Berkley Center

In this interview, published by the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy, Elisa Chavez and Vija Herefoss join Senior Research Fellow Judd Birdsall to discuss their most recent report through the Stefanus Alliance on gender-attentive religious freedom advocacy.

Senior Fellow José Casanova delivered a May 11 keynote address at the Volos Academy for Theological Studies' conference on "Individual and Community in the Wake of the Public Discourse of the Orthodox Church."

Rabbi Dr. Abraham Skorka, a senior research fellow for Jewish studies and Jewish-Christian relations at Georgetown University, received an honorary doctorate from the Department of Theology of the University of Trnava in Slovakia. Pope Francis then sent Skorka, his long-time friend, a letter to congratulate him and recall his commitment to interreligious dialogue, faith, and human rights.

Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari will moderate a May 11 book talk on Sikh Nationalism, discussing the Sikh case in a globalized world and the lessons it offers for the comparative study of ethnicity, nations, and nationalism. This event is part of the International Studies Association's religion and international relations book talk series.