Gr aduate Student Confer ences
From Iberian Kingdoms to Atlantic Empires september 16-17, 2010 The Institute sponsored a notable interdisciplinary, international conference on the history and literature of the Iberian empires from the High Middle Ages through the conquest of the New World developed and organized entirely by graduate students. Although many scholars have acknowledged similarities between late-medieval Iberia and its colonies in the New World, few have offered
precise answers to the questions that arise from these similarities. Featuring faculty and graduate student presenters, the conference encouraged new ways of approaching the topic. A portion of the proceedings of the conference will be published in a special issue of the peerreviewed Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies. Additional support was provided by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Graduate School, and the Ph.D. in Literature Program at the University of Notre Dame. During the conference, the Medieval Institute, hosted a dinner and reception in honor of Jocelyn Hillgarth, Professor Emeritus of History of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto, in celebration of the acquisition of his personal collection by the Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame.
New Conversations About Bonhoeffer april 10-11, 2011
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The theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45) has long been at the center of important discussions on pastoral theology, practical ethics, political responsibility, and the role of the Christian in the modern world. Recently, scholars have sought to relate these emphases more thoroughly to Bonhoeffer’s systematic and philosophical thought, as well as to his theological
