Pope’s New Encyclical Provides Framework for Examining Capitalism and Racism, Scholars Say
Just weeks before the American presidential election, a Fordham panel of scholars analyzed the latest…
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Liberation Theology Scholar Appointed Head of Curran Center
On August 1, Michael Lee, Ph.D., was appointed director of the Francis and Ann Curran…
Taking Responsibility: Fordham Teams with Jesuit Partners to Examine Sexual Abuse Crisis
It’s been a year and a half since the Society of Jesus in the United…
Curran Center Contest Highlights New Scholars of Catholicism
Tuan Hoang earned a Ph.D. in history in 2013. But this year, he’s made his…
Professor Mines Rich, Complex Life of Flannery O’Connor in New Books
After teaching students the writings of Flannery O’Connor for three decades, Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, Ph.D.,…
Celebrating the Legacy of Mary Lou Williams, ‘Mother of Bebop’
At the start of Black History Month, Fordham’s Curran Center for American Catholic Studies hosted…
Performance to Bring Flannery O’Connor’s Words to Life
In the 1950s in the South, a fictional black woman boards a bus with a…
Extraordinary Life of Flannery O’Connor Explored in New Film
Few folks in this country can lay claim to being a woman, a Southerner, a…
Catholic Church Should Confront Racism and Misogyny, Says Scholar
“Race is one of the first things that we notice about people—along with their sex—when…
Curran Center to Steward Flannery O’Connor Trust
This week, the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies officially received an endowment…