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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.

January 10, 2011

South and Central Asia Development and Faith Consultation

The Berkley Center, World Faiths Development Dialogue, and the BRAC Development Institute hosted a meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh January 10-11 with participants from 12 countries in South and Central Asia. Part of the Luce Foundation supported "mapping" of development dimensions of faith inspired work worldwide, this meeting focused on gender, education, and peacebuilding.

January 7, 2011

Katherine Marshall Spoke at Albright Institute, Wellesley College

The Center's Katherine Marshall spoke at the Madeleine Albright Institute for Global Affairs at Wellesley College on January 4, 2011. Her lecture, "Journeys toward a Global Ethic: Challenges for Poverty and Social Justice," was part of a three-week seminar featuring panels by leading Wellesley alumnae in foreign affairs and public policy. Professor Marshallâs presentation can be found here.

December 21, 2010

Katherine Marshall Blogs: Portugal in Africa

Relationships between Africa and Europe are complicated, witness the tense standoff now unfolding in Cote d'Ivoire. Even decades after independence, even with a history often marked by bitter conflicts, links among nations that were part of colonial empires remain surprisingly strong. Religion is one of the reasons why.

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December 11, 2025

GGD Barcelona 2025 Full Videos Now Available

In November 2025 the Georgetown Global Dialogues and the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona brought together writers and critics to address the relationship between human frailty and global solidarity, with a focus on voices from the Global South. Videos of the panel discussions are now available.

November 12, 2025

Pulitzer Fellow Nicole Abudayeh Highlights Plight of Migrant Women in Ceuta

In her investigation, 2025 Pulitzer Fellow Nicole Abudayeh uncovers the precarious conditions faced by undocumented Moroccan women in Ceuta, revealing how social, legal, and economic barriers leave them vulnerable.

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October 31, 2025

Cilliers Breytenbach Explores Morality Beyond Kinship

In the 11th Annual Costan Lecture, Breytenbach used inscriptions on tombs and other monuments as test cases to determine the degree to which Christians (at different places, at different times, under difficult circumstances) lived up to their ideals. Faculty Fellow Julia Lamm is the founding director of the lecture series.

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.