Jacob Levy
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory
Past:
听Distinguished Fellow for the Study of Liberalism and the Free Society, Institute for Humane Studies
Templeton听Adam Smith听Tercentenary听Fellow, University of Glasgow
Fulbright Scholar, University College, University of New South Wales
Ph.D. in Politics, Princeton University
M.A. in Politics, Princeton University
LL.M., University of Chicago Law School
B.A. in Political Science, Brown University
In contemporary normative political theory: multiculturalism, nationalism, liberalism, pluralism, theories of justice, non-ideal theory
In the history of political thought: medieval and early modern thought, especially the French, Scottish, and American Enlightenments and the history of constitutionalist and liberal thought
In legal and constitutional theory: rights of indigenous peoples, federalism, choice of law and conflicts of laws, freedom of association, religious freedom, contract, analytic jurisprudence, legal pluralism
- Coordinator of the听Research Group on Constitutional Studies
- Editorial Board,听American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Social Philosophy and Policy.听笔补蝉迟:听Journal of Politics, Political Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Publius: The Journal of Federalism.听
Books
- The Multiculturalism of Fear听(Oxford University Press, 2000); in Spanish,听听(Madrid: Tecnos/ Collecci贸n de ciencias sociales, 2003)
- .听(Oxford University Press, 2014); in Spanish,听Racionalismo, pluralismo y libertad (Santiago:听听Instituto de Estudios de la Sociedad, 2022)
- Interpreting Modernity: Essays on the Work of Charles Taylor.听Daniel Weinstock, Jacob T. Levy, and Jocelyn Maclure, eds. (McGill-Queens University Press, 2020)
- Nomos LV: Federalism and Subsidiarity. Jacob T. Levy and James Fleming, eds.听(New York University Press, 2014.)
- Colonialism and Its Legacies.听Jacob T. Levy and Iris Marion Young, eds. (Lexington Press, 2011.)
Selected articles
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鈥� 54(4) Polity 802-809, 2022
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鈥�.鈥� 25 Review of Constitutional Studies 1-18, 2021.
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鈥�.鈥� 19(2) European Journal of Political Theory 162-183, 2020
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鈥�," 24(1) The Independent Review 49-62, 2019
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鈥�,鈥� 33(1-2) Social Philosophy & Policy 312-333, 2016
- 听37(2)听Political Theory听191-217, 2009
听 - 听101(3)听American Political Science Review听459-77, 2007
听 - 听27(1)听History of Political Thought, 50-90, 2006
Co-organizer (with Victor Mu帽iz-Fraticelli), "Constitutionalism and the Free Society," May 2021
Co-organizer (with Josiah Ober and Melissa Schwartzberg), 鈥淧olitical Theory In/ And/ As Political Science鈥� May 2018
Co-organizer (with Victor Mu帽iz-Fraticelli, Nelson Tebbe, Paul Horwitz, and Richard Garnett), Annual Law and Religion Roundtable, June 2016
Co-organizer (with Daniel Weinstock and Jocelyn Maclure), 鈥淐harles Taylor at 80,鈥� March 2012
Co-organizer (with James Fleming), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, 鈥�Nomos: Federalism and Subsidiarity,鈥� September 2011
Co-organizer (with Glyn Morgan), 鈥淪ecurity, Federalism, Democracy, and the European Alternative,鈥� March 2011
Political Theory section co-chair (with Jennifer Rubenstein), Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting; included conference-within-the-conference on 鈥淣on-ideal and institutional theory,鈥� June 2010
Organizer, 鈥淗ume and Smith on Justice, Sympathy, and Commerce,鈥� April 2007
Co-chair (with Iris Marion Young), "Colonialism and Its Legacies," an international meeting of the Conference for the Study of Political Thought, Chicago, April 2004.
鈥淭he pride of man, the vanity of the philosopher, and the misfortune of the king,鈥� Adam Smith Tercentenary Lecture, King鈥檚 College London, October 2023.
"Irregular Liberty," Keynote, Duke University graduate student conference in political theory, February 2023.
"The Separation of Powers and the Challenge to Constitutional Democracy," Annual McDonald Lecture in Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta, November 2020.
"Free Speech on Campus: The University as a Complex Association," College of Charleston Department of Political Science convocation lecture, February 2020.
"Black Liberty Matters," David S. Saurman Lecture, San Jose State University, February 2018. University of Connecticut Law School, April 2019.
鈥淛ustice in Babylon鈥�. Keynote lecture, Association for Political Thought conference, Oxford, 2017. University of Maryland College Park Distinguished Lecture, 2017. University of San Diego invited lecture, 2018. Jos de Beus annual lecture, University of Amsterdam, 2018.
鈥淧olitical realism and moral microfoundations.鈥� University of Otago Philosophy Department lecture, July 2017.
鈥淭hree Perversities of Indian Law,鈥� plenary panel, Federal Bar Association Indian Law Division, 2009.
鈥淔ederalism and Freedom,鈥� Inaugural Lecture, UCLA Program for the Study of Liberty, November 2008
(offerings vary by year)
POLI 231: Introduction to Political Theory
POLI 334: Western Political Theory 2, crosslisted as PHIL 344: Medieval and Renaissance Political Theory
POLI 433: History of Political and Social Theory 3 (17th-18th century)
POLI 434: History of Political and Social Theory 4 (19th-20th century)
POLI 367: Liberal Political Thought
POLI 561: Seminar: Political Theory
POLI 613: Select Themes, Political Theory
POLI 614: Proseminar, Political Theory
POLI 617: Problems in Political Theory
POLI 659: Seminar in European Studies