Bonnie Honig
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
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Juncture interview: Bonnie Honig
- Juncture
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“Between Sacred and Secular: Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution”
- Race and Political Theology
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“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