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October 25, 2023
Senior Research Fellow Julia Watts Belser participated in an October 24 talk at the University of Michigan's Frankel Center for Judaic Studies where she discussed how queer, feminist, and ecologically-informed disability wisdom can catalyze a radical recognition of the sacred among human, animal, and earthy kin.
October 23, 2023
Georgetown University's Intersectionality Series will host a November 2 event to launch Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole, a new book by Senior Research Fellow Julia Watts Belser.
October 19, 2023
Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville participated in a panel on the "Geopolitics of Religion and Culture in the Balkans," inspired by the joint work between the Berkley Center and the United States Institute of Peace. This panel was part of the first Sarajevo Security Conference held from October 15 to 17.
October 16, 2023
Writing for the Hoya, Ella Budenbender covers the October 11 panel on “Competing Understanding of Islamic Codes Pertaining to Women in the Arab World." Co-sponsored by the Berkley Center and Georgetown's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, this event contextualized different understandings of how Islamic teaching pertains to women’s behavior.
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July 1, 2026
The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University mourns the loss of William R. Berkley, our inspirational benefactor and devoted friend. Bill passed away recently at the age of eighty. A brilliant business leader who built the W. R. Berkley Corporation from humble beginnings into a global insurance powerhouse, Bill's success was matched by his generosity as a philanthropist. Georgetown is among the many beneficiaries of his vision and steadfast support.
June 22, 2026
In a special NPR segment exploring the origins of American religious liberty, Berkley Center Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky reflects on how early ideals established a fundamental purpose for the United States government: protecting natural, inalienable rights.
June 9, 2026
Melissa Nozell of the Strategic Religious Engagement Hub is participating in "Tools for Sustainable Peacemaking: An Invitation to Learn and Exchange," a series that brings together practitioners, policymakers, faith leaders, and academics to explore approaches to community-level peacebuilding. This second session covered "Education as a Foundation for Peace."
May 13, 2026
Writing for Religion News Service, Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky recaps failed efforts throughout American history to insert explicitly Christian clauses into the U.S. Constitution.
