Elizabeth H. Prodromou –– an internationally recognized leader on issues of religion and human rights, democracy, and security in Europe and the United States. Her research interests focus on geopolitics and religion, with particular focus on the intersection of religion, democracy, and security in the Middle East and Southeastern Europe. Her current research project focus on Orthodox Christianity and geopolitics, as well as on religion and migration in Greece.
Education
edit- Ph.D., Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
- S.M., Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
- MALD, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University;
- B.A., Tufts University;
- Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in political science from MIT and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy degree from The Fletcher School for Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. She was awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the Tufts University Alumni Association in 2008.
Career
editDr. Prodromou is a Visiting Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at The Fletcher School for Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she teaches in the Program in International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.
Dr. Prodromou is also Co-Chair of the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe Study Group at Harvard University’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
Before coming to Fletcher, Dr. Prodromou served a diplomatic appointment as Vice Chair and Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (2004-2012); and since 2011, is a member of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Religion & Foreign Policy Working Group, serving on the Subgroup on Religious Freedom, Democracy, and Security in the Middle East and North Africa.
A regional expert on Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, Prodromou has been an invited policy consultant in the United States, with the U.S. National Intelligence Council, Department of State, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Central Intelligence Agency; and in Europe, with NATO and ministries and non-governmental organizations in various EU member-states.
Her research deals with issues of religious freedom, democratization, and security threats, with particular focus on comparative religion-political regimes in the Near East and on Transatlantic responses to religious radicalism. Her current research focuses on rights of religious minorities under secularist and non-secularist regimes, as well as on strategies of religious institutions to state repression and persecution.
Professional Activities
edit- US Secretary of State’s Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy: Subgroup on Religious Freedom, Democracy, and Security in the Middle East and North Africa (2011-present)
- Commissioner and Vice Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (2004-2012)
- Interfaith Board of Advisors for the Council on Faith & International Affairs
- Editorial Advisory Board, Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues
- Co-Chair, Eastern Mediterranean and Europe Study Group. Center for European Studies, Harvard University
- Co-Chair, Muslims and Democratic Politics Study Group. Center for European Studies, Harvard University (1/13-5/14)
- Co-Chair, Southeastern Europe Study Group. Center for European Studies, Harvard University (9/06-4/14)
- Other Affiliations
Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Selected Publications
edit- Elizabeth H. Prodromou, “Orthodox Christianity in American Public Life: The Challenges and Opportunities of Religious Pluralism in the 21st Century” (University of Notre Dame Press: forthcoming)
- “Negotiating Pluralism and Specifying Modernity in Greece: Reading Church-State Relations in the Christodoulos Period” (Social Compass: 2005)
- “Religious Pluralism in 21st-Century America: Problematizing the Implications for Orthodox Christianity” (Journal of the American Academy of Religion: 2004)
- “Christianity and Democracy: the Ambivalent Orthodox” (Journal of Democracy: 2004)
- “God Is Not Neutral: Religion and US Foreign Policy After 9/11” (Orbis: 2004)
- “Reintegrating Cyprus: the Need for a New Approach (Survival: 1998)
- “The Perception Paradox of Post-Cold War Security in Greece” (The Greek Paradox, Promise vs. Performance, G. Allison & K. Nicolaidis, eds.: 1997)
- “Paradigms, Power and Identity: Rediscovering Religion and Regionalizing Europe” (European Journal of Political Research: 1996).
Sources
edit- Elizabeth H. Prodromou – curriculum vitae.