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Walter Berns
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Resident Scholar
Resident Scholar Walter Berns
Berns studies political philosophy, constitutional law, and legal issues. He is the author of Making Patriots, a discussion of the history and philosophy of patriotism.
Professional Experience

-Professor Emeritus, 1994-present, John M. Olin University Professor, 1986-1994, Professorial Lecturer, 1979-1986, Georgetown University

-Faculty, University of Chicago, 1984, 1989; University of Toronto, 1969-1979; Colgate University, 1970; Professor of Government, 1959-1969, Chairman, Department of Government, 1963-1967, Cornell University; Yale University, 1956-1959; Louisiana State University, 1953-1956

-Member, Judicial Fellows Commission, 1986-1988

-Member, National Council on the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1982-1988

-Consultant, Task Force on Judicial Selection, Twentieth Century Fund, 1988

-Member, Board of Directors, Institute for Educational Affairs, 1980-1988

-Member, Joint Committee Project ’87, Joint undertaking of the American Historical Association and American Political Science Association to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 1987

-Consultant, United States Department of State, 1983-1987

-Lecturer, Phi Beta Kappa Society Lecture Series, 1985-1986

-Member, Council of Scholars, Library of Congress, 1981-1985

-Alternate U.S. Representative, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1983

-Guggenheim Fellow, 1978-1979

-Advisory Board Member, National Institute of Law Enforcement, 1974-1976

-Fulbright Fellow; Rockefeller Fellow 1965-1966

-Lecturer, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1959

-Carnegie Teaching Fellow, 1952-1953

- U.S. Navy, 1941-1945

 

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Education

M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago

London School of Economics and Political Science

Reed College

B.S., University Iowa


Articles and Short Publications
The Case for Keeping the Electoral College
Making the Case for Keeping the Electoral College
On George Kateb's Patriotism
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Books
Democracy and the Constitution
After the People Vote
Making Patriots
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Events
Democracy and the Constitution: Essays by Walter Berns
After the People Vote
Trying Saddam Hussein
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Speaking Engagements
Proposals for Electoral College Reform
Patriotism
Research Areas
Political philosophy
Constitutional law
Legal issues
Downloads
High-Resolution Photo
Contact Information
Walter Berns
1150 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC  20036
USA
Phone: 202-862-5859
Assistant: 202-862-5866
Fax: 202-862-7178
E-mail: WBerns@aei.org
Latest Book
Democracy and the Constitution
Democracy and the Constitution
In this book, Walter Berns addresses issues such as natural law, civil rights and states' rights, multiculturalism, patriotism, the First Amendment, and the roles of academic and religious institutions. [Read More]