Channel Title: Berkley Center Channel Description: Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of religion and the promotion of interreligious understanding. Created in the office of Georgetown's President, Dr. John J. DeGioia in 2006, the Center builds on key university strengths: academic excellence; Washington, DC, location; international reach; and a Catholic and Jesuit tradition open to other faiths and the wider secular world. <video> Keynote and 2024 Berkley Center Lecture by Cathleen Kaveny Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/4fhtG5J For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu October 21-22, 2024 | This conference will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), with a special focus on the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Patrick F. Healy Conference on "Freedom and Man." Held at Georgetown University on December 2, 1964, the conference on “Freedom and Man” took place in commemoration of the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Georgetown University. Among those participating were prominent Catholic theologians—including Rev. John Courtney Murray, S.J.; Rev. Karl Rahner, S.J.; Rev. Ives Calvez, S.J.; and Hans Küng—and the Lebanese Orthodox Christian theologian Charles Malik, a member of the UDHR drafting committee. The Georgetown conference was attended by 5,000 people. The proceedings were published in Freedom and Man (1965, ed. John Courtney Murray) and had a wide impact on the discussions of religious freedom at the Second Vatican Council, including the drafting of Dignitatis Humanae. This two-day conference will open with a contextualization of the original 1964 conference and provide the historical and theological links to the UDHR and Catholic human rights thinking. It will highlight the key themes of the 1964 conference that remain pressing today, with particular attention to the underlying theology of freedom at play in human rights discourse. Cathleen Kaveny will provide a keynote address as part of the Berkley Center Lectures, and three panels will explore the contributions of the original conference to the development of human rights, the contributions of religions to advancing human rights, and contemporary challenges to the human rights agenda. </video> <video> The New Governance of Religious Diversity Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/4g3cuBL For more on the Berkley Center, visit: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/guberkleycenter Instagram: https://instagram.com/guberkleycenter Facebook: https://facebook.com/berkleycenter LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/school/berkley-center-for-religion-peace-and-world-affairs November 26, 2024 | Religious diversity is a key feature of countries across the world today, but it also presents governments with very real challenges. Controversies around religious free speech, symbols, social values and morals, and the role of faith leaders as critical voices are just a few of the issues that have given rise to fierce social, political, and scholarly debate. So how do states include and accommodate religious diversity, and should this change? What are the key difficulties facing states when it comes to governing religious diversity? Understanding this complex phenomenon means thinking through secularism, liberalism, multiculturalism, and nationalism in theory and practice. In their new book The New Governance of Religious Diversity (2024), Tariq Modood and Thomas Sealy draw on original research to present new ways of analyzing the governance of religious diversity in different regions of the world. Identifying the key challenges at stake, they also argue for a new statement of multiculturalism in relation to the governance of religious diversity, that of "multiculturalized secularism," which represents a constructive and productive response to the reality of religiously plural societies. This event featured authors Tariq Modood, professor and founding director of the Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, and Thomas Sealy, lecturer in ethnicity and race at the University of Bristol. Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari moderated the discussion. </video> <video> Case Studies and Specific Challenges: Analyzing Religious Responses Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3CysQUk For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu For slides presented during this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3Olvu2i November 11, 2024 | One of the leading challenges of the twenty-first century is the unprecedented and growing numbers of people displaced by conflict and other factors. Religious actors lead in providing support to refugees and in calling on communities to “welcome the stranger,” yet many nations, including their religious leaders and communities, face deep divisions about how to respond to refugees and to immigration more broadly. How might the culture of encounter that Pope Francis called for in his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti help heal polarized communities and support policies and programs that address the crises of forced migration? This conference, part of Georgetown University’s Culture of Encounter Project, will bring together faith leaders and practitioners in productive dialogue with one another to better understand what is at stake in their respective traditions’ positions on refugee issues and to seek shared ways forward. A one-day in-person meeting will be followed by a webinar that addresses the policy challenges for developing practical solutions to the growing crisis. </video> <video> Current Context and Challenges: State, International, and Religious Responses Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3CysQUk For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu For slides presented during this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3Olvu2i November 11, 2024 | One of the leading challenges of the twenty-first century is the unprecedented and growing numbers of people displaced by conflict and other factors. Religious actors lead in providing support to refugees and in calling on communities to “welcome the stranger,” yet many nations, including their religious leaders and communities, face deep divisions about how to respond to refugees and to immigration more broadly. How might the culture of encounter that Pope Francis called for in his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti help heal polarized communities and support policies and programs that address the crises of forced migration? This conference, part of Georgetown University’s Culture of Encounter Project, will bring together faith leaders and practitioners in productive dialogue with one another to better understand what is at stake in their respective traditions’ positions on refugee issues and to seek shared ways forward. A one-day in-person meeting will be followed by a webinar that addresses the policy challenges for developing practical solutions to the growing crisis. </video> <video> Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3DbOCNC For more on the Berkley Center, visit: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/guberkleycenter Instagram: https://instagram.com/guberkleycenter Facebook: https://facebook.com/berkleycenter LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/school/berkley-center-for-religion-peace-and-world-affairs November 19, 2024 | The new book Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion explores the complex web of religion, politics, and conflict and shows how faith can ignite bloodshed and inspire peace. Resulting from an international collaboration between the Fondazione Bruno Kessler, RESET-Dialogues Among Civilizations, and the Berkley Center, this collection assesses the state of scholarship and explores the differing ways in which religion can contribute to societies and communities exiting situations of violence and hatred. From Biblical hermeneutics to Buddhism, from secularism to legal systems, Exiting Violence offers a nuanced and thought-provoking exploration of the multifaceted role religion plays in the human struggle for peace and justice. At this virtual book launch event, four Georgetown scholars involved in the project discussed Exiting Violence. </video> <video> Internal Debates Among Contemporary Churches about Religious Freedom and Human Rights Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/4fhtG5J For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu October 21-22, 2024 | This conference will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), with a special focus on the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Patrick F. Healy Conference on "Freedom and Man." Held at Georgetown University on December 2, 1964, the conference on “Freedom and Man” took place in commemoration of the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Georgetown University. Among those participating were prominent Catholic theologians—including Rev. John Courtney Murray, S.J.; Rev. Karl Rahner, S.J.; Rev. Ives Calvez, S.J.; and Hans Küng—and the Lebanese Orthodox Christian theologian Charles Malik, a member of the UDHR drafting committee. The Georgetown conference was attended by 5,000 people. The proceedings were published in Freedom and Man (1965, ed. John Courtney Murray) and had a wide impact on the discussions of religious freedom at the Second Vatican Council, including the drafting of Dignitatis Humanae. This two-day conference will open with a contextualization of the original 1964 conference and provide the historical and theological links to the UDHR and Catholic human rights thinking. It will highlight the key themes of the 1964 conference that remain pressing today, with particular attention to the underlying theology of freedom at play in human rights discourse. Cathleen Kaveny will provide a keynote address as part of the Berkley Center Lectures, and three panels will explore the contributions of the original conference to the development of human rights, the contributions of religions to advancing human rights, and contemporary challenges to the human rights agenda. </video> <video> Religious/Faith Communities Welcoming Refugees Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3CysQUk For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu For slides presented during this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3Olvu2i November 11, 2024 | One of the leading challenges of the twenty-first century is the unprecedented and growing numbers of people displaced by conflict and other factors. Religious actors lead in providing support to refugees and in calling on communities to “welcome the stranger,” yet many nations, including their religious leaders and communities, face deep divisions about how to respond to refugees and to immigration more broadly. How might the culture of encounter that Pope Francis called for in his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti help heal polarized communities and support policies and programs that address the crises of forced migration? This conference, part of Georgetown University’s Culture of Encounter Project, will bring together faith leaders and practitioners in productive dialogue with one another to better understand what is at stake in their respective traditions’ positions on refugee issues and to seek shared ways forward. A one-day in-person meeting will be followed by a webinar that addresses the policy challenges for developing practical solutions to the growing crisis. </video> <video> Caring for the Other: Refugees and Displaced persons Description: One of the leading challenges of the twenty-first century is the unprecedented and growing numbers of people displaced by conflict and other factors. Religious actors lead in providing support to refugees and in calling on communities to “welcome the stranger,” yet many nations, including their religious leaders and communities, face deep divisions about how to respond to refugees and to immigration more broadly. How might the culture of encounter that Pope Francis called for in his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti help heal polarized communities and support policies and programs that address the crises of forced migration? This conference, part of Georgetown University’s Culture of Encounter Project, will bring together faith leaders and practitioners in productive dialogue with one another to better understand what is at stake in their respective traditions’ positions on refugee issues and to seek shared ways forward. A one-day in-person meeting will be followed by a webinar that addresses the policy challenges for developing practical solutions to the growing crisis. This event is part of the Culture of Encounter Project and is convened by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. EST | Introduction and Overview 9:10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. EST | Current Context and Challenges: State, International, and Religious Responses 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST | Break 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST | Religious/Faith Communities Welcoming Refugees 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST | Lunch 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST | Case Studies and Specific Challenges: Analyzing Religious Responses For more information, see: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/caring-for-the-other-refugees-and-displaced-persons </video> <video> Contributions of Other Religions to Human Rights Discourse Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/4fhtG5J For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu October 21-22, 2024 | This conference will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), with a special focus on the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Patrick F. Healy Conference on "Freedom and Man." Held at Georgetown University on December 2, 1964, the conference on “Freedom and Man” took place in commemoration of the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Georgetown University. Among those participating were prominent Catholic theologians—including Rev. John Courtney Murray, S.J.; Rev. Karl Rahner, S.J.; Rev. Ives Calvez, S.J.; and Hans Küng—and the Lebanese Orthodox Christian theologian Charles Malik, a member of the UDHR drafting committee. The Georgetown conference was attended by 5,000 people. The proceedings were published in Freedom and Man (1965, ed. John Courtney Murray) and had a wide impact on the discussions of religious freedom at the Second Vatican Council, including the drafting of Dignitatis Humanae. This two-day conference will open with a contextualization of the original 1964 conference and provide the historical and theological links to the UDHR and Catholic human rights thinking. It will highlight the key themes of the 1964 conference that remain pressing today, with particular attention to the underlying theology of freedom at play in human rights discourse. Cathleen Kaveny will provide a keynote address as part of the Berkley Center Lectures, and three panels will explore the contributions of the original conference to the development of human rights, the contributions of religions to advancing human rights, and contemporary challenges to the human rights agenda. </video> <video> The Geopolitics of Religion and Culture in Asia Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/41Er7qQ For more on the Berkley Center, visit: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/guberkleycenter Instagram: https://instagram.com/guberkleycenter Facebook: https://facebook.com/berkleycenter LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/school/berkley-center-for-religion-peace-and-world-affairs December 12, 2024 | Since 2022 a partnership between the Berkley Center's Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power Project and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has focused on understanding how the geopolitics of religion shapes peace and conflict dynamics in particular regional and country settings. The most recent thematic series, done with collaboration from Nanyang Technological University, explores the motivations, effectiveness, and impact of various geopolitical actors attempting to influence local, regional, and international affairs across Asia. In celebration of the launch of the first batch of publications in the Geopolitics of Religion and Culture in Asia series, the Berkley Center and USIP are hosting a virtual event with our commissioned authors. Topics of discussion will include the increasingly prominent Asian dimension of the geopolitics of religion centered on the activities of China and India. This discussion will explore how transnational religious actors employ religious ideas and doctrine as a form of soft power influence (and sometimes also “sharp power”), utilizing them to achieve their political interests. Berkley Center Senior Fellow Judd Birdsall will introduce the event, and Julia Schiwal, program officer with USIP's religion and inclusive societies program, will moderate. </video> <video> Introduction and Welcome Session: An Overview of the Themes and Implications of the 1964 Conference Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/4fhtG5J For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu October 21-22, 2024 | This conference will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), with a special focus on the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Patrick F. Healy Conference on "Freedom and Man." Held at Georgetown University on December 2, 1964, the conference on “Freedom and Man” took place in commemoration of the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Georgetown University. Among those participating were prominent Catholic theologians—including Rev. John Courtney Murray, S.J.; Rev. Karl Rahner, S.J.; Rev. Ives Calvez, S.J.; and Hans Küng—and the Lebanese Orthodox Christian theologian Charles Malik, a member of the UDHR drafting committee. The Georgetown conference was attended by 5,000 people. The proceedings were published in Freedom and Man (1965, ed. John Courtney Murray) and had a wide impact on the discussions of religious freedom at the Second Vatican Council, including the drafting of Dignitatis Humanae. This two-day conference will open with a contextualization of the original 1964 conference and provide the historical and theological links to the UDHR and Catholic human rights thinking. It will highlight the key themes of the 1964 conference that remain pressing today, with particular attention to the underlying theology of freedom at play in human rights discourse. Cathleen Kaveny will provide a keynote address as part of the Berkley Center Lectures, and three panels will explore the contributions of the original conference to the development of human rights, the contributions of religions to advancing human rights, and contemporary challenges to the human rights agenda. </video> <video> Revisiting "Freedom and Man" Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/4fhtG5J For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu October 21-22, 2024 | This conference will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), with