Berkley Center

On March 7, Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova will join a panel at the "2025 Ukrainian Studies Conference," co-sponsored by Notre Dame and Ukrainian Catholic University. In the discussion, titled "Faithful Hope: Religion and Resilience in Ukraine," Casanova will explore the religious underpinnings of Ukraine's strong civil society networks. 

In a recent interview with Publishers Weekly, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie speaks on secularization in the United States, "crypto-religious" work, and his own experiences attending a Jesuit university in the 1980s—all in the context of his forthcoming book, The Last Supper: Art Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s (2025). 

Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie was published in the New Yorker with a review of Philip Shenon's book Jesus Wept (2025), which explores changes in the role of the pope and the influence and outreach of the Catholic Church in modern times. 

On February 19, Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville will deliver a lecture hosted by the Cambridge Interfaith Programme. This talk will explore how major global powers incorporate religion into their foreign policy and highlight key patterns and trends shaping the role of religion in contemporary geopolitics.