Berkley Center

In a virtual lecture on March 30, Senior Fellow José Casanova will discuss the role of religion in the war in Ukraine. The event is hosted by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University.

On April 5 Senior Fellow José Casanova will join sociologist Nancy T. Ammerman and Rev. Mark Massa, S.J., for a conversation about how to think about secularization as it impacts public religion and everyday lived religion in the United States today. The event is sponsored by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College.

Senior Research Fellows Julia Watts Belser and Amy Uelmen are highlighted in this new "Spirit of Georgetown" story about how their faith has guided them to navigate different worlds, reconcile seemingly opposing ideas in their professional and scholarly pursuits, and discern the best path toward justice.

In an article published in Social Research: An International Quarterly, Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari argues that because of Muslims’ twofold position as outsiders and insiders within European societies, xenophobia and Islamophobia are both at work in the current political treatment of Islam and Muslims and reinforce each other.