40th Celebration!

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US! IT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION!!

SEE YOU IN 2033 WHEN WE TURN 50!

 

 

All are invited to a celebration on April 21-22, 2023 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. The event will feature multiple sessions of both academic and non-academic panels addressing central themes in the history and future of the Institute, including a celebration of two decades of the Kellogg International Scholars Program. We especially look forward to celebrating with those who have been part of the Kellogg community from years past and through today!

 

All sessions will be held in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, with specific rooms identified below. Sessions will also be available via livestream.

Friday, April 21
 

12 to 4:00pm    Coffee in the CommonsAlumni of the International Scholars Program will share coffee and advice with current undergraduate students.
Kellogg Commons (Hesburgh Center for International Studies)

2 to 4:00pm     Welcome Reception & Check-in (please check in to receive name tags, which must be shown for meals)
Hesburgh Center Great Hall

4 to 5:30pm    Plenary - Why is Kellogg still relevant at 40?
Hesburgh Center Auditorium
                             Ted Beatty, Paolo Carozza, Tracy Kijewski-CorreaScott Mainwaring, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Sharon Schierling, Rachel Sweet

5:30 to 6:00pm      Break

6:00 to 9:00pm   Celebratory Dinner with Entertainment – Celebration name tags (distributed at check-in) must be shown to enter
Ballroom, Embassy Suites (1140 E Angela Blvd, South Bend)
   Is the Kellogg Institute related to the cereal company?
   How many directors have served the Institute in 40 years?

   Join us for a night of fun-filled moments, while testing your knowledge of Kellogg trivia over dinner and music with many long-time friends, with some tables set aside for those wishing to meet with special groups or connect with scholars with similar interests.
    6:00 to 7:30pm Dinner Buffet Open
    7:00pm Welcome by Kellogg Director Aníbal Pérez-Liñán and remarks by Keough School Dean Scott Appleby, Abe Lowenthal and other Kellogg Community Members
    8:00pm  Celebration of the Kellogg International Scholars Program's 20th anniversary with Alumni at the Embassy Suites


Saturday, April 22
 

8:30 to 9:00am       Mass – Memorial for departed Kellogg Community members
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

8:30 to 9:30am     Continental Breakfast

9:30 to 11:00am    Session I

  1. A Conversation with Kellogg Alumni: How the PhD Fellowship has Shaped our Scholarship (Organizer: Juan Albarracín)
    Hesburgh Center Room C103
    Panelists: Sandra BoteroRodrigo CastroLaura GamboaOlukunle P. OwolabiLucía Tiscornia,
    Moderator: Juan Albarracín

    Since the 1980s, the Kellogg Institute has been an influential force in shaping the study of Latin American politics. One key pathway to make an impact on the discipline has been the training of several generations of doctoral students. This round table brings together former graduate students whose research was generously supported by Kellogg, to discuss how their time at the institute transformed them.
     
  2. Ford Program Panel: Reflections on Human Development Research and Solidarity Studies through IHD Lenses (Organizer: Maurice Sikenyi)
    Hesburgh Center Auditorium
    Panelists: Sylvia BlomWyatt Brooks, Kevin Donovan, Maurice Sikenyi
    Moderator: Patrizio Piraino

    The Ford Program will convene a panel followed by a poster display of the work conducted by the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity as part of the celebration of Kellogg Institute’s commitments and contributions to teaching, research, and service in human development studies and solidarity. The Ford Program panel brings together an interdisciplinary team of scholars and an international development scholar-practitioner to discuss the challenges and opportunities of human development studies. Panelists will address why an IHD-focused research approach is essential for the future of human development studies and illustrate the impact of IHD-focused research on scholarship and practice.
     

