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Paul Elie

January 2, 2019

We Still Live within the Mediated, Alienated World of “The Moviegoer”

In this review for the New Yorker, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie takes a look at Walker Percy's The Moviegoer, describing it as "the first work of what we call contemporary American fiction, the earliest novel to render a set of circumstances and an outlook that still feel recognizably ours."

Sunset silhouettes a minaret in Cairo, Egypt

December 7, 2018

The Rise of Islamic Soft Power

Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville examines the rise of Islamic soft power in a Foreign Affairs article co-authored with Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution.

Jocelyne Cesari

December 6, 2018

Islam in the West

In a December 2018 interview recorded at Lambeth Palace during the World Muslim Leaders Forum, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari explains why Islam does not reform and discusses the historical and political reasons for the growing fear of Islam in the West.

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Leo Lefebure

June 20, 2025

Leo Lefebure to Speak on Culture of Encounter

Berkley Center Faculty Fellow Leo Lefebure will deliver a public lecture titled "Shaping a Culture of Encounter in a Fragmented World: Culture, Politics, and the Promise of Interreligious Dialogue" on June 26 in Blacktown, Australia. 

Nicole Abudayeh

June 17, 2025

Nicole Abudayeh Announced as 2025 Pulitzer International Reporting Fellow

Each year, the Berkley Center nominates one student for the prestigious Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship. This year, Nicole Abudayeh (SFS'26) has been selected for that honor. Her reporting will focus on the role of faith-based social activism in protecting migrant populations from human trafficking in Ceuta, Spain. Nicole joins a global cohort of scholars who are working to uncover and amplify underreported stories that shape our world.  

The WFLF 2024-2025 fellows and the WFLF team.

May 16, 2025

Apply to Join the 2025-2026 Cohort

The application for the 2025-2026 cohort of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship is open to Catholic sisters from Sub-Saharan Africa who are actively engaged in religious and community service. The fellowship seeks applicants dedicated to the development of their communities and the empowerment of women and girls, in service to the common good. 

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