Dr. Judith Gruber has been invited to speak as a panelist in a symposium on Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of the Gospel." The symposium will take place at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Her paper is entitled " 'Where All Seems Dead, Suddenly Signs of the Resurrection Spring Up': The World as a Locus Theologicus in Evangelii Gaudium." The event takes place on March 28, 2014 at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, at Georgetown University.