Alexander John Paul Lutz

I am an incoming Master of Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (MAERES) student at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. I also hold a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) from Harvard Divinity School, where I focused on Religion, Ethics, and Politics, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Mercer University, where I majored in International Affairs, Political Science, and History, and minored in Religion and Public Diplomacy.

I am interested in the relationship between religion, the politics of memory, and the formation of group identities. My research examines the dynamics of this relationship and explores its connection to conflict and peace in multi-religious societies. Among many such societies, I am most interested in those of the post-Soviet space, and much of my work has focused on Georgia in particular. 

More abstractly, I am also interested in thinking about the bearing that historical conceptualizations of (and ideas about) identity, sovereignty, and church-state relations—all traditionally thought to have been subducted by liberal modernity long ago—may have on politics as many now look to the past for answers in moments of crisis.

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