served as managing editor of the Keough School’s new “Dignity and Development” blog, bringing a Nanovic voice to the Keough School conversation.

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