Spring 2027

Seminar in Contemporary Political Theory

A graduate seminar exploring themes in contemporary political theory, analyzing historical and modern political and ethical frameworks.

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What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain important concepts and arguments made by thinkers in the history of political thought

  • Analyze political and ethical theories, both historical and contemporary

  • Assess political and ethical theories made by thinkers in the history of political thought

  • Apply course concepts to analysis of contemporary political and ethical debates

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POLISCI 935

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Exploration of themes in contemporary political theory.

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Topics

  • Themes in contemporary political theory.
  • Concepts and arguments from the history of political thought.
  • Historical and contemporary political and ethical theories.
  • Contemporary political and ethical debates.

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  • Explaining important concepts and arguments from the history of political thought.
  • Analyzing historical and contemporary political and ethical theories.
  • Assessing political and ethical theories from historical thinkers.
  • Applying course concepts to analyze contemporary political and ethical debates.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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