About the Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought
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Queen Mary College has one of the largest concentrations of scholars working in this field within the United Kingdom, with an almost unparalleled expertise that stretches from the Renaissance to the present day and includes the political thought of America, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, and Italy. The Centre also has considerable strength in the fields of legal theory, contemporary political theory and international relations theory. Members of the Centre work in the Departments of English, History, Law, Languages, Linguistics and Film, and Politics and within the Graduate School. It is an interdisciplinary group which, from September 2008, will be located within the Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The following academic experts form the core of the Centre:
- Dr Richard Bourke (History)
- Dr David Colclough (English)
- Professor Roger Cotterrell (Law)
- Dr Madeleine Davis (Politics)
- Dr Thomas Dixon (History)
- Professor Eric Heinze (Law)
- Dr Joel Isaac (History)
- Dr Maurizio Isabella (History)
- Professor Jeremy Jennings (Politics)
- Professor Michael Lobban (Law)
- Professor Michael Moriarty (French)
- Professor Donald Sassoon (History)
- Dr Patricia Owens (Politics)
- Professor Isabel Rivers (English)
- Professor Quentin Skinner (Graduate School)
- Dr Lasse Thomassen (Politics)
- Dr Georgios Varouxakis (History)
- Dr Caroline Williams (Politics)
From academic year 2008-9 onwards the Centre will be appointing Associate Members. These will be outstanding scholars drawn from across the world.
The Centre also works closely with three other Centres within Queen Mary: The Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies, the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.