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The Berkley Center's Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects Georgetown students studying abroad in a variety of cultures. Students share reflections on religion, politics, and society. JYAN is ...
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January 26, 2010

Annual Junior Year Abroad Network Student Dinner

On January 26, the Berkley Center's Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) 2008-2009 members met at the Annual JYAN Dinner to present reflections on their time spent living and studying around the globe. Forty-two Georgetown students studying on five different continents participated in the program last year. Their reflections have also been formally published in the new JYAN Report which was presented to them during the dinner.

Participants write "letters from abroad" dealing with questions of religion, culture, and politics in a different part of the world. Sharing these letters with one another through the Berkley Center website, the students engage in dialogue about their common experiences and perceptions of their different cultures, particularly the many roles that religion plays in their host country's culture. When the participants return to Georgetown, they meet several times to reflect on their experiences and develop and present this publication for the wider Georgetown community and beyond.
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