11:00am to 11:30am   Break

11:30am to 1:00pm    Session II

  1. How Kellogg Undergraduate Programs Helped Shape Alumni Careers (Organizer: Holly Rivers)

    Hesburgh Center Room C103
    Panelists: Evelyn Bauman, Bright Gyamfi
    Emily MediateBridget Mullins, Andrew Scruggs
    Moderator: Holly Rivers

    Over the past two decades, undergraduate students have increasingly become a part of the Kellogg Institute. Through programs like the flagship International Scholars Program and the International Development Studies minor, undergraduate students have had the opportunity to learn from our faculty and gain research experience in the field. The panel will include alumni from these programs as they share where they are now and how Kellogg helped to shape their futures.

  2. The Kellogg Institute: Historical Contributions in Economic Development, Democracy, and Human Development (Organizer: Adrian de Leon Arias)
    Hesburgh Center Room C104/105
    Panelists: Germán Creamer, Adrián de León Arias, Enrique Dussel Peters, Amitava Dutt, Kwan S Kim, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid
    Moderator: Sharon Schierling

    In this panel, we identify and keep memories of late KI professors, Fr Ernest Bartell (1932-2020), Jaime Ros (1950-2019), and Dennis Goulet (1932-2007), and explore their contributions, after 30 years, in the field of economic development and studies on development and democracy as related to human development in the early 1990 ́s.
     
  3. Why Violent Democracies in Latin America: Causes and Potential Solutions (Organizers: Guillermo Trejo & Abby Córdova)
    Hesburgh Center Auditorium
    Panelists: Ana Arjona (Northwestern University), Abby Córdova, Gustavo Flores-Macias (Cornell University), Guillermo Trejo
    This panel will convene Kellogg faculty and international scholars to discuss why some Third-Wave democracies in Latin America have experienced major outbreaks of large-scale criminal violence while others remain relatively peaceful and  how violence has undermined the quality of democracy for citizens and their communities.
     

1:00 to 2:00pm   Lunch
Tent on the Quad – Celebration name tags (distributed at check-in) must be shown to enter

2:00 to 3:30pm       Session III

  1. Launching of the V-Dem Latin America Regional Center (Organizer: David Altman)
    Hesburgh Center Room C103
    Panelists:  David Altman, Sandra Botero, Carlos GervasoniJorge Vargas-Cullell
    Moderator: Michael Coppedge

    The Kellogg Institute provided crucial logistical support to V-Dem to the point that it could be considered one of the project's founding partners. Creating a new V-Dem regional centre focusing on Latin America will help to renew the participation of the Kellogg Institute in this encompassing project.
     
  2. Global Poverty in a Post-Covid World (Organizer: Lakshmi Iyer)
    Hesburgh Center Room C104/105
    Panelists: Taryn Dinkelman (Notre Dame), Nilesh Fernando (Notre Dame), Megan Olson '14 (Landesa)
    Moderator: Lakshmi Iyer (Notre Dame)

    This panel brings together academic and policy experts to discuss how trends toward increasing poverty worldwide can be reversed, whether we need new types of economic policies and interventions in a post-Covid world, and how partnerships between academics, practitioners and policy makers can be structured to achieve the goal of eliminating global poverty.
     
  3. Africa and the Kellogg Institute: Democracy, Human Development, and Solidarity (Organizer: Ellis Adams and Paul Ocobock)
    Hesburgh Center Auditorium
    Panelists:Joseph Asunka (Afrobarometer), Josh Eisenman (Notre Dame), Erin McDonnell (Notre Dame), Kenda Mutongi (MIT), 

    Moderator: Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC (Notre Dame)
    This panel celebrates the Kellogg Institute’s commitment to and engagement in Africa by bringing together two scholars working on the African continent and two Kellogg faculty fellows, all of whom are conducting current, innovative research in the areas of human development and democracy.
     

3:30 to 4:00pm      Break

4:00 to 5:30pm    Session IV

  1. Gender, Development, and Faith-Based Organizations (Organizer: Amy Reynolds)
    Hesburgh Center Room C103
    Panelists: Nina Balmaceda (Duke Divinity School), Prabu Deepan (Tearfund), Jacqueline Ogega (World Vision), Amy Reynolds (Wheaton College)
    Moderator: Mahan Mirza (Notre Dame)

    This panel will focus on the intersection of religion, development, and gender equality, with particular focus on Christian organizations and opportunities/struggles related to gender mainstreaming efforts.
     
