Berkley Center

The Hoya Paxa Student Symposium features our Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs (REWA) minors showcasing their capstone projects, as well as student research projects from other Berkley Center programs and courses.

We invite Georgetown and the wider Berkley Center community to participate by attending the in-person sessions. 

Schedule

*Schedule is subject to change

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Refreshments and Poster Session

• Ariana Biondi-Copeland (C'25), "The Catholic Church and the Body Politic: The Influence of Religious Doctrine on American Abortion Legislation"

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Welcome

• Nick Scrimenti, Director of Student Programs 
• Nigel Li, REWA Teaching Assistant

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Religion and Ethics

• Abigail Assadi (C'26), "Applying Catholic Social Teaching to Transitional Justice Theory"
• Katherine Wijenaike-Bogle (C'25), "Comparative Environmental Ethics in Christianity and Buddhism"

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Boxed Lunch and Learn

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Religion, Peace, and Conflict

• Phoebe Chambers (C'25), "Underestimate It At Your Peril: The Role of Religion in the Cyprus Conflict"
  
• Alex Johnson (C'25), "Christian Nationalism: An Existential and Empowered Terrorist Threat"
• Chantal Li (SFS'25), "The Return of Interstate Religious Wars"

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Religion, Reconciliation, and Dialogue 

• Blain Beyene (C'25), "The Influence of Religion on Ethiopian Politics: Russian Orthodox Internationalism from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century"
• Mary Nguyen (C'25), "The Fall: Saigon and the Origin of Reconciliation"
• Elizabeth Foster (C'27), Doyle Dialogue Fellow; Campus Advocate Fellow for PEN America

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks

• Nick Scrimenti, Director of Student Programs