Janet Coleman
Janet Coleman
political theory
.
Life
She is currently a Professor of Ancient and Medieval Political Thought at the
political thought
, medieval philosophy, and theories of citizenship and the state.
Coleman studied at
Exeter University and on the History Faculty of the University of Cambridge.[citation needed
]
In 1980 she co-founded (with
History of Political Thought, which she continues to co-edit. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[citation needed
]
Coleman has taught at LSE since 1989, where from 2001 to 2004 she held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship. Her lectures in the introductory government course at the LSE are known for her attempts to "'be' political philosophers from the ancient Greeks to Machiavelli."[2] Coleman plans to retire in 2010.[2] She has been offered a Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University.
Select bibliography
- English Literature in History 1350-1400: Medieval Readers and Writers, 1981
- Against the State: Studies in Sedition and Rebellion, 1990
- Ancient and Medieval Memories: Studies in the Reconstruction of the Past, 1992
- The Individual in Political Theory and Practice, 1996
- Scholastics, Enlightenments and Philosophic Radicals: Essays in Honour of J. H. Burns (ed.), 1999
- A History of Political Thought, from Ancient Greece to Early Christianity, 2000
- A History of Political Thought, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, 2000
References
- ^ Library of Congress Name Authority File
- ^ a b c Interview with Janet Coleman, Dispatch Box, no. 4 (March 2008)
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