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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 Theology, Ethics (theological, philosophical, and political approaches), and the nexus of law, politics, and religion. Kessler received his Ph.D. ...

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Doyle Undergraduate Initiatives
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.

INTERVIEWS

A Discussion with Ambassador Stapleton Roy

A Discussion with Canon Andrew White, President of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East

A Discussion with Catherine Cosman, Senior Policy Analyst, US Commission on International Religious Freedom

A Discussion with Christopher Voss, Managing Director, Insite Security's Kidnapping Resolution Practice, and Consultant, Triad Consulting Group

A Discussion with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Chairman of the Cordoba Institute

A Discussion with Imam Yahya Hendi, Founder of Clergy Beyond Borders

A Discussion with Jill Sternberg, Peace Activist

A Discussion with Maryann Cusimano Love, Associate Professor of Politics at the Catholic University

A Discussion with Michael J. Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies

A Discussion with Paul Wee, Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University

A Discussion with Peter Steinfels, Co-director, Fordham Center on Religion and Culture

A Discussion with Robert Cekuta, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities

A Discussion with Thomas Banchoff, Director, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

A Discussion with Thomas Getman, Executive Director for International Relations, World Vision (retired)

A Discussion with Ziad Asali, Founding President of the American Task Force on Palestine

A Discussion with Dr. John Borelli, Georgetown University Special Assistant to the President for Interreligious Initiatives, on New Social Media and Interreligious Understanding

A Discussion with Leo Brunnick, Founder and CEO of Patheos.com, on New Social Media and Interreligious Understanding

A Discussion with Simon Cohen, Founder and Managing Director of Global Tolerance, on New Social Media and Interreligious Understanding

A Discussion with Matt Armstrong, Executive Director, MountainRunner Institute, on the Uses and Limits of New Social Media

PUBLICATIONS

Business, Values, and Law: Forging a New Dialogue
Business, Values, and Law: Forging a New Dialogue

Transcending Traditional US Foreign Policy: Track Two Diplomacy and the Challenge of Global Religious Diversity
Transcending Traditional US Foreign Policy: Track Two Diplomacy and the Challenge of Global Religious Diversity

Bridging Babel: New Social Media and Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding
Bridging Babel: New Social Media and Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding

When Diversity Meets the Global Market: Forging a New Generation of Business Leaders
When Diversity Meets the Global Market: Forging a New Generation of Business Leaders

2008 Undergraduate Fellows Report: A Leap of Faith: Interreligious Marriage in America
2008 Undergraduate Fellows Report: A Leap of Faith: Interreligious Marriage in America

2007 Undergraduate Fellows Report: Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?
2007 Undergraduate Fellows Report: Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?

2006 Undergraduate Fellows Report: Secular and Religious Approaches to Global Development
2006 Undergraduate Fellows Report: Secular and Religious Approaches to Global Development



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Undergraduate Fellows Seminars


The Undergraduate Fellows Program combines a four-credit seminar with a collaborative research project that addresses 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 conduct original research and formulate policy recommendations culminating in a written report. As of 2009/10, the program is part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative.

>> Peacebuilding Strategies
Spring 2012
>> Justice in the Islamic Tradition
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

RELATED EVENTS

Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?

January 30, 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 of Government at Georgetown University as well as Prof. Mark Rozell, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. The event was moderated by project leaders and co-authors Jenna Cossman (COL ’09) and Todd Wintner (SFS ’08). 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 year defining their research agenda, collecting data on key issues relevant to the field of religious advocacy, and interviewing over 40 prominent religious advocacy organizations around the country.

Launch of Undergraduate Fellows Report

January 30, 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 Prof. Clyde Wilcox of the Department of Government at Georgetown University as well as Prof. Mark Rozell, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. The event was moderated by project leaders and co-authors Jenna Cossman (COL ’09) and Todd Wintner (SFS ’08).