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March 19, 2020
In a Daily Comment for the New Yorker Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie writes about our society's wont to describe this-that-&-the-other trend with the language of "virus" and "epidemic"—and how this may have made it hard us to see actual viruses as the clear and present dangers they are.
March 2, 2020
During a March 2 event hosted as part of Danielle Vella’s book tour for the recently released Dying to Live: Stories on the Road to Freedom, panelists shared their insights on the importance of recognizing and respecting the humanity of each individual and his or her unique migratory experience.
February 25, 2020
Georgetown hosted a panel discussion on race and religion in The Amen Corner by acclaimed African-American author James Baldwin. This event received support from the Doyle Engaging Difference Program.
February 11, 2020
Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari, who is also T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School (HDS), spoke to HDS to provide context on recent crises in the Middle East, where religion fits in, and how peace efforts can come about.
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February 5, 2025
Berkley Center Research Fellow Rev. Gerald J. McGlone, S.J., has been quoted in an article by Religion News Service about recent abuse cases within Anglican denominations.
February 4, 2025
Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky joined Mark Noll and James Patterson on the Law & Liberty Podcast to discuss his new book American Heretics (2024).
January 6, 2025
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.
December 13, 2024
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.
