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 international studies. My six-chapter book manuscript, Arendtian Peace: Transforming Conflict through Worldly Politics, is under full contract with the University of Pennsylvania Press. I have published peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including European Journal of Political Theory, Polity, and The Review of Politics. My current research examines the theological ideas used both to facilitate and to resist the rise of fascism, as well as political ideas and ideologies across civilizational 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 