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April 8, 2020

Religion and COVID-19: Four Lessons from the Ebola Experience

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall and co-authors Dave Robinson and Dr. Olivia Wilkinson explore how lessons on faith engagement in the Ebola crisis can be applied to the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece is published in the Oxfam blog From Poverty to Power.

Katherine Marshall

April 3, 2020

Religious Communities' Role in Countering Epidemics

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall led a conference call on the role of religious communities in pandemic response, focused on the COVID-19 crisis. The call, hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, brought together several hundred faith leaders, development practitioners, and global health experts.

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March 31, 2020

Coping with the Coronavirus

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall participated in a March 31 video panel on COVID-19 hosted by the World Council of Churches. In her discussion with medical experts and church leaders, she drew comparisons with the HIV pandemic, arguing that religious institutions and leaders can be part of the problem, but are also part of the solution.

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Rowan Williams stands at the podium in Gaston Hall with Georgetown leaders seated behind him. Photo by Phil Humnicky.

October 22, 2026

Georgetown Awards Honorary Degree to Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury

On October 20, Georgetown bestowed its highest academic honor on Rev. Rowan Williams, a theologian and the former archbishop of Canterbury, in Gaston Hall. The Berkley Center co-sponsored the event as part of its support for the university’s annual Costan Lecture in Early Christianity, a series directed by Faculty Fellow Julia Lamm that invites leading scholars of early Christianity to campus.

Fathali Moghaddam

September 4, 2026

Fathali Moghaddam Publishes New Book on Intergroup Relations

Georgetown University Psychology Professor and Berkley Center Faculty Fellow Fathali M. Moghaddam has published Theories of Intergroup Relations: Psychological Perspectives in Global Context (2026). This book examines major theories of intergroup behavior, including perspectives on identity, conflict, justice, multiculturalism, and intergroup contact. The Hoya spoke with Moghaddam about the book and his research on intergroup relations.

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