Sixty years ago, in January 1961, Americans witnessed the inauguration of the first Catholic elected president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. As Joe Biden begins his term as the country’s second Catholic president, Cushwa Center director Kathleen Sprows Cummings will moderate a panel of historians suggesting ways of placing the present moment in broader context.

Register to join us Tuesday, February 2, at 4:00 p.m. (EST) for this discussion with: 
 
Peter Cajka (University of Notre Dame)
Theresa Keeley (University of Louisville)
Stephen M. Koeth, C.S.C. (University of Notre Dame)
Cecilia Moore (University of Dayton)
 
This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. 
 

Newberry Seminar on Religion and Culture in the Americas

 

Register to join the next session of the Newberry Seminar on Religion and Culture in the Americas, meeting online at 3:00 p.m. Central on Friday, February 5, 2021, and featuring two papers: "'Strangers in Our Midst': Mexican Agricultural Workers and Migrant Ministries in Wisconsin, 1942–1959," by Sergio M. González (Marquette University), and "Community Values: Forging a Politics of Religious Liberalism in Small-Town U.S.A., 1960–1990," by David Mislin (Temple University).

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