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December 8, 2022

Marshall and Cesari Speak at G20 Interfaith Forum in Abu Dhabi

As vice president of the G20 Interfaith Association, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall will deliver an introductory message at the G20 Interfaith Forum on "Engaging Faith Communities: G20 Agendas and Beyond" that is set to take place in Abu Dhabi December 12-13. Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari will also moderate a breakout session on refugees during the forum. 

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December 1, 2022

Jocelyne Cesari Chairs Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Political Islam

As part of the Middle East Studies Association's fifty-sixth annual meeting, Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari chaired an December 1 interdisciplinary roundtable discussion on the future of political Islam. Participants examined Islamic populism in different countries of the world, including Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

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December 1, 2022

Speakers Discuss Rise of Islamophobia in India

Writing for The Hoya, Julia Butler covers the Berkley Center's November 21 webinar on the recent increase in anti-Muslim discrimination in India, featuring Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari and Kalpana Jain, a senior journalist and senior ethics and religion editor at The Conversation US.

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January 6, 2025

Georgetown Welcomes Cardinal Robert McElroy as New Archbishop of Washington

Over the past decade, McElroy has visited Georgetown and engaged with events hosted by the Berkley Center and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. He also contributed a chapter to the Georgetown University Press book A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, co-edited by the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., then a Berkley Center senior fellow.

A family prays at a burial site as the sun comes down on a cloudy day

December 13, 2024

Student Research on Religion and COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

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November 26, 2024

Brian Flanagan Quoted on Synod on Synodality Final Report

Religion News Service article quotes Research Fellow Brian Flanagan on the impact of Pope Francis' support for the final report from the Synod on Synodality, the Catholic Church's recently concluded three-year consultation process.

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