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February 11, 2011

Katherine Marshall on Morocco: It's Complicated

The rapid-fire events in Tunisia and Egypt have caught people everywhere by surprise. That's especially true in the neighborhood (North Africa and the Middle East). As I headed for Morocco for a weekend conference, I hoped to emerge with a far clearer understanding, both of what sparked these popular upheavals now, and what might lie ahead.

January 31, 2011

Forgotten Crisis: Stateless in Bangladesh

The Center's Katherine Marshall blogs on the Washington Post's OnFaith page about the Rohingya, Muslim refugees in Bangladesh whose situation is described as the world's most forgotten crisis and one of the most desperate. Read the blog here and read a piece co-authored by the Center's Melody Fox Ahmed and WFDD's Michael Bodakowski on the Rohingya and Muslim Aid, a UK-based, Islamic-inspired group working with the Rohingya in Bangaldesh.

January 20, 2011

Center Organized Oxford Workshop

Tom Banchoff and Jose Casanova ran a workshop in Oxford on January 21-22 that explored the intersection of religion, politics, and society in the United States and the United Kingdom. The workshop was supported by the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs.

January 17, 2011

Katherine Marshall: Feminist Muslims? The View from Bangladesh

The great majority of Bangladesh's 160 million citizens are Muslims, making it one of the world's largest Muslim communities. Bengali Islam is distinctive, shaped by a long history in which adherents of different religions lived side by side. Today, however, people talk of changes in the character of Bangladeshi Islam.

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October 29, 2025

Pulitzer Center Publishes 2025 Reporting Fellow Nicole Abudayeh's Work on Domestic Violence Against Migrant Women in Ceuta,Spain

The Pulitzer Center published a report written by Nicole Abudayeh (SFS'26) on domestic violence against migrant women in Ceuta, Spain as part of her 2025 Berkley Center-Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship.

October 21, 2025

Rev. Patrick Gilger, S.J., on Spiritual Direction

Research Fellow Rev. Patrick Gilger, S.J., was interviewed by America Magazine's The Spiritual Life podcast on the importance of spiritual directors. In the episode, he reflects on how spiritual direction can help people strengthen their relationship with faith.

2025 ESJ Panel at the Global Social Justice Symposium

October 15, 2025

ESJ Project Continues Supporting Student Research at Global Social Justice Research Symposium

The 2025 Education and Social Justice (ESJ) fellows, Madison Ross (C’27), Allie Schlicht (SFS’27), Cici Sprouse (C’26), and Stella Vance (C’26), showcased their respective research projects at the 2025 Global Social Justice Research Symposium on September 26. They were joined by fellows from the Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership & Research Scholarship Program, Maeve McKean Global Health Award, David F. Andretta Summer Research Fellowship, and Royden B. Davis Fellowship. This symposium was hosted by the CSJ and the Berkley Center at Georgetown University.

October 14, 2025

Jerome Copulsky Analyzes Religion and Power in U.S. Governance

Jerome Copulsky, research fellow at the Berkley Center, co-authored an article with David T. Buckley in Arc Magazine examining how religious ideas and actors are shaping efforts to redefine the U.S. federal bureaucracy and discussing the entanglement of faith and politics in the current U.S. administration.