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Why Religious Freedom?
The Origins and Promise of U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy
Start:  Monday, February 25, 2008  8:30 AM
End:  Monday, February 25, 2008  1:30 PM
Location:   Georgetown University
Copley Formal Lounge

Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy: Taking Stock, Looking Forward

EVENT ONE (February 25, 2008): Why Religious Freedom? The Origins and Promise of U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy

First in a series of three events focusing on "Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy: Taking Stock, Looking Forward," this event co-sponsored by EPPC features three separate panel discussions with prominent scholars including EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie.

To RSVP please click HERE


AGENDA: 

8:30-10:00 am: The Sources of U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy

Nina Shea, veteran religious freedom expert at the Center for Religious Freedom

Laura Bryant Hanford, a principal author of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act 

Allen Hertzke, author of the acclaimed Freeing God’s Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights

Michael Cromartie, Vice President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center

10:15-11:45 am: The Social, Economic, and Political Impact of Religious Liberty Worldwide

Jose Casanova, Georgetown University

Daniel Philpott , University of Notre Dame

Brian Grim, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

Thomas Farr, Georgetown University

11:45-12:00: Working Lunch

12:00 – 1:30 pm: International Perspectives: China, Russia, and Central Europe

Liu Peng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Viktor Yelensky , Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences

Andrey Sebentsov, Russian Federation (invited)

Lauren Homer , International Law Group

Hosted by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs -- To RSVP please click HERE

Future Symposia in the Series (both at Georgetown University):

April 21, 2008: A Decade of U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy: Assessing the Results

October 9, 2008: The Future of U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy: Recommendations for a New Administration

CO-SPONSORS:

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University
Council on Faith and International Affairs at the Institute for Global Engagement
International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Council for America’s First Freedom, Richmond, Virginia
Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington D.C.
The Federalist Society, Washington D.C.

This series in made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation.

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The New Atlantis (Summer 2007)
The New Atlantis
A Journal of Technology and Society

The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes articles and major essays on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, America’s military contractors, bioethics and human dignity, reproductive technology, and much more. Visit www.TheNewAtlantis.com today! 

Technology and Society
The Age of Neuroelectronics

For decades, experiments at the border between brains and electronics have led to sensationalistic media coverage, vivid science fiction portrayals, and dreams of cyborgs and bionic men. But recently, this area of science has seen remarkable advances -- from robotic limbs controlled directly by brain activity, to brain implants that alter the mood of the depressed, to rats steered by remote control. In this New Atlantis article, EPPC Fellow Adam Keiper explores the peculiar history and present directions of this research, and considers the challenges of staying human in the age of neuroelectronics. 

M. Edward Whelan III
Blogging on the Courts

EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.

Here is some of the praise Mr. Whelan has received for his blogging:

From Steve Schmidt, who, as special adviser to President Bush, led the White House's efforts to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito: "Ed Whelan was the most influential and valuable commentator on the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. His remarkably rapid, thorough, and reliable responses to the distorted attacks on the nominees prevented those attacks from gaining traction. The White House was deeply grateful that he was on our side."

From Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog:  "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours." 


"Cube and Cathedral" Now in Paperback

Senior Fellow George Weigel's 2005 book The Cube and the Cathedral -- a Foreign Affairs bestseller -- is now available in the United States in paperback, and has been published in several foreign-language editions: Polish, Italian, and French. For more information, or to purchase copies, click here.