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July 9, 2013

Mandela and Gandhi: Calling for a Coalition of Conscience

In this blog post, Katherine Marshall discusses the international effort to raise a "coalition of conscience" that can find ways to work across boundaries of nation, race, religion, and political views for the common good.

July 8, 2013

Tom Banchoff Named Vice President for Global Engagement


Center Director Tom Banchoff has been named Georgetown’s first vice president for global engagement. He will work to strengthen the university's existing international initiatives; enhance the global dimension of teaching, research, and outreach activities; and reduce barriers to collaboration across campus. He will remain director of the Berkley Center.

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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.

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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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