S. Sara Monoson s- monoson@northwestern.edu http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~smonoson/homepage.htm 3/2015 Specializations History of political thought (especially ancient Greek sources), democratic theory, American political thought, politics in the ancient world, classical receptions methodology, reception of Greek political thought in American political discourse. Academic Positions Professor of Political Science and Classics, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, 2013- Associate Chair, Department of Political Science, Northwestern, 2013- Director, Graduate Classics Cluster, Northwestern University 2009- Chair, Department of Classics, Northwestern University 2004- - - 07, 2008- - - 11 Associate Professor of Political Science and Classics, Northwestern University, 2001-2012- Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, 1993- - 2000 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University, 1991- - - 1993 Research Assistant, Presidency Research Center, Princeton University, 1990-91 Education Ph.D., Politics and Program Political Philosophy, Princeton University, 1986-1993. M. Sc. Political Philosophy, London School of Economics and Political Science. Awarded with Distinction, 1982. B.A., Brandeis University. Awarded with Highest Honors in Social & Political Thought and Phi Beta Kappa, 1981. Research Books Plato's Democratic Entanglements: Athenian Politics and the Practice of Philosophy, Princeton University Press, 2000. Awarded Best First Book Prize by the Foundations Section of the American Political Science Association, 2001. Socrates in the Vernacular, under contract with Harvard University Press, in preparation. (A study of the political uses of the story of Socrates in American popular media) Journal articles, book chapters, white papers "Socrates Military Service in Our Ancient Wars, edited by Victor Caston and Silke- Maria Weineck, University of Michigan Press, forthcoming. "Everyday Political Theory: The Radical Voice of Aesop Said So with lithographs by Hugo Gellert, Classical Receptions Journal, forthcoming. Performing for Soldiers: 21st Century Experiments in Greek Theater in the US" (co- author with Laura Lodewyck) in The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas, edited by Patrice Rankine, Justine McConnell and Fiona McIntosh, Oxford (2015), in press. Socrates in Combat: Trauma and Resilience in Plato's Political Theory," in Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks, edited by David Konstan and Peter Meineck, MacMillan, (2014), Afterword, Classics in the Modern World: A Democratic Turn? edited by Lorna Hardwick and Stephen Harrison, Oxford University Press, Classical Presences Series (2013), pp. 427-432. Dionysius I and Sicilian Theatrical Traditions in Plato s Republic: Representing Continuities Between Democracy and Tyranny, in Theatre Outside Athens, edited by Kathryn Bosher,
Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 156- - - 172. The Making of a Democratic Symbol: The Case of Socrates in North- - - American Popular Media 1941- - - 1955, Classical Receptions Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2011), pp. 46- - - 76. Navigating Race, Class, Polis and Empire: The Place of Empirical Analysis in Aristotle s Theory of Natural Slavery, in Reading Ancient Slavery, edited by Richard Alston, Edith Hall and Laura Poffitt, Bristol Classical Press (2010), pp. 133-151. "Recollecting Aristotle: American Proslavery Thought and the Argument of Politics I, in Ancient Slavery and Abolition: From Hobbes to Hollywood, edited by Richard Alston, Edith Hall and Justine McConnell, Oxford University Press (2011), pp. 247- - 277. Lived Excellence in Aristotle s Constitution of Athens: Why the Encomium of Theramenes Matters (co- - - author with Jill Frank), Cambridge Companion to Greek Political Thought, edited by Stephen Salkever, Cambridge University Press (2009), pp. 243- - - 270. Classical Antiquity and American Popular Culture, A Teagle Foundation White Paper, edited and with an introduction by Sara Monoson and Reginald Gibbons, New York (2007). Pericles, Realism and the Normative Conditions of Deliberate action, (co- - - author with Michael Loriaux), Classical Theory in International Relations, edited by John Beat, Cambridge Studies in International Relations (2006), pp. 27- - - 51. Aristotle s Theramenes at Athens: A Poetic History (co- - - author with Jill Frank), parallax 29 (October- - - December 2003), pp. 29- - - 40. The Allure of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, in Greek Love Reconsidered, edited by Thomas Hubbard, Wallace Hamilton Press (2000), pp. 42- - - 51. The Illusion of Power and the Disruption of Moral Norms: Thucydides Critique of Periclean Policy (co- - - author with Michael Loriaux), American Political Science Review 92 (1998), pp. 285- - - 297. Remembering Pericles: The Political and Theoretical Import of Plato s Menexenus, Political Theory Vol. 26, No 4 (1998), pp. 489- - - 513. Citizen as Erastes: Erotic Imagery and the Idea of Reciprocity in the Periclean Funeral Oration, Political Theory Vol. 22, No. 3 (1994), pp. 253- - - 176. Frank Speech, Democracy and Philosophy: Plato s Debt to a Democratic Strategy of Civic Discourse, in Athenian Political Thought and the Reconstruction of American Democracy, edited by J. Peter Euben, John Wallach and Josiah Ober, Cornell University Press (1994), pp. 172- - - 197. The Lady and the Tiger: Women s Electoral Activism in New York City Before Suffrage, Journal