Berkley Center

On March 13 Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari moderated a discussion of The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power (2023) featuring Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville, editor of the volume. The book talk, hosted by the International Studies Association, focused on the role religion plays in shaping the international policies of major global powers across the world.

In a conversation with ABC Radio National, Senior Fellow Paul Elie discusses his February 26 New Yorker Daily Comment that examines the ways Pope Francis and other Catholic and Vatican figures have sought to address the war in Gaza.

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall participated in a March 12 panel examining interfaith education and its supporting collaborative networks in combatting intolerance, negative stereotyping of, and discrimination and violence against persons based on religion or belief. Hosted by the G20 Interfaith Forum, this was a side event held during the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall contributed a chapter entitled "The Complex Context for Social Welfare and Human Capacity Strategies in Africa" to the book Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare: Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Africa and Latin America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), edited by Research Fellow Paul Manuel.