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Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Alan Gilbert

Education

Advanced Study, Cornell University
PhD, Harvard University
MSc, London School of Economics
BA, Harvard College

Profile

John Evans Professor, University of Denver (2001-present); Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (1990-present); Associate Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies (1988-1989); Assistant Professor (1975-1979); Faculty member, Religion and Social Change Concentration Joint Ph.D. Program, University of Denver; Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (1999-2000); Member, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1992-93); Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (1989-1990). Author of numerous articles and books, including Emancipation and Independence (2011 forthcoming), Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy? Great-Power Realism, Democratic Peace and Democratic Internationalism (1999), and Democratic Individuality (1990).

Research and Expertise

Democratic theory, international relations theory, social theory, history of political thought, ethics, philosophy of science and social science, slavery and the American Revolution, comparative revolutions, violence and non-violence, democracy and the arts, medieval Islam and Europe

Courses

INTS 4820: Ancient Political Theory
INTS 4851: Theories of Non-Violence I
INTS 4852: Theories of Non-Violence II

Programs, Centers and Institutes

Conflict Resolution Institute
Alan Gilbert

Resources