of Women s History Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 1990), pp. 100- - - 135. Collaborative Research Projects Director, "The Classicizing Chicago Project: a local history of classical antiquity. Digital resources for scholars and the public on the uses of Greece Rome in Chicago culture across media,1840s- today. http://classicizingchicago.northwestern.edu Advisory Board Member, "Classics & Class," a research collective on class- conscious uses of classical sources based at King's College, University of London, 2013-15 Director, "Research Workshop in Classical Receptions," Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, Northwestern University, 2010-15. Dramaturge, Elliniko Theatro (NY & Athens). "Socrates Now" (a theatrical adaptation of Plato s Apology) in performance by Yannis Simonides. Con- sti- tu- tion: A Theatrical Adaptation of Plato s Republic," Under development. Book reviews Michael Trapp, ed., Socrates From Antiquity to the Enlightenment and Socrates in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (2 vols, Ashgate, Center for Hellenic Studies,
King's College London Publications, 2007), in Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 129 (2009), pp. 259- - - 161. Elizabeth Markovits, The Politics of Sincerity, Frank Speech and Democratic Judgment, Pennsylvania Sate University Press, (2008) in Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2009), pp. 179- - - 180. Nicole Loraux, The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas About Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes (Princeton 1993), in Political Theory Vol. 25 No. 2 (April 1997), pp. 302- - - 305. Arlene Saxonhouse, Fear of Diversity, The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought, University of Chicago Press (1992), in Women and Politics Vol. 16, No. 3 (1996), pp. 121- - - 123. Grants & Fellowships P.I. for Seed Grant for Classicizing Chicago Project, Humanities without Walls/Global Midwest Initiative of the Illinois Council for Research in the Humanities (2014). Faculty Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University), Washington, D.C., 2011- - - 12. Faculty Fellow (Foreigner's Fellowship Program), Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Athens, Greece, 2011- - 2012. Co- - - P.I. (with Kate Bosher and Richard Kraut), Sawyer Seminar Series on Theatre Outside Athens held at Northwestern University, Andrew R. Mellon Foundation, 2008- - - 9, extended to 2010. P.I., Classical Traditions Initiative at Northwestern University, Andrew R. Mellon Foundation, 2002- - - 05 (co- - - P.I. with Ahuvia Kahane 2002- - - 03). Co- - - P.I. (with Reginald Gibbons), Forum in Liberal Education on the topic Classical Antiquity and American Popular Culture, Teagle Foundation, held at Northwestern in 2005- - - 06, extended to 2007. Northwestern University Faculty Research Grant, 1999, 2006, 2011 Faculty Fellow, Kaplan Center for the Humanities, Northwestern University, 1996- - - 97. Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Award, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 1989-90. Princeton University Graduate Fellowship, 1985- - - 1989. Selected Invited Lectures and Conference Participation Political Theory Workshop, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 23, 2013 ("Socrates in Combat") Tragic Vision, Democratic Hope: A conference in Honor of J. Peter Euben, Duke University, Nov. 9- - - 10, 2012. ( Classical Imagery and Class Politics: Hugo Gellert & Diego Rivera ) Our Ancient Wars, a conference at the University of Michigan, March 23- - - 25, 2012. ( Socrates in Combat ) Politics and Classical Receptions Series, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, Oxford University, November 30, 2011. ("Socrates in Combat") Roundtable on Plato s Democratic Entanglements Ten Years Later, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 2011 Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, March 12, 2011. ( Socrates and the Cold War ) Contexts for Classics, University of Michigan, March 13, 2011. ("Socrates on Stage and Screen ) Legacy of Greek Political Thought. A conference at University of Reading, U.K., December 2- - - 3, 2011. ( Socrates in Combat ) Center for Classical and Near Eastern Studies of Australia, University of Sydney, August 2011. ( Combat Trauma and Resilience in Plato ) Combat Trauma and the Ancient Stage, a conference at New York University marking the inauguration of the National Endowment for the Humanities Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives Program, April 20- - - 21, 2011. ( Recollections of Combat Trauma in
Plato ) Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Mississippi, Oxford, February 11, 2011. ( Plato & Sicily ) Political Theory Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, fall 2010. ( Plato and Sicily ) The Athens Dialogues, an international conference at the Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, Greece, November 2010. ( The Making of a Democratic Symbol: The Case of Socrates ) Classics and Class, a conference at The British Academy, London, July 2010. (Commentator) Classics in the Modern World: A Democratic Turn? A conference at The Open University, London, June 2010. (Commentator) Classicizing Chicago, a Mellon Sawyer Seminar at Northwestern University, May 2010. ( A Socrates for Chicago: Mural Painting in the Old Chicago Federal Building ) Classics and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, a conference at the Center for the Reception