Part-time Instructor, Department of Political Science

Dr. Ilya Winham teaches courses in the history of political thought. He is also an academic advisor in the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences.

Education
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  • PhD, University of Minnesota, 2015
  • MA, University of Chicago, 2004
  • BA, Macalester College, 2003

Areas of Expertise +

  • History of Western Political Thought

Course Instruction +

  • POLS 3000: Introduction to Political Theory
  • POLS 4010: Political Philosophy to Machiavelli
  • POLS 4190: Special Topics in Political Theory

Research Interests +

  • Machiavelli
  • Hannah Arendt
  • Isaiah Berlin

Selected Publications +

Dissertation: “After totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, and the realization and defeat of the Western tradition”

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