Danielle Allen
Professor of Classical Languages & Literatures, Political Science, and Social Thought and in the College.
Fields of Expertise
- Greek literature of the classical period; social, cultural, and political history of Athens
- political philosophy, ancient and modern; history of rhetoric; philosophy of punishment
- democratic theory and history of democracies; American political and legal history
- 20th c. American poetry
Education
- Ph.D. in Government (political theory), Harvard University, March 2001.
- MA. in Government (political theory), Harvard University, 1998.
- Ph.D. in Classics, King’s College, University of Cambridge, 1996.
- M.Phil. (first class degree) in Classics, King’s College, University of Cambridge, 1994.
- A.B. (summa cum laude) in Classics (with a political theory minor), Princeton University, 1993.
Selected Publications
- The World of Prometheus: the politics of punishing in democratic Athens (2000)
- Talking to Strangers: anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education (2004)
- A collection of translations from Archilochus, Ibycus, and Simonides (in progress)
Courses Taught
- Aristotle's Rhetoric
- Athenian Tragedy and Political Theory
- Ralph Ellison
- Plato's Menexenus
- Thucydides
- Ancient Political Thought
Danielle Allen
1010 E. 59th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
Office: Classics 24
Phone: 773-702-8512
Fax: 773-702-9861
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