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April 18, 2010

Katherine Marshall Blogs: Religious wildfires

Don't blame Nigeria's violent conflicts on religion, Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, argued forcefully during a far-ranging discussion last Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. The brutal conflict that took place near the city of Jos last month (where as many as 500 people died) reflects tensions between longtime residents and recent settlers, plus economic misery, not a clash between Christianity and Islam...

April 17, 2010

Michael Kessler Blogs: National day of prayer confusion

The 59th National Day of Prayer is scheduled for May 6. It is supposed to be a day of unity for citizens to come together in reflection. Instead, our deep-seated confusions about the proper boundaries between religious practice and governmental power have turned the official recognition into a huge wedge issue...

April 12, 2010

Katherine Marshall Blogs: Vertigo times

The hot spots this week are Kyrgyzstan and Bangkok, but every day brings new reports of riots and unrest somewhere in the world. America has rarely seemed as unsettled as it is today...

April 5, 2010

Katherine Marshall Blogs: Corruption: myths and solutions

Confronting corruption is not a good path to popularity. Sparks flew between Kabul and Washington last week as Hamid Karzai shot back against U.S. officials who admonished him to get serious in that department. A large donor gathering in New York looking to build a new Haiti rarely strayed far from the corruption sore spot...

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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.