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Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler is Associate Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, and an Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. He works in Ethics (theological, philosophical, and political approaches), political theory, and the nexus of law, politics, and religion. Kessler received his...
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Engagement with cultural and religious differences is a centerpiece of the Georgetown educational experience. The Doyle Engaging Difference Program, a collaboration with the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS), supports and Berkley Center's Doyle Seminars program, the Junior Year Abroad Program (JYAN), and Doyle student fellows.
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Undergraduate Fellows Seminars
As of 2009-2010, this program became part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, and in fall 2012 it was recast as the Doyle Seminars.
The Undergraduate Fellows Program combined a four-credit seminar with a collaborative research project that addressed issues at the intersection of religion, culture, society and politics. Along with the in-depth reading, writing, and dialogue typical of an upper-level seminar, student fellows conducted original research and formulated policy recommendations culminating in a written report. Seminars covered topics ranging from foreign policy and economics to globalization and interfaith dialogue.
| >> | Peacebuilding Strategies Spring 2012 >> | Law, Religion, and Liberty of Conscience | Fall 2011 >> | The Future of Track-Two Diplomacy | Spring 2011 >> | Business, Values, and Law: Forging a New Dialogue | Spring 2011 >> | When Cultural and Religious Diversity Meets the Global Market | Spring 2010 >> | New Social Media and Intercultural and Interreligious Understanding | Spring 2010 >> | Interreligious Marriage | Spring 2009 >> | Religious Lobbies in US Politics | Spring 2008 >> | Religion and Global Development | Spring 2007 |
PUBLICATIONS
Strategies for Peace: Transforming Conflict in a Diverse World
October 24, 2012
This report is the result of a semester’s worth of reading, investigation, and research into strategies for establishing durable peace and security in the global political context of upheaval, transition, and violence. More specifically, 15 Georgetown graduate and advanced undergraduate students...
Law, Religion, and Liberty of Conscience
April 15, 2012
Should a health care professional be able to refuse to deliver services or medicines they deem to be immoral, such as abortion or birth control pills? Should laws permitting same-sex unions include accommodations for businesses and government officials to be able to refuse to participate in the...
Business, Values, and Law: Forging a New Dialogue
August 30, 2011
The financial crisis of 2008 exacerbated an environment of mistrust for business practice in the global economy. Much of the public and the political class questioned business leaders’ commitment to integrity, transparency, and ethical behavior. Many called for increased government regulation to...
Transcending Traditional US Foreign Policy: Track Two Diplomacy and the Challenge of Global Religious Diversity
August 15, 2011
This report was researched and written by Undergraduate Fellows as part of their Spring 2011 class "The Future of Track-Two Diplomacy." In the class, students examined critical case studies and conducted original research organized around student interviews with government and NGO experts,...
Bridging Babel: New Social Media and Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding
May 3, 2010
The Berkley Center's 2009-2010 Undergraduate Fellows Program provided a select group of Georgetown undergraduate students with the resources to study new social media and interreligious and intercultural understanding.
Beginning in September 2009, the Fellows defined their areas of research...
When Diversity Meets the Global Market: Forging a New Generation of Business Leaders
April 30, 2010
This project examines the significance of cultural and religious diversity for business today and how Georgetown can promote tolerance and intercultural understanding among students as they transition into positions as leaders in business and the professions.
The project includes a survey of...
The project includes a survey of...
2008 Undergraduate Fellows Report: A Leap of Faith: Interreligious Marriage in America
December 31, 2008
The Berkley Centers 2008 Undergraduate Fellows Program provided a select group of ten Georgetown undergraduate students with the resources to study interreligious marriage in America. Starting in January 2008, the Fellows met bi-weekly throughout the year to discuss the developments and progress...
2007 Undergraduate Fellows Report: Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?
January 5, 2008
The 2007 Undergraduate Fellows Program gave a select group of ten Georgetown undergraduates the resources to study the role of religious advocacy groups in United States politics. Under the direction of Professor Clyde Wilcox of the Department of Government, the Fellows spent the 2007 academic...
2006 Undergraduate Fellows Report: Secular and Religious Approaches to Global Development
January 8, 2006
Over the course of 2006, Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows, in collaboration with the Linz Ethics Project of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, compared and contrasted secular and religious approaches to global development. An undergraduate team engaged in background research and...
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Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?
January 29, 2008
The 2007 Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows Report entitled “Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?” was launched Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the Berkley Center. The launch included discussion of the report from Prof. Jonathan Ladd and Prof. Clyde Wilcox of the Department...
Launch of Undergraduate Fellows Report
January 29, 2008
The 2007 Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows Report entitled “Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?” was launched Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the Berkley Center on Religion, Peace and World Affairs. The launch included discussion of the report from Prof. Jonathan Ladd and...