A new University of Notre Dame virtual event series will aim to promote understanding and civil dialogue ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Called , the series will take the form of weekly, one-hour interviews between a moderator and two to three panelists.
The first event in the series is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 30 (Wednesday) and is titled Experts from Notre Dame and Vanderbilt University in the areas of writing and rhetoric, cognition and cognitive neuroscience, and network science and machine learning will discuss the pervasiveness of false information in our current environment, how to protect oneself against it, and the importance of truthfulness and fact-based arguments in civil discourse.
The full schedule for the six-part series is as follows:
鈥淏eyond Good Manners: Promoting Civil Discussion on Issues that Divide Us鈥�
- Live: Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. EDT
- Rebroadcast: Thursday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m. EDT
鈥淧olitical Polarization in America鈥�
- Live: Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. EDT
- Rebroadcast: Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 11 a.m. EDT
鈥淓xploring Racial and Social Injustice and Inequality in America鈥�
- Live: Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. EDT
- Rebroadcast: Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. EDT
鈥淭he 19th Amendment and the Myth that All Women Vote the Same鈥�
- Live: Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. EDT
- Rebroadcast: Thursday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. EDT
鈥淐ivil Dialogue and Free Expression on College Campuses鈥�
- Live: Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. EDT
- Rebroadcast: Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 11 a.m. EDT
鈥淩eclaiming the Middle: Building Consensus in Government鈥�
- Live and Rebroadcast: TBD
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost in partnership with the and the , Bridging the Divide is free and open to all members of the Notre Dame community as well as the public.
The series will be broadcast through the Notre Dame Alumni Association website . Advance registration is required at .