Yale University Political Science

Steven Smith

Steven Smith

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Steven Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science and Master of Branford College received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has served as the Director of Graduate Studies, Director of the Undergraduate Program in Humanities, and Acting Chair of Judaic Studies. His research has focused on the history of political philosophy, the role of statecraft in constitutional government, and Jewish thought. He will be offering a course on "Leo Strauss and Straussianism" this spring and is currently a co-organizer of conference on "Machiavelli: Philosophy, Rhetoric, and History" to be held at Yale in 2008. His recent publications include Spinoza, Liberalism, and Jewish Identity (1997), Spinoza's Book of Life (2003), and Reading Leo Strauss (2006). He is currently editing the Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss (forthcoming).

Campus address: 124 Prospect Street, Room 311
Phone: 203.432.5263, 203.432.0524
Email: steven.smith@yale.edu

 

 

 

Last updated 07-24-08