I am a Visiting Assistant Professor in International and Global Studies at Middlebury College, where I serve as Director of the Global Migration and Diaspora Track. I am also Director of the Rohatyn Global Fellows Program at the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs. I hold a PhD from the joint program in the Department of Political Science and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. My academic training also includes graduate studies in religion and anthropology at Harvard University and the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK).
My research draws on the history of political thought and normative political theory to critically revisit core concepts and analyze contested issues in contemporary politics. My first book, Arendtian Peace: Transforming Conflict through Worldly Politics, is forthcoming from the University of Pennsylvania Press. I have published peer-reviewed articles in leading political theory journals, including European Journal of Political Theory, Polity, and The Review of Politics. My current book project, Friends and Enemies under God, examines theological ideas used both to facilitate and resist the rise of fascism through the works of three thinkers: Hannah Arendt, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Carl Schmitt. I am also preparing several journal articles on political ideologies and conflict in East Asian contexts.
Formerly a soldier, seminarian, and NGO worker, I emphasize the close relationship between theoretical ideas and the realities of political life in my teaching. Before joining Middlebury, I taught in the Department of Politics at Oberlin College.
Shinkyu Lee 