Fellows

Senior Visiting Fellow
David Forte is a Professor of Law at Cleveland State University, and will be the Senior Visiting Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute’s Center on Religion and the Constitution during the 2008–2009 academic year. During the Reagan Administration, Professor Forte served as chief counsel to the United States delegation to the United Nations. He sits as acting judge on the municipal court of Lakewood, Ohio, and was chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Cleveland Bar Association. Professor Forte was a Bradley Scholar at the Heritage Foundation, and a Visiting Scholar at the Liberty Fund. He has been President of the Ohio Association of Scholars, is an Adjunct Scholar at the Ashbrook Institute, and is on the Board of Academic Advisors to the Buckeye Institute, the National Lawyers Association, the Shaybani Society, and the Board of Comparative Law. The late Pope John Paul II appointed Dr. Forte as Consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Family. He writes and speaks widely on topics such as constitutional law, religious liberty, Islamic law, and international affairs. His latest book, Studies in Islamic Law: Classical and Contemporary Applications, was published in 1999 by Austin & Winfield. He holds degrees from Harvard College, Manchester University, England, the University of Toronto and Columbia University.

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Junior Visiting Fellow
Fabrice Paradis Béland is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Studies and Philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (EHESS) and at the University Ludwig-Maximilian in Munich. He has also received a Diplôme d’études approfondies in Political Studies with high honors from the EHESS (2003), an M.A. in Philosophy (U. of Ottawa, 2002), and a B.A. in Philosophy (Laval U., Québec). He has published French and English translations of German philosophical texts, as well as eight articles and book reviews. This year, he will be directing a special issue of the French journal Archives de Philosophie dedicated to the thought of German philosopher Gerhard Krüger. Mr. Béland is also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He intends to work on the relationship between Christianity and Modernity, with a particular emphasis on the link between Christianity and the birth of the European and American nations.

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Junior Visiting Fellowship Information

The Center on Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for two junior research fellowships for the 2008–2009 academic year. Doctoral candidates in political philosophy and public law, as well as lawyers transitioning to academic positions, are especially encouraged to apply.

Junior Fellows of the Center will spend one academic year at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey while working on a research project that contributes in a profound way to the mission and interests of the Center. Devoting themselves full-time to their research and writing, Junior Fellows at the Center will be able to participate in the rich intellectual community of Princeton, including public conferences, lectures, and seminars at Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Center of Theological Inquiry, and the Princeton Theological Seminary.

Junior Fellows will receive a stipend of $45,000 for the year, and will perform their research at the Witherspoon Institute, Whelan Hall, in Princeton, New Jersey. Applications are evaluated on the basis of: 1) the significance and relevancy of the proposed research; 2) the applicant’s record of academic achievement; and 3) the contribution the applicant is likely to make to the fields of legal or political philosophy, or constitutional law, history, or theory. Awards will be made by May 15, 2008, with fellowships beginning September 1, 2008. Application Requirements Prospective applicants should submit before the deadline:

• Fellowship Application Form, (click to download)
• A curriculum vitae/résumé
• A substantial, scholarly paper written in the past three years
• A statement of no more than fifteen hundred (1500) words describing the proposed research
• Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be academic in nature

All application materials must be submitted in hard copy by post or reliable express mail in a single package, not by email or facsimile, and addressed to: