Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs

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The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs seeks a more just and peaceful world by building knowledge and advancing cooperation through research, teaching, and dialogue.

Featured News

Tom Banchoff on Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue

WFLF Alumnae Participate in UN Summit of the Future

Berkley Forum: Human Rights and Social Ethics

Events

Featured Event

Iguazu Falls, Brazil

Oct
8

2024

Environment and the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EDT Online

Other Events

Oct
15

2024

A Conversation with Eliza Griswold

Oct
21

2024

Religion and Human Rights from the UDHR to Dignitatis Humanae

On the Berkley Forum

Jesus on the cross and scenes from the Passion carved into limestone at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

September 30, 2024

Human Rights and Social Ethics: Catholic and Secular Approaches

Cairo, Egypt waterfront

June 3, 2024

Obama’s Cairo Speech at 15

Globe sculpture in Columbus Circle, New York City

April 10, 2024

Georgetown Global Dialogues Forum

White House lawn

March 22, 2024

The Church's Mission in a Polarizing World: Finding Spaces for Surmounting Our Divisions

By: Greg Erlandson

U.S. flag hangs near a stained glass window inside the U.S. Naval Academy chapel

March 18, 2024

Approaching Religion in U.S. Foreign Policy: Evolutions, Lessons Learned, and Where We Go from Here

By: Susan Hayward

Spirituality, Culture, and Politics: A Conversation with Andrew Prevot

March 12, 2024

Spirituality, Culture, and Politics: A Conversation with Andrew Prevot

By: Andrew Prevot

Our Topics

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Catholic Church and the World

COVID-19

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Ethics and International Affairs

Gender

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Global Safeguarding

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Globalization and Pluralism

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Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue

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Law and Religion

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Migration and Refugees

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Political Theology

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Racial Justice

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Religion and Development

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Religion and World Politics

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Religion in American Public Life

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Religion, Arts, and Culture

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Religious Freedom

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Students

The Berkley Center offers a number of ways for students to get involved, including participating in fellowship programs; doing service work, taking courses, and conducting research through the Doyle Engaging Difference Program; and working at the center.

Explore opportunities below.

Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs Minor

Doyle Global Dialogue

Education and Social Justice Project

Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship