NOTIZIE

Georgetown Global Dialogues writers engage the
Legacy of Pope Francis

notizie ‒ 09 giugno 2025

9 - 10 June Rome, at Villa Malta and live streaming 

In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis set out a hopeful vision of human equality and fraternity in his 2020 encyclicalFratelli Tutti (“Brothers and Sisters All”). While acknowledging deep divisions and a pervasive “globalized indifference,” Francis called for a vibrant “culture of encounter” to bring people together, across divides, around shared concerns and common projects. Five years later, the Georgetown Global Dialogues are bringing leading novelists and public intellectuals to Rome to explore the theme of human fraternity in our divided world. Register for the free livestreams below, download the program, and sign up to receive updates about GGD eventswebinars, and essays by the GGD fellows.

Monday, June 9

 

Literature, Social Friendship, and the Culture of Encounter: A Keynote Conversation

June 9 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Paul Elie, Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça 

Literature and the Revitalization of the Common Good

June 9 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Parul Sehgal, Zadie Smith, Rev. Antonio Spadaro, S.J.

 

Mimetic Desire and Resentment as Barriers to Human Fraternity

 

June 9 | 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Naomi Klein, Pankaj Mishra
 

Literature and the Transcendent in a Global Frame

 

June 9 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Tash Aw, Mohsin Hamid, Ranjit Hoskote

 

Writers, Isolation, and Rebuilding Community

 

June 9 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Hisham Matar, Eva Menasse, Bishop Paul Tighe
 

Emotions in Literature and Politics

June 9 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Nesrine Malik, Kamila Shamsie, Juan Gabriel Vásquez

 

 


 

Tuesday, June 10

 

The Diminished Dialogue between Faith and Literature

 

June 10 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Javier Cercas, Paul Elie, Zadie Smith

 

Literature between Technological Dreams and Human Frailty

 

June 10 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Mohsin Hamid, Jennifer Szalai, Ece Temelkuran

 

The Globalization of Literature in an Unequal World

 

June 10 | 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Ranjit Hoskote, Nesrine Malik, Safwan M. Masri

Exile and Literature in a Fragmented World

 

June 10 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Hisham Matar, Jennifer Szalai, Ece Temelkuran

Cultural and Religious Pluralism as a Literary Frame

 

June 10 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Mohsin Hamid, Ranjit Hoskote, Kamila Shamsie

Culture, Politics, and Futures for Human Fraternity

June 10 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Rome | Online
Featured Speakers: Thomas Banchoff, Nesrine Malik, Pankaj Mishra

 
This gathering is co-sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education, the All of Us Foundation, La Civiltà Cattolica, and the Georgetown University Representative Office in Rome. 

Learn more about GGD in Rome

Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs is organizing GGD with the support of campus partners including Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the College of Arts & Sciences, the McDonough School of Business, the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics.

Direct any questions to globaldialogues@georgetown.edu.
 
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