of Greece & Rome, Royal Holloway College, University of London, December 2007. ( Aristotle on Natural Slavery ). Department of Political Science, Stanford University, 1999. ( Theater and Theatricality in Plato ) Olin Center, University of Chicago, April 1998. ( Theater and Theatricality in Plato s Political Thought. Northwestern Service University- wide Member, Sawyer Seminar Nomination Selection Committee, 2012-13 Member, Press Board, Northwestern University Press, 2008- - - 2011 Member, Program Review Council (strategic planning), 2003- - - 2008 The Graduate School Director, Graduate Classics Cluster, 2009-15. Member, Presidential Fellows Selection Committee, The Graduate School, 2010- - - 11 Member, Advisory Board, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Theatre and Drama 1999- - - 2001 Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences Member, Advisory Board, The Brady Scholars in Ethics and Public Life, 2013-15 Member, Tenure Review Committee, 2006-07, 2009-2011 Speaker, Phi Beta Kappa Reception for Parents, June 2009. Freshman Advisor, 1995- - - 96 (the pilot launch year), 1999- - - 2000, 2004-05, 2013, 2014. Member, Kaplan Humanities Center Advisory Board, 1997- - - 1998. Department of Political Science Associate Chair, 2013-15 Political Theory Field Chair, 2012- - - - 15 Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2003- - - 2004 Coordinator of Interdisciplinary Initiatives, 2002- - - 03 Honors Coordinator, 2001- - - 02 Member, numerous faculty search committees, 2001-2013 Department of Classics Chair, 2004- - - 07, 2008- - - 2011 (two terms) Member, numerous faculty search committees at various ranks, 2008-2011
Selected External Professional Service Chair, Selection Committee, "Best First Book Prize Award, Foundations Section of the American Political Science Association, awarded August 2014 Juror, Staged Trial of Orestes, National Hellenic Museum, Chicago, Jan. 29, 2014 "Introductory Remarks," Staged Trial of Socrates National Hellenic Museum, Chicago, Jan. 31, 2013. Affiliated Scholar, NEH Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives Program, directed by Peter Meineck of Aquila Theater, New York, 2011-13. Member, Pedagogy Committee, Classical Reception Studies Network, London, UK, 2011-13. Member, Advisory Board, Teagle Assessment Project, Teagle Foundation, NY, 2009-13. Member, Selection Committee, Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship Competition, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2005- - - 2012. Member, Selection Committee, ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition, 2009. Member, Selection Committee Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, American Political Science Association, 2005. Section Chair, Political Theory Division, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2002. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, 2001- - - 2005. Doctoral Advising at Northwestern As Committee Chair: Demetra Kasimis, Political Science, 2010. Metic Ways of Living in Ancient Political Thought. Mellon Post- doctoral Fellow at The Whitney Center for the Humanities, Yale University, 2010- - - 12. Tenure- track assistant professor of political science, University of Chicago, 2015-. Laura Reagan, Political Science, 2010. Hobbes on Mimesis. Now (adjunct) Profesora Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. Christopher Skeaff, Political Science, 2009. Spinoza on the Freedom to Philosophize. Post- doctoral Fellow in the University of Michigan Society of Fellows, 2009- - - 2013. Lecturer in Political Science, University of Michigan, 2009. As a Committee Member: Laura Lodewyck, Interdisciplinary Program in Theater and Drama, 2015. Performance, War, and Homecoming: Transformation in Contemporary American Theatre with Veterans. As fall 2015 Assistant Professor of Theater, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois. Ross Carroll, Political Science, 2013."The Enlightenment of Humor: Enthusiasm in Shaftesbury, Hume and Burke." Now Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of William & Mary, VA. Steven Skultety, Philosophy, 2007. Aristotle on Conflict. Now Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Mississippi, Oxford. Lida Maxwell, Political Science, 2006. "Between Law and Lawlessness: Democratizing Law in Montesquieu, Burke and Arendt." Now Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trinity College, CT. Larry Bogad, Performance Studies, 2001. Electoral Guerilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements. Now Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance, University of California, Davis. Visiting Predoctoral Fellows Supervised
Dana Mills, Modern Dance and Classical Political Thought. Visitor to the Graduate Classics Cluster in spring 2012 from the Department of Political Science, Mansfield College, Oxford University. Completed n 2014. Now Lecturer in Political Theory, Hertford College, Oxford. Elizabeth Sawyer, Reception of Thucydides in American Military Education. Visitor to the Graduate Classics Cluster in fall 2011 from the Department of Classics, Trinity College, Oxford University. Award- - - winning Senior Theses Supervised Lilly Liu, Recovering From the War: Veterans Reintegration and the Communalization of Grief Through Ancient Greek Tragedy. Awarded the Ken Janda Prize for Best Honors Thesis, 2012. (now in medical school) Mailing Address: Department of Political Science 601 University Place Scott Hall Northwestern University Evanston IL 60208 USA