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South and Central Asia

Boats on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India

Explore the Berkley Center’s resources on South and Central Asia, including extensive materials on the development landscape of Bangladesh, an interview series with regional development practitioners, and student reflections on their study abroad experiences in India.

Current and Past Projects

Indian Woman in Pink Writing on Desk

Catholic Education in India

In May 2011 undergraduate student Deven Comen conducted interviews in Mumbai, India as part of an ongoing initiative of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service at…
Boys in Blue Smiling at Bangladesh Madrasa

Country Mapping: Bangladesh

This mapping project, conducted jointly by the World Faiths Development Dialogue and the Berkley Center, worked to fill in gaps in knowledge regarding the roles religious actors play in development at this critical juncture in Bangladesh’s history.
Boats and Shoreline of Ganges River in India

South and Central Asia

As part of its global mapping of faith-inspired organizations in development work, the Berkley Center and the World Faiths Development Dialogue held a consultation and developed publications and web resources focused on relief and development organizations based in South and Central Asia.
Kuchai Bari Educational Center Classroom in India

Supporting the Hardest-to-Reach Students in Bangladesh

During June 2014 undergraduate student Kendra Layton conducted interviews in Bangladesh as part of an ongoing initiative of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service at…

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Interviews

Discover the firsthand experiences of faith leaders, activists, and peacebuilding practitioners working on issues ranging from development and education to conflict resolution and foreign policy.

For over a decade, Berkley Center scholars and students have been conducting interviews with individuals working at the intersection of religion and world affairs. These discussions offer unique insights into the inner workings of a wide spectrum of professions touched by religion with interviewees ranging from the highest levels of leadership of international organizations to on-the-ground practitioners. Explore individual interviews here or follow links to our interview collections below:

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Events

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Blog Posts

Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

March 16, 2023

Religion and the Crisis of Displaced Persons: The Rohingya

The Rohingya, a largely Muslim ethnic minority group, face systematic persecution in Myanmar (Burma) and as a result many are refugees or internally displaced within Myanmar. Denied citizenship rights since 1982, they are the “world’s largest stateless population.”
How We Do Things

March 6, 2023

How We Do Things

Esther Wroth reflects on how after spending a semester in Kazakhstan, one of the largest shifts she experienced is that she started self-identifying as Christian again. This shift, in large part, was because of many interreligious conversations about “how we do things.”
Religious Connections in an Expansive World

February 15, 2023

Religious Connections in an Expansive World

After her time in Bangladesh, Doha Maaty (SOH'23) reflects on how the Doyle Global Dialogue program has helped her understand her identity in a fluid, ever-globalizing world.

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Publications

Book June 1, 2022

Theology Without Borders: Essays in Honor of Peter C. Phan

The essays in "Theology without Borders," an edited volume published by Georgetown University Press, offer a variety of perspectives across Peter Phan's fundamental work in eschatology, world Christianity, interreligious dialogue, and much more.

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