Daniel Philpott
(B.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996) Associate Professor and Faculty Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, pursues interests in international relations and political philosophy, focusing on sovereignty, the role of ideas in politics, ethics and international relations, and transitional justice. He recently published his first book, Revolutions in Sovereignty: How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations , a historical account of how new ideas about justice and legitimate authority fashioned the global sovereign states system. He has since applied the same argument to a contemporary revolution in sovereignty, the rise of internationally sanctioned intervention. Reflecting his interests in political theory and ethics and international relations, he has also written on the morality of self-determination and on religious freedom as an end of American foreign policy. Currently, he is working on two central projects, one on the influence of religious on peace settlements, transitonal justice, and democratization, the second on the ethics of reconciliation, applied to societies undergoing transitions away from authoritarianism and war. He has published articles in World Politics, Ethics, Political Studies, The Journal of International Affairs, and The National Interest , and has held fellowships at Harvard
University, Princeton University, and the Erasmus Institute at Notre Dame.
Advising specialties:
Graduate programs in political science
Research and teaching interests:
Ethics and IR; transitional justice and reconciliation; religion and IR; American foreign policy; contemporary political theory
Contact Information
Email: James.D.Philpott.1@nd.edu
Office: 119 Hesburgh Center
Phone: (574) 631-7667
Mailing Address:
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556