  2. Looking Ahead 40 Years: Designing Qualitative Research in a Digital Age (Organizer: Tom Mustillo)
    Hesburgh Center Room C104/105
    Panelists: Natalia Bueno (Emory University), Laura Nelson (Univ of British Columbia), Natán Skigin (Notre Dame)
    Moderator: Tom Mustillo (Notre Dame)

    The transition from the analog to digital age has transformed the ways in which we can study democracy and human development. Social scientific scholarship on how to design research that synthesizes analog era approaches with digital era opportunities has emerged as a vibrant domain of innovation, with notable contributions in quantitative social science. This panel will build upon this work by exploring whether and how qualitative traditions can leverage digital opportunities.
     
  3. Political Regimes in Latin America (Organizer: Scott Mainwaring)
    Hesburgh Center Auditorium
    Panelists: Laura Gamboa (University of Utah), Fabrice Lehoucq (UNC Greensboro), Scott Mainwaring (Notre Dame; paper with lead author Luis Schiumerini)
    Moderator: Abby Córdova (Notre Dame)

    The Kellogg Institute made its name mostly through its research on democratization. This panel builds on that legacy with experts presenting their current research on political regimes in Latin America.
     

5:30 to 5:45pm      Break

5:45 to 7:00pm           Closing Panel  - The Challenges and Future Landscape of Human Development and Democracy
Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Speakers: Joseph Asunka (Afrobarometer), Miriam Kornblith (National Endowment for Democracy)
Moderator: Aníbal Pérez-Liñán


7:00 to 10:00pm      Closing Dinner – Celebration name tags (distributed at check-in) must be shown to enter
Ballroom, Embassy Suites
    7:15 to 8:30pm Dinner Buffet Open
    8:00pm Closing remarks by Kellogg Director Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
    8:30 to 10:00pm  Music and Dancing with CHICAGO SAMBA (open to the public – cash bar available)



Sunday, April 23

10:30 am Brunch at Holly Rivers' house for undergraduate student alumni of Kellogg programs!
Holly Rivers' House (address and directions will be sent to participants)

 
International Scholars Program 20 year Reunion 

 

 

Join the Kellogg Institute community April 21-23, 2023 as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. The weekend will be filled with panels, social opportunities, special keynotes, and more. See here for more information, including confirmed panels.

As part of the anniversary, the Institute will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its flagship program for undergraduates, the Kellogg International Scholars Program —bringing together alumni, current students, faculty and staff.

We hope as many ISP alumni as possible will come to campus to be a part of the celebration. 

See below for a schedule of activities for the weekend specific to the International Scholars Program. See the full schedule of the weekend's events for more details.

Friday, April 21
 

12-4pm Coffee in the CommonsAlumni of the International Scholars Program will share coffee and advice with current undergraduate students.
                  12-1pm Bridget Mullins, Flora Tang
                  1-2pm Emmie MediateBridget Mullins
                   2-3pm Emmie MediateKevin Angell 
                   3-4pm Kevin AngellBright Gyamfi, Evie Bauman, Maggie Guzman

6:00-8:00pm Dinner at the Embassy Suites

8:00pm Celebration of the Kellogg International Scholars Program's 20th anniversary with Alumni at the Embassy Suites

Saturday, April 22
 

11:30am to 1:00pm How Kellogg Undergraduate Programs Helped Shape Alumni Careers (Organizer: Holly Rivers)
Hesburgh Center Room C103
Panelists: Evelyn Bauman, Bright Gyamfi
Emily MediateBridget Mullins, Andrew Scruggs
Moderator: Holly Rivers

Over the past two decades, undergraduate students have increasingly become a part of the Kellogg Institute. Through programs like the flagship International Scholars Program and the International Development Studies minor, undergraduate students have had the opportunity to learn from our faculty and gain research experience in the field. The panel will include alumni from these programs as they share where they are now and how Kellogg helped to shape their futures.

