Berkley Center

Senior Fellow José Casanova will participate in an April 21 webinar, hosted by the University of Notre Dame, about Russian President Vladimir Putin's use of religion to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how religion is helping to address the human cost of the war, as religious NGOs provide assistance for Ukrainian refugees.

The Berkley Center and greater Georgetown community mourn the loss of Senior Fellow Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., who passed away on Wednesday, April 6. He devoted his life to applying the rich tradition of Catholic social teaching to issues of human rights, interreligious dialogue, nuclear disarmament, and peace.

video | Watch the April 20 funeral Mass livestream

On April 5 Senior Fellow Terrence L. Johnson spoke at a dialogue hosted by Quinnipiac University’s Department of Cultural and Global Engagement and the Peter C. Hereld House for Jewish Life. The event focused on his book Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue (2022, with Jacques Berlinerblau).

Senior Fellow José Casanova will participate in an April 14 webinar to address questions related to Ukraine through its language, literature, and religion in order to provide a counter-narrative to Putin’s “imagined reality.” The event is sponsored by the UC Berkeley Library.