a special focus on the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Patrick F. Healy Conference on "Freedom and Man." Held at Georgetown University on December 2, 1964, the conference on “Freedom and Man” took place in commemoration of the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Georgetown University. Among those participating were prominent Catholic theologians—including Rev. John Courtney Murray, S.J.; Rev. Karl Rahner, S.J.; Rev. Ives Calvez, S.J.; and Hans Küng—and the Lebanese Orthodox Christian theologian Charles Malik, a member of the UDHR drafting committee. The Georgetown conference was attended by 5,000 people. The proceedings were published in Freedom and Man (1965, ed. John Courtney Murray) and had a wide impact on the discussions of religious freedom at the Second Vatican Council, including the drafting of Dignitatis Humanae. This two-day conference will open with a contextualization of the original 1964 conference and provide the historical and theological links to the UDHR and Catholic human rights thinking. It will highlight the key themes of the 1964 conference that remain pressing today, with particular attention to the underlying theology of freedom at play in human rights discourse. Cathleen Kaveny will provide a keynote address as part of the Berkley Center Lectures, and three panels will explore the contributions of the original conference to the development of human rights, the contributions of religions to advancing human rights, and contemporary challenges to the human rights agenda. </video> <video> Education Programs That Build Social Cohesion and Religious Literacy Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3YSCIRz For more on the Berkley Center, visit: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/guberkleycenter Instagram: https://instagram.com/guberkleycenter Facebook: https://facebook.com/berkleycenter LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/school/berkley-center-for-religion-peace-and-world-affairs October 29, 2024 | Polarization, extremist tendencies, and disinformation are scourges of our time. They divide societies and undermine the cohesion that is vital to inclusive societies that thrive on diversity and clear common purpose. Competencies that foster cross-cultural and multireligious understanding and engagement need to be integral parts of modern education systems. This webinar will explore the challenges that leaders confront as they confront root causes of divisions, approaches the G20 might advocate, and promising approaches in different settings that aim to model and build diverse competencies and approaches. </video> <video> Caring for the Other: Refugees and Displaced Persons Webinar Description: For more on this event, visit: https://bit.ly/3CGez7S For more on the Berkley Center, visit: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/guberkleycenter Instagram: https://instagram.com/guberkleycenter Facebook: https://facebook.com/berkleycenter LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/school/berkley-center-for-religion-peace-and-world-affairs November 13, 2024 | This webinar was the fourth and final panel for "Caring for the Other: Refugees and Displaced Persons." This conference, part of Georgetown University’s Culture of Encounter Project, brought together faith leaders and practitioners in productive dialogue with one another to better understand what is at stake in their respective traditions’ positions on refugee issues and to seek shared ways forward. With approaches to forced migration and immigration deeply polarized in many societies, this webinar will explore how religious communities can support positive change. Despite deep divisions within communities, the common calling of different religious traditions to welcome the stranger offers a foundation for dialogue, listening, and engagement—the essence of encounter. What actions and examples offer prospects for healing as we move forward? </video> <video> Caring for the Other: Refugees and Displaced persons Description: One of the leading challenges of the twenty-first century is the unprecedented and growing numbers of people displaced by conflict and other factors. Religious actors lead in providing support to refugees and in calling on communities to “welcome the stranger,” yet many nations, including their religious leaders and communities, face deep divisions about how to respond to refugees and to immigration more broadly. How might the culture of encounter that Pope Francis called for in his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti help heal polarized communities and support policies and programs that address the crises of forced migration? This conference, part of Georgetown University’s Culture of Encounter Project, will bring together faith leaders and practitioners in productive dialogue with one another to better understand what is at stake in their respective traditions’ positions on refugee issues and to seek shared ways forward. A one-day in-person meeting will be followed by a webinar that addresses the policy challenges for developing practical solutions to the growing crisis. This event is part of the Culture of Encounter Project and is convened by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. EST | Introduction and Overview 9:10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. EST | Current Context and Challenges: State, International, and Religious Responses 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST | Break 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST | Religious/Faith Communities Welcoming Refugees 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST | Lunch 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST | Case Studies and Specific Challenges: Analyzing Religious Responses For more information, see: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/caring-for-the-other-refugees-and-displaced-persons </video>

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Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of religion and the promotion of interreligious understanding.

Created in the office of Georgetown's President, Dr. John J. DeGioia in 2006, the Center builds on key university strengths: academic excellence; Washington, DC, location; international reach; and a Catholic and Jesuit tradition open to other faiths and the wider secular world.

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