RELATED PROGRAM
Engagement with cultural and religious differences is a centerpiece of the Georgetown educational experience. The Center's undergraduate programs, part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, seek to deepen that engagement by empowering students as creators, and not just consumers of knowledge.
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PARTICIPATING STUDENTS
JYAN 2011/2012
> Caitlin Attal
> Lauren Boas Hayes
> Jenny Brown
> Chloe Chen
> Alex D'Agostino
> Vivian DiBuono
> Anna Drabek
> Bonnie Duncan
> Lisa Frank
> Katherine Henterly
> Shea Houlihan
> Nadia Ibrahim
> Matthew Ippel
> Sam Kareff
> Joohee Kim
> Caitlin Koury
> Amanda Lanzillo
> Danielle Lee
> Mary Lim
> Sarah Mac Dougall
> Michael Madoff
> Jamie Martines
> Morgan McDaniel
> Eric Mooring
> Alexandra Moran
> Colin O'Brien
> Emily Oehlsen
> Sasha Panaram
> Ben Santucci
> Sam Schneider
> Cole Stangler
> Alexis Thomas
> Kelsey Tsai
> Alex Villec
> Zoe Weiner
> Laura West
> Madeline Wiseman
> Kera Wright
> Ani Zotti
JYAN 2010/2011
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JYAN 2008/2009
JYAN 2007/2008
JYAN 2006/2007
FACULTY COMMENTS
May 8, 2011
Comment from Prof. Gianni CicaliI found the article by Sarah Balistreri very, very interesting. Thanks to the article, I have been able to learn more...
May 4, 2011
Comment from Prof. Anna De FinaI really enjoyed Sarah Balistreri’s depiction of the influence of the church on popular culture in Chile. It made me ...
May 2, 2011
Comment from Prof. Marilyn McMorrowSarah, You mention that each one's life or day turns out to be everyone's business. I'm wondering if you find that th...
May 2, 2011
Comment from Prof. Heidi ByrnesAshley, I was intrigued about your observations about how underlying structural (and financial) realities of the Germ...
April 30, 2011
Comment from Father Kevin O'BrienIn March, I joined ten Georgetown students on a new alternative spring break experience sponsored by Campus Ministry ...
April 29, 2011
Comment from Prof. Osama Abi-MershedIn her letter from abroad, Seungah Lee broaches a variety of enticing themes that call for deeper elaboration: the in...
April 25, 2011
Comment by Prof. Katherine MarshallEmma Kelsey's letter from Spain is a thoughtful coming to terms with the difficult question of how religion and cultu...
April 22, 2011
Comment from Prof. Terry PotterBecky, you show us that the situation in Egypt has and continues to have wide-ranging effects. The belief in and desi...
April 20, 2011
Comment from Katherine MarshallPaige Lovejoy's letter about Chile poses the deepest questions about religion's role. She reflects deeply on the link...
April 17, 2011
Comment from Prof. Lauve SteenhuisenWhat are the markers of 'identity'? In Caitlin's letter from Ireland, we see them when they are shifting and surface ...
April 16, 2011
Comment from Prof. Robert LieberColin's intervention is thoughtful, but it is essential to add here that the Erdogan regime has gone about curtailing...
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Junior Year Abroad Network
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 part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative.
Melody Fox Ahmed, Director of Programs and Operations at the Berkley Center, oversees the Junior Year Abroad Network, along with the Undergraduate Fellows program.
Melody Fox Ahmed, Director of Programs and Operations at the Berkley Center, oversees the Junior Year Abroad Network, along with the Undergraduate Fellows program.
Hannah Walker on Christmas in Japan
Recent Letters
December 26, 2011
Over a decade ago, Turkey began a run down of what appeared to be a clear path to European Union membership. Much has changed in Turkey and in the EU since then, and a...
December 21, 2011
What do the purchase of a leather jacket, stepping in dog poop, and a wine tasting have in common? Besides all being frequent activities in Argentina, they also all en...
1 Comment
December 15, 2011
18th century German explorer Alexander Von Humboldt once declared that "Ecuadorians are strange and unique beings, they sleep peacefully amid smoking volcanoes." Altho...
1 Comment
December 14, 2011
"Me duele que el catolicismo me fregara."
(It hurts me that Catholicism failed me.)
While I was interviewing my host father for an anthropology proje...
1 Comment
December 14, 2011
The official religion of the Dominican Republic is Catholicism because of its early history of Spanish colonization and rule. La Zona Colonial, or the Colonial Zone, i...
December 12, 2011
Italy has a long history of emigration. From the 1860s to the 1960s, more than 25 million Italians left the country, mostly for the Americas, due to overpopulation. Th...
2 Comments
December 9, 2011
A surreal feeling came over me as I walked through the killing fields located a few kilometers outside of Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh. The nature surrounding...
December 8, 2011
Before coming to Thailand I knew that the country was overwhelmingly Buddhist but I did not know how this would manifest itself in my daily life. I quickly learned tha...
1 Comment
December 7, 2011
I step onto a blue tro tro crowded with men on their way to work, women with fruit to sell, and babies swaddled across mothers backs. While these tro tro vehicles serv...
3 Comments
December 6, 2011
Every weeknight since my arrival in Santiago on July 14, I have watched the 9:00 p.m. news with my Chilean host parents. On November 21, one story captured a fact that...
3 Comments
December 4, 2011
Having now studied in Edinburgh, Scotland for three months, as a bibliophile, I can say with complete assurance that I chose the ideal place to spend a semester abroad...
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