Berkley Center

Senior Fellow José Casanova contributed a chapter entitled "Jesuit Contributions to Global Connectivity and Global Consciousness in the Early Modern Era" to the book Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map (Brill, 2024), edited by Laura Hostetler.

Senior Research Fellow Elisa Massimino participated on a January 31 panel hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. Other panelists included Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack, and GIWPS Executive Director Melanne Verveer.

Berkley Center Director Thomas Banchoff and students from the Human Fraternity Fellows Program were featured in the Italian-language edition of L'Osservatore Romano, highlighting the program's study trip to Abu Dhabi for the anniversary of the Document on Human Fraternity. The program is co-sponsored by the Berkley Center, Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, and Muslim Council of Elders.

Writing for the Hoya, Neha Jampala covers the Berkley Center's January 29 panel discussion on emerging lessons from a Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy Program that serves primary and secondary school teachers from across Indonesia. The event was co-sponsored with the G20 Interfaith Forum.