Judith Swanson Professor Office: PLS 201 Phone: 617.353.2038 E-mail: jswanson@bu.edu Education: BA., Colorado College; MSc., London School of Economics; PhD University of Chicago Areas of Specialization: Political Philosophy

Professor Swanson is the author of The Public and Private in Aristotle's Political Philosophy (1992), as well as articles on ancient Greek political philosophy.

She is currently at work on two conference papers, “Prudence and Human Conduct:  A Comparison of Aristotle and Oakeshott” (to be presented in Germany in December, 2007) and

"Aristotle’s Analysis of Regimes” (to be presented in France in June, 2008), as well as a book,

She teaches in the College of Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum and is an associate faculty member of the Department of Philosophy.

Professor Swanson regularly teaches the following courses:

Introduction to Political Theory (PO291)

Classical to Early Modern Political Theory (PO 391)
Modern Political Theory (PO 392)
Seminar in Political Philosophy (PO 691)
Social Science Core Curriculum Seminar (CC203)

Freedom (PO599)

Approaches to the Study of Political Theory (PO 791)

For more information:
Curriculum Vitae
Publications