Tim Spiekerman came to Kenyon College as a Bradley Post-Doctoral Fellow in 1996 and currently holds a joint position in Political Science and the Interdisciplinary Program in Humane Studies, where he teaches The Odyssey of the West. In addition to teaching our introductory course, The Quest for Justice, he teaches courses in political theory and politics and literature for the department. He is the author of Shakespeare's Political Realism. He currently co-chairs the ad hoc committee on Faculty Housing.

Education

B.A. Carleton College
Ph.D. Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago

Selected Publications

"The Inevitable Monarchy: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" (forthcoming chapter in a collection honoring Michael and Catherine Zuckert, Notre Dame University Press).

"Hotspur & Falstaff versus the Politicians: Shakespeare's view of honor" (forthcoming chapter in book of essays on love and honor in Shakespeare).

"