Sunday, April 23
 

10:30 am Brunch at Holly’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebration Venues

We recommend wearing layers and bringing a jacket to the celebration events.  The temperatures of the venues can sometimes fluctuate based on the occupancy of the entire building.

A welcome and check-in table will be located in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Great Hall.  The table will be open on Friday from 2pm to 4pm and Saturday from 8:30am to 6pm.  

Please see the celebration schedule for specific building names and room numbers of various sessions and events for the celebration.

  • Hesburgh Center for International Studies – The number associated with the building on the campus map is #1142.  Note: this is not the same as the Hesburgh Library
  • Jenkins Nanovic Halls –The number associated with the building on the campus map is #1250.
  • Embassy Suites is located on the south side of Angela Boulevard, between Eddy Street and Joyce Drive, directly across the street from the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park.
     
Campus and Embassy Suites Parking

Campus parking can be found on the campus map here. Visitor lots include Walsh, Compton, and Hammes Bookstore, but parking in any lot is allowed after 4pm on Friday. Prior to this, you may use the Visitor Lot Coupon Code 3DUYF6T for complimentary parking.  Note, this code will only work for parking on Friday before 4pm.

Please note that Saturday parking will be congested on campus because of the Blue/Gold Game. 

Parking for the events located in the Embassy Suites is available in the Eddy Street Commons Parking Garage, located at 1228 North Eddy Street, South Bend 46617, with an entrance just south of the hotel. For more information about the parking garage, click here.
 

Celebration Meals

Your name tag must be worn to enter meals.  Name tags are available at the welcome and check-in table in the Hesburgh Center Great Hall.

Dinner on Friday and Saturday will be at the Embassy Suites.

Lunch on Saturday will be outside in a tent on the Hesburgh-Mendoza Quad.

To help old and new friends connect at meals, there will be some designated tables specific to Kellogg programs where you may choose to sit. 

We will have a constant supply of coffee, tea, and other beverages throughout the entire Celebration in the Hesburgh Center

There will be a cash bar during Saturday's Chicago Samba entertainment beginning at 8:30pm.
 

The Kellogg Commons in the Hesburgh Center

The Kellogg Commons – located on the first floor south addition in Hesburgh Center that at one time housed the Kellogg main directors’ offices – is a community space we hope you’ll have a chance to visit and enjoy. It will be open throughout the celebration hours, and especially during breaks we encourage you to meet with friends or just take a few minutes to relax in that space.
 

The Kellogg Institute Main Administrative Offices in Jenkins Nanovic Halls

As it became part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, the Kellogg Institute moved its main administrative offices from the Hesburgh Center to Jenkins Nanovic Halls in 2017.  You are welcome to drop by the Jenkins Nanovic Halls suite on Friday between 8:30am and 3:00pm or Saturday between 1pm and 2pm to see our new space.
 

Livestream and Photography

Panel sessions of the celebration will be live-streamed.  Please feel free to share the link to this webpage – where they livestreams will be posted – with others who may be interested.

A Kellogg Institute photographer may photograph you during the celebration.  The photos may be used for Institute news stories about the conference, in social media, or in promotional materials.
 

COVID-19 Policies

University of Notre Dame COVID-19 Policies and Procedures can be found here.  

Members of the Notre Dame community are expected to carry a mask with them at all times and to be respectful of those who request that masks be worn in their presence.

For visitors, indoor masking is optional. Anyone who would prefer to wear a mask in any setting is welcome to do so.

As we learn of confirmed participants and those planning to attend, we will add them here - keep an eye on this page as the list grows!

