My primary areas of research are classical political thought, critical antiquities, ethics, and the work of Hannah Arendt. My dissertation, “Political Courage,” aims to rethink courage — traditionally a military and aristocratic virtue — from a democratic perspective, drawing on both classical Athenian and modern political thought.
I also draw extensively on hermeneutics and the philosophy of language, democratic theory, feminist theory, and the works of Thucydides, Plato, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Michel Foucault. My work lies at the intersection of historical, normative, and critical theory.
In addition, I have written and lectured on Renaissance/early modern political theory, including Montaigne, Machiavelli, and Hobbes.
My work has been published in The European Legacy and Labyrinth.
I hail from Aotearoa New Zealand, and have an MA and a BA(Hons) from Otago University. I’ve lived in Chicago since 2018, and when I’m not reading about ancient Athens you can find me cheering on the Chicago Sky.
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