October 6: An Evening with Cory Doctorow
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On Tuesday, October 6, 5:00-6:30 p.m., the Franco Institute will host a free public event with writer Cory Doctorow in Leighton Auditorium at the Main Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library (305 S. Main St., South Bend, IN 46601).
The event will feature a moderated discussion with Doctorow, an audience Q&A, and a book signing. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., and seating is first come, first served.
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist and journalist. A longtime contributor to leading magazines, websites and newspapers, he serves as a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group defending freedom in technology law, policy and standards. He was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2020), received the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Award (2022), the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement (2024), and is A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
He publishes daily essays at Pluralistic.net, examining monopoly power, digital policy and the economics of creativity.
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Support for faculty book proposals
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In October, applications will open for interested faculty to receive direct, one-on-one coaching and editorial support to develop a proposal for a single-author monograph.
Applications through Submittable will open on Friday, October 9th, 2026 and will close Friday, October 16th. Space is limited to five-to-seven faculty members. All regular faculty with a primary appointment in the College of Arts & Letters are eligible.
For more information, contact Kevin Gallin, Assistant Director of Research Development at the Franco Institute, at kgallin@nd.edu.
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| Interdependence Reading Syllabus
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To complement the ND Arts Biennial theme of “symbiosis,” the Franco Institute is pleased to announce that the Institute's annual research theme for 2026-2027 is Interdependence.
As we embark on this year of reflection on the theme of interdependence, The Franco Institute invites recommendations for readings—books and articles—to be included on an “Interdependence Syllabus” that will be shared on the Institute’s website.
The call for theme grant applications remains open on a rolling deadline for faculty and graduate students.
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Commonweal Public Writing Workshop
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On Wednesday, October 28, the Franco Institute will host editors from Commonweal magazine for workshops focused on writing liberal arts scholarship for a broad audience.
Regina Munch, associate editor, joined the Commonweal staff in 2016. Originally from the Philadelphia area, she studied humanities at Villanova University and received her master’s degree in history at Boston College. Her work has been published in the Progressive, America, Civil Eats, Plough, and elsewhere. She lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Miles Doyle, special projects editor, joined Commonweal in 2022 as special projects editor. A graduate of Fordham University, he earned his MFA in Writing at the University of San Francisco. Before joining Commonweal, he was a developmental editor, most recently at HarperCollins.
Space for each workshop is limited. Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Schedule:
10:00-11:30 a.m. - Graduate Students and Postdocs
1:00-2:30 p.m. - Faculty
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Webinar with the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Join the Franco Institute for a virtual information session with Jason Boffetti, Senior Program Officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities. This webinar will take place 12:00-12:45 PM eastern on Friday, October 30, 2026.
An open question-and-answer session will follow brief introductions and a presentation by our guest on NEH research funding programs.
This event is open to all scholars in the state of Indiana.
Please feel free to send questions to J. Aspen Tychonievich (tychonievich1@nd.edu), managing director at the Franco Institute.
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| Webinar with Lewis-Burke Associates
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Join the Franco Institute on Friday, November 13 (12:00-12:45 PM) for a webinar on federal funding opportunities for social science research with Dr. Eve Granatosky and Dr. Naomi Webber of the government relations firm, Lewis-Burke Associates.
The webinar will provide information on recent changes at federal funding agencies (such as NSF, NIH, DOD, etc.) and strategies for competitive proposals, with a focus on opportunities for social scientists.
All researchers at the University of Notre Dame are encouraged to attend.
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Join the Franco Institute Book Club
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All students, faculty, and staff at Notre Dame are invited to participate in the Franco Institute Book Club!
We will be reading Elizabeth Kolbert's Life on a Little-Known Planet ahead of Kolbert's visit later this year as part of the 2027 Day | Merton Symposium.
Read along and join the discussion on Monday, November 9, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Sojourner Truth Commons in O'Shaughnessy Hall.
The first 20 people who sign up can get a copy of the book for free at the Franco Institute.
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The staff of the Franco Institute form an extraordinary group of professionals with experience in and beyond the liberal arts. Each month, Kate Marshall, director of the Franco Institute, spotlights one of the Institute’s staff through a conversation. These interviews are an introduction to the great people of the Franco Institute, and we invite you to get to know the team this year.
In October 2026, Kate sat down with Matt Zyniewicz, the Institute's associate director for operations and strategic initiatives to talk about his role in the Institute, his next moves, and his support for the humanities.
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Upcoming Funding Deadlines
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