Adugna Abebe
Edward Ablang
Amanda Abner '23
Ellis Adjei Adams
Elizabeth Adeyemo
Lacey Ahern
Adriana Albanus
Juan Albarracín '18
David Altman '01
Kenneth Amadi
Kevin Angell '20
Melicia Antonio
Ana Arjona
Cindy Arnson
Marta Maria Assumpção-Rodrigues '98
Joe Asunka
Theresa Bachmann
Marcio Bahia
Oneile Baitlotli '21
Nina Balmaceda '08
Jorge Barrera-Rojas
Evie Bauman '16
Anne Bax
Ted Beatty
McKenzie Bennett
Jeffrey Bergstrand
Katherine Bersch '04
María Elena Bessignano
Yingxuan Bian
Sylvia Blom
Alejandro Bonvecchi
Halkano Boru
Marian Botchway
Sandra Botero '15
Wyatt Brooks
Leah Brucal
Sarah Budds '06
Natalia Bueno
Nicolas Buitrago Rey
Zoltan Buzas
Pam Byrne
Liang Cai
Monserrat Camara '23
Sam Cannova '21
Paolo Carozza
Joseph Carper
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo '18
Laura Cervantes
Isidoro Cheresky
Vladimir Chlouba
Karen Clay
Melissa Coles
Michael Coppedge
Abby Córdova
Mary Jane Cotter
Germán G. Creamer '93
Kaili Cuenca
Aidé Cuenca Narvaez
Clare Cullinan
TJ D'Agostino
Prabu Deepan
Adrián de León Arias '99
Jennifer Delgado
Diane Desierto
Lia De Valenzuela
Taryn Dinkelman
Chris Donnelly '90
Christine Walsh Donnelly '91
John Donovon
Kevin Donovan
Robert Dowd, C.S.C. '87
Joe Drey '20
Chizoma Duru
Enrique Dussel Peters '96
Amitava Dutt
Jennifer Eburuoh
Josefina Echavarria
Josh Eisenman
David Eliaona '20
Sebastian Elischer
Noha Elsebai
Georges Enderle
Siara Escobedo
Anastassia Fagan
Nourhan Fahmy
Andreas E. Feldmann '02
A. Nilesh Fernando
Chaney Fix
Gustavo Flores-Macias
Bernard Forjwuor
Laura Gamboa '16
Benjamin Garcia Holgado
Sarah Genz '21,22
Carlos Gervasoni
Liam Gibson
Mary Kate Godfrey
Pranav Guntupalli

Maggie Guzman '16
Bright Gyamfi '16
Therese Hanlon
Kjersti Hansen
Paulina Harnisch
Jake Harris
Thomas Harvell-DeGolier
Anne Hayner
Yuanmeng He '21
Kevin Healy '67
Wesley Hedden
Carla Heiser
Dana Hergenrother
Michel Hockx
Mike Hoffman '10
Jimena Holguin
Lourdes Hurtado '12
Rasheed Ibrahim
Fernando Ixpanel
Lakshmi Iyer
Hilal Al Jamal
Lionel M Jensen
Julio Juárez-Gámiz
Bupe Lughano Kabaghe
Bill Kakenmaster
Caren Kalafatich
Connor Kaufmann
Tara Kenney '82
Perla Khattar
Tracy Kijewski-Correa
Kwan S. Kim
Marie-Claire Klassen
Lucie Kneip '23
Deanna Kolberg-Shah '14
Paul Kollman, csc '84, '90
Miriam Kornblith
Dan Krill '24
Raleigh Kuipers
Anna Kulczycka
Santosh Kumar
Grace Kurzweil
Brandon Kusz '07
Anna Lee
Jun Wei Lee
Fabrice Lehoucq
Alice Lei
Jing Li
Lindsey Lim '07
Joseph London
Magdalena Lopez '01
Margarita López Maya
Abraham  Lowenthyal
Isabelle Lukau
Rose Luminiello '15
Iris Ma
Scott Mainwaring
Ngor Majak Anyieth '19
Drew Marcantonio
Tavin Martin ‘25
Gustavo Martinez Valdes
Vitor Martins Dias
Bruno Martins Pessoa
A. James McAdams
Erin McDonnell
John McGreevy
Joe McNally '15
Sarah Neuberger McNally '16
Patrick McQuestion
Emmie Mediate '15
Mia Mei
Collin Meissner
Andrés Mejía Acosta '04
Daniel Miller
Erica Mirabitur
Mahan Mirza
Ann Mische
Vanesa Miseres
Tia Mittle
Kathleen Monticello '06
Marisel Moreno
Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid
Marcia Motta
Bridget Mullins '11
Kyra Murphy
Tom Mustillo
Kenda Mutongi
Tecla Namachanja Wanjala
Laura K. Nelson
Jonathan Noble
Kasey Nye
Nancy Obonyo
Paul Ocobock
Mary O’Connell
Jody Oetzel
Jacqueline Ogega
Adedoyin Okanlawon
Helena Olea '00

