Dr. Maija Harkonen, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, received a stipend from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia, to teach a course on U.S. foreign policy. The three-week course, “U.S. Foreign Policy and Russia: Challenges and Opportunities,” took place in November 2017. Dr. Harkonen had fifty Masters-level students Find out more »
CSD Student Ambassadors Getting Ready for Baltimore
The Center for the Study of Democracy started an exciting new program in the Fall of 2015, involving students in organizing public events that have covered such themes as religious movements, U.S.-Russia relations, intellectual property issues, environmental advocacy, and European security issues. Student Ambassadors are the Center’s liaisons to SMCM and Maryland communities. Student Ambassadors Find out more »
SMCM Professor Meets Pope
Francis Pope Francis, who will visit the United States in September, is the first Jesuit pope and the first non‐European pope in more than 1,200 years. He has made headlines with his outspoken style and by venturing into areas of politics and economy with comments that have attracted both praise and criticism. Pope Francis has Find out more »
The 2015 Patuxent Defense Forum Wrap Up
Scholars and policymakers around the country came to the 10th Patuxent Defense Forum at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The forum was titled Religion in Civil Society: The Impact of Religious Movements on International Relations. Read our synopsis of the 2015 Patuxent Defense Forum
The William Donald Schaefer Internship Program for Government Service
The William Donald Schaefer Internship Program for Government Service allows undergraduate students at St. Mary’s to acquire a hands-on experience in public policy with the hope that they will be inspired to choose public service as a calling. The Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College was proud to present the 2015 Find out more »
The Thomas Penfield Jackson Award for Civic Responsibility and Democratic Citizenship
About the Award This award is intended to recognize and support St. Mary’s College students who endeavor to pursue careers in public service or the law, international relations or other activities that promote civil society in the country. The 2015 winner of this competitive award is Eric Schroeder who majors in political science and public Find out more »
The 2015 Patuxent Defense Forum
Religion in Civil Society: The Impact of Religious Movements on International Relations Thursday, 4 June 2015 The 10th Annual Patuxent Defense Forum will be held at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, Maryland on June 4, 2015. The Center for the Study of Democracy and The Patuxent Partnership jointly present this forum, a Find out more »
Calls for Equal Opportunity among Indigenous People
17 April 2015 – Indigenous people worldwide pin their hopes on democracy and its central political ideal that equality of opportunity without exclusion is the same for all. In Northern Europe, the Sámi people, the only European group categorized as indigenous peoples by the UN, have struggled for long to gain respect, recognition and a Find out more »