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August 14, 2012

Niwano Peace Prize Winner Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez Celebrated in Guatamala

Katherine Marshall writes as Chair of the International Selection Committee for the Niwano Peace Prize about recipient Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez as she returns home to in Guatemala where national celebrations and discussions of her work follow the May 10 prize ceremony in Tokyo.

August 13, 2012

Seminar with Chinese Scholars

Tom Banchoff and Jose Casanova hosted a three-day seminar with leading young Chinese scholars of religious studies. Participants discussed religion, politics, and society in the United States.

August 7, 2012

Searching for Peace in Nigeria

Sister Agatha Chikelue, founder of the Women of Faith Network in Abuja, explains why interfaith dialogue is important in Nigeria. She says that Muslim and Christian female religious leaders can work together to help find a resolution to the violence.

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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.

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