María Rosa Olivera-Williams
Megan Olson '14 
Daniel Onyeanuna
William Ikhianosimhe Orbih
Mayra Ortiz Ocaña
Susan Ostermann
Olukunle P. Owolabi '12
Nicoleta Paladi
Esperanza Palma '00
Jordi Paniagua
Maria Camila Peralta
Renee Perez
Aníbal Pérez-Liñan '01
Ernesto Pérez-Rodríguez
Enrique Peruzzotti
Patrizio Piraino
Kelsey Poinsatte-Jones '11
Sarah Pollnow
Ashlyn Poppe
Gerard Powers
Nancy Powers '88; '95
Caroline Pracht
Yaroslav Prytula
Yaryna Pysko
Lupe Ramírez
Mamoona Rasheed
Steve Reifenberg '81
Lixia Ren
Luc Reydams
Amy Reynolds
Hannah Reynolds
Karen Richman
Ana Rivero
Holly Rivers
Nyangah Rogers-Wright
Debora Rogo
Natalia Ruiz '23
Emma Ryan
Gerardo Edgar Tadeo Sánchez Granados
Ignacio Sánchez-Osores
Sister Damien Marie Savino, FSE
Luke Schafer
Sharon Schierling
Luis Schiumerini
Ilaria Schnyder von Wartensee
Shana Scogin
Andrew Scruggs '16
Kyle Seasly
Clemens Sedmak
Scott Sernau
Jingyao Shan '23
Hafsa Sheikh
Carrie Shoemaker
Maggie Shum '18
Maurice Sikenyi '14
Marjorie Sindy
Natan Skigin
Vania Smith-Oka
Angelina Soriano '22
Cesar Sosa-Padilla
Lyn Spillman
Carli Steelman
Don Stelluto
Nazarii Stetsyk
Elizabeth Stifel
Rachel Sweet
Matthew Talamantes
Flora Tang '18
Gabriela Tarouco
Isabela Tasende
Danielle Terrazas Williams
Rachel Thiel
Lucía Tiscornia '19
Guillermo Trejo
Alexus Tucker
Francisco Urbina
Aitor Valdesogo
Samuel Valenzuela
Joseph VanderZee '12
Jorge Vargas Cullell '05
Juan Vargas Hernandez
Virna Vidal Menezes
Luiz Vilaça
Coleson Weir
Susanne Wengle
Meredith Wilson
Ari Woodworth
Denise Wright
Stephen Wrinn
Faisal Yamil
Maria Zamora
Luis Zavala
Marla Zgheib
Attina Zhang '21
Danchen Zhao
Swindar Zhou


Let others know you are coming by registering today!

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn & Suites, located 2½ miles from campus. For the discounted rate of  $129 per night, plus taxes, please all the hotel directly to make your reservation, mentioning the "Kellogg Institute 40th Anniversary" as the name of the room block.

Hampton Inn & Suites
52709 Indiana State Route 933
South Bend, Indiana 46637-3244
telephone: 574.277.9373

Because of the annual Blue and Gold football game this weekend, we encourage those needing lodging to book their accommodations as soon as possible. Additional rooms aside from this block cannot be guaranteed.