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Bonnie Honig

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Research Professor

Joint appointment

Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Political Science, Northwestern University

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University M.Sc., London School of Economics

Curriculum vitae

Bio

Professor Honig is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation and the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She is author of Political Theory…

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Research focus

Normative political theory, contemporary democratic theory with particular attention to the area of law and politics. Research addresses how constitutions, legal norms, the centrality of rights, and cultural politics operate to help or hinder spontaneous and organized collective actions in democracies.

Projects

Antigone, Interrupted (in development)
Latest finding: Dec 22, 2009
This project is in development. It will be a book about the ways in which Antigone, the heroine of Sophocles' famous 5th centruy play and a nearly universal figure of civil disobedience admired…

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Publications

Juncture interview: Bonnie Honig
Juncture
“Between Sacred and Secular: Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution”
Race and Political Theology
“The New Realism: From Modus Vivendi to Justice”
Realism and History, Cambridge University Press

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Presentations

Roundtable on Jeffrey Stout’s book, Blessed Be the Organized
Nov 2012
Political Philosophy Colloquium
Nov 2012
Presenter, Tragic Vision, Democratic Hope: A Conference in Honor of J. Peter Euben
Nov 2012

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Professional Service & Recognition

  • Co-convenor, American Political Science Association Convention, 2011.
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Political Ideologies, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2008-09
  • David Easton Prize, American Political Science Association
  • Okin-Young Award, American Political Science Association
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Citizenship Studies, 2010-2012
  • Invited Member, Future Citizenship Network, http://www.futurecitizenship.com
  • Member, Editorial Board, Ethics & Global Politics