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Eero Arum

Ph.D. candidate
Personal Statement

My research examines the conceptual history of sovereignty, the theory of executive power, and political theology across late medieval, Renaissance, early modern, and modern political thought. I have published on authors such as Aristotle, Niccolò Machiavelli, Jean Bodin, and Thomas Hobbes in American Political Science Review, Political TheoryHistory of Political ThoughtThe Review of Politics, and The Cambridge History of Democracy, Vol. 2: The Middle Ages and Early Modern Period (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

I am currently based in New York City. During the 2026–2027 academic year, I will be a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Political Theory at Princeton University. In August 2027, I will join UT Austin's Civitas Institute as Assistant Professor of Humanities.

My updated CV may be downloaded here.

Advisors
Kinch Hoekstra (chair), Daniela Cammack, Victoria Kahn, Daniel Lee, Gabriele Pedullà
Academic Subfields
Political Theory & Philosophy
Dissertation Committee Chair
Kinch Hoekstra
Primary Subfield
Political Theory & Philosophy
Secondary Subfield
Comparative Politics