Berkley Center

Writing a Daily Comment for the New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie reflects on attending an audience with Pope Francis, in which the pope spoke about the role of the imagination in the life of Catholicism.

Writing an analysis and commentary piece for the United States Institute of Peace, Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville and Harun Karčić discuss the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the Balkans. They argue that with the West focused on Ukraine, Russia is taking the opportunity to nibble away at NATO’s borders and to sow discord.

Senior Research Fellow Julia Watts Belser will teach a seminar as part of the University of San Francisco's new graduate-level certificate program in Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion + Jewish Studies and Social Justice.

Senior Fellow José Casanova will present a June 2 lecture on "Empire and Violence" in Munich, Germany, as part of Ludwig Maximilian University's lecture series on "Discourses of Mass Violence in Comparative Perspective."