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July 22, 2020

A Historic Look at the Ties Between Black and Jewish Communities

Terrence Johnson, a Berkley Center senior research fellow and member of the Center for Jewish Civilization executive committee, is featured in a July 22 CBS This Morning segment on historical ties between Black and Jewish communities in the United States.

Book cover of "Humanity in Crisis" on table

July 21, 2020

Migrants and Refugees in a Time of Crisis

An April 30 event featured Senior Fellow Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., in conversation with Georgetown University Press (GUP) Director Al Bertrand about the added challenges facing migrants and refugees during the coronavirus crisis. It drew from Hollenbach's book Humanity in Crisis: Ethical and Religious Response to Refugees and is now available as a podcast.

Muslim women walking among a diverse crowd along the Champs Elysees in Paris (courtesy of Flickr user zoetnet)

July 17, 2020

Islamophobia in France

Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari conducted a video interview with Indus News about the complicated legacy of laïcité as it relates to current political discourse on Islam in France.

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Cardinal Robert McElroy speaking in front of a podium in Copley Formal Lounge

January 6, 2025

Georgetown Welcomes Cardinal Robert McElroy as New Archbishop of Washington

Over the past decade, McElroy has visited Georgetown and engaged with events hosted by the Berkley Center and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. He also contributed a chapter to the Georgetown University Press book A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, co-edited by the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., then a Berkley Center senior fellow.

A family prays at a burial site as the sun comes down on a cloudy day

December 13, 2024

Student Research on Religion and COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

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