The Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law, and Diplomacy is a multi-faceted initiative involving faculty and students at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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The Initiative combines curricular offerings and an invited lecture series featuring scholars, policymakers, and practitioners who are engaged at the intersection of religion and international relations. It aims to:
- Provide a framework for interdisciplinary study and practice of international affairs through the lens of religious literacy;
- Create spaces to challenge assumptions and enhance understanding about the role of religion in the varied discourses at the Fletcher School;
- Develop these competencies through an annual Fall conference and annual speaker series.
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Recent Events
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Dr. Nikolas Gvosdev: A Conversation About Ukraine, NATO Unity, and European Security
Thursday, March 3 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM ET
Register via myFletcher
Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College. He holds non-residential fellowships with Foreign Policy Research Institute (editor of “Orbis”) and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (co-host of the “Doorstep” podcast). He is a member of Loisach Group, a collaboration between the Munich Security Conference and the Marshall Center to enhance U.S. and Germany’s security partnership. He is a contributing editor for The National Interest. He has taught at Baylor, Georgetown, George Washington, Harvard Extension and Brown universities. From 2016-20, he held the Captain Jerome E. Levy Chair in economic geography and national security.
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RLD hosted its Spring 2022 Conference on Religion, Science, & Diplomacy on Friday, February 11th 2022.
The conference is to facilitated conversation regarding the nature of the tensions and synergies between religion and science, and explored the contexts of diplomacy where the religion-science nexus can generate create research, effective action and decisive changes for the good of the world.
Watch this space for recordings of each panel, coming soon!
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View a recording of the event here.