Expertise

Professor Ted Miller researches early modern political thought. He has focused on Thomas Hobbes, but is expanding his work into the topic of sovereignty. He is especially interested in sovereigns who test their powers, and the law, with acts of mercy, pardons, grace, favor, dispensations, and the political and popular authors who either defend or decry such acts. Related authors of interest include Seneca, William Davenant, Leibniz, and Jules Michelet.

Research Areas:

  • Political Theory

Research Interests:

  • Political Theory
  • Early Modern Political Philosophy
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • Sovereignty
  • Continental Philosophy
  • History of Science
  • Politics and Literature
  • Ordinary Language and Politics.

 

Past Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama

Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan (past)

Dartmouth College

Communities
Political Science
Degrees
PhD, University of California, San Diego, Political Theory, 2nd Field in American Politics, 1998
AB, University of Chicago, Political Science, 1988
Keywords
political science
Honors

British Academy Exchange Fellowship (Thomas Hobbes), Huntington Library, 2001-2001

Associations
American Political Science Association