Janet Coleman
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Janet Coleman FRHistS
(born 1945, New York
) is a British
academic and historian of political theory.
She is currently the Professor of Ancient and Medieval Political Thought at the London School of Economics
. She was the first woman to receive a chair in the LSE government department. Her research interests include ancient Greek and Roman political thought, medieval philosophy, and theories of citizenship and the state.
Coleman studied at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
in Paris and received her Ph.D.
degree from Yale University
. She has held teaching appointments in politics at Exeter University and on the History Faculty of the University of Cambridge
.
In 1980 she co-founded (with Iain Hampsher-Monk) the academic journal
History of Political Thought
, which she continues to co-edit. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
.
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." Coleman plans to retire in 2010. She has been offered a Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University
.
Coleman resides in Cambridge
.
Royal Historical Society
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(born 1945, New York
New York
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) is a British
United Kingdom
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academic and historian of political theory.
She is currently the Professor of Ancient and Medieval Political Thought at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. She was the first woman to receive a chair in the LSE government department. Her research interests include ancient Greek and Roman political thought, medieval philosophy, and theories of citizenship and the state.
Coleman studied at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
in Paris and received her Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
degree from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. She has held teaching appointments in politics at Exeter University and on the History Faculty of the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
In 1980 she co-founded (with Iain Hampsher-Monk) the academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
History of Political Thought
History of Political Thought (journal)
History of Political Thought first appeared in the spring of 1980. It is a journal dedicated to interdisciplinary political studies.It is published in Exeter, England by Imprint Academic...
, which she continues to co-edit. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
.
Coleman has taught at LSE since 1989, where from 2001 to 2004 she held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
Leverhulme Trust
The Leverhulme Trust was established in 1925 under the will of the First Viscount Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever, with the instruction that its resources should be used to support "scholarships for the purposes of research and education."...
. 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." Coleman plans to retire in 2010. She has been offered a Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Coleman resides in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
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