Judd Birdsall
@JuddBirdsall
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Senior Research Fellow at the Berkley Center on Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown. Editor of Religion & Diplomacy. Senior Editor of RFIA.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2011
Join me this Wednesday evening (Thursday morning in Asia) for a discussion on religion and violence in the Pacific with an outstanding panel.
Our August 27 webinar will explore the complex intersections of religion, violence, and peacebuilding in Papua New Guinea, such as sorcery accusation related violence. Featuring: William Kipongi, Jim Della-Giacoma, Gordon Peake, and Miranda Forsyth. RSVP:
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Looking forward to hosting a webinar this Tuesday at noon EST with contributors to the new book 'Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion' @GUberkleycenter @degruyter_brill @FBK_research @resetdoc
https://t.co/oPvHQprApo
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
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. At this virtual book...
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"Ending Persecution is an enlightening, entertaining, and edifying account of how the U.S. has pursued that mission—and how it can do it better." My review in @ProvMagazine of @KnoxThames' new book Ending Persecution. @UNDPress
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My interview with my friend Phil Dow on his new book, 'Accidental Diplomats: American Missionaries and the Cold War in Africa'. @GUberkleycenter @wcpbooks
https://t.co/Mw7swfs2r3
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Today: join me on Zoom for a conversation with author Phil Dow on the fascinating story of the unforeseen diplomatic role American evangelical missionaries played during the Cold War in #Africa. https://t.co/7eWPh8mzWo
@GUberkleycenter @wcpbooks
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
Informed by extensive archival research and personal interviews, Philip Dow’s new book "Accidental Diplomats" (2024) explores the surprising sociopolitical impact of missionaries in Africa—particul...
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I'm looking forward to hosting a virtual conversation with my friend Phil Dow regarding his new book 'Accidental Diplomats: American Missionaries and the Cold War'. Join us July 8 at noon DC time. Full details below. @GUberkleycenter @wcpbooks
https://t.co/7eWPh8mzWo
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
Informed by extensive archival research and personal interviews, Philip Dow’s new book "Accidental Diplomats" (2024) explores the surprising sociopolitical impact of missionaries in Africa—particul...
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Today is the 15th anniversary of @BarackObama's Cairo University speech to Muslims around the world. I've written my reflections on the legacy of that "New Beginning" speech for @GUberkleycenter
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
Judd Birdsall reflects on the short-lived and longer-lasting successes of Obama's "A New Beginning Speech" in terms of foreign policy and geopolitical relations with the Muslim world.
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"Trump will be the nominee, but Haley has proved that the GOP isn’t quite the Trump “cult” that Trump fans embrace and Trump critics fear. ...her campaign demonstrated that some strain of non-Trump Republicanism still exists." https://t.co/x97JJufBYM
washingtonpost.com
Voters overwhelmingly do not want to see a November rematch of Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump. But they needed to vote that way in the primaries, and they haven’t.
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We met as lowly PhD students and now Ben Park is a professor cranking out landmark books and I had the pleasure of hosting him at Georgetown. @BenjaminEPark @GUberkleycenter @wwnorton
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At our February 2 “American Zion: A New History of Mormonism,” Benjamin Park will explore the story of how Mormonism succeeded, becoming the most significant homegrown religion in #AmericanHistory. #DCEvent RSVP to join in person: https://t.co/zDoyMARgsJ
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Join me at Georgetown on Feb 2 for a launch of Ben Park's critically acclaimed new book, American Zion: A New History of Mormonism. See event page for full details. https://t.co/kyICGyo8Ra
@GUberkleycenter @BenjaminEPark @LiverightPub
@wwnorton
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
How Mormonism succeeded is the story told by historian Benjamin E. Park in American Zion. This event featured Benjamin Park, associate professor of history at Sam Houston State University. Berkley...
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The promotion of #religiousfreedom abroad has been and should continue to be a bipartisan foreign policy priority in Washington. Great to speak alongside @KnoxThames at a congressional briefing organized by @USIP and @PSAonline.
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Check out our launch event for a new policy brief on 'Diplomacy, Geopolitics, and Global Orthodox Christianity' written by Elizabeth Prodromou of @BostonCollege. Moderated by @JuddBirdsall of @GUberkleycenter
https://t.co/upP9kgNVpG
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Tomorrow Nov 29: I'm hosting a virtual discussion with Elizabeth Prodromou on her new policy brief on 'Diplomacy, Geopolitics, and Global Orthodox Christianity'
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
This event featured Elizabeth Prodromou, the author of a new policy brief commissioned by the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion & Diplomacy (TPNRD).
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This excellent @ScienceNews article on history and memory by @sujatagupta makes use of my "niche specialty" in presidential Thanksgiving proclamations. https://t.co/DtUCNooYfB
sciencenews.org
The science of collective memory — and a desire for clear origin stories — may explain the endurance of the Thanksgiving myth despite a messier reality.
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Check out the report we've just published on Indian religious diplomacy, authored by Prof Ian Hall. @Griffith_Uni @GUberkleycenter
https://t.co/vvWUjhU7fU
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
Authored by Ian Hall, this Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy policy brief analyzes why India is investing more in religious diplomacy.
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Here's the video of the conversation I moderated with several leading scholar-practitioners on 'Can Interreligious Engagement be a Realistic Tool for Diplomacy and Peacebuilding?' @GUberkleycenter @ispionline @Petito_F
https://t.co/W2S6Pzriix
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My interview with @OffuttStephen on the relationship between evangelicals and gangs in Latin America--and what we can learn from them about the relationship between religion and illicit groups more generally. @OxUniPress @AsburySeminary @ReligioDiplo
https://t.co/UmHbbp0H7K
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I was happy to join so many friends and speak at @USIP to celebrate the launch of USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Policy. This effort to partner with government is critical for promoting our shared foreign policy priorities and international development goals.
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Congrats to the team @USAID for this strategic religious engagement policy. It reflects years of work and presents a compelling rationale and framework for expanded partnerships with religious communities and faith-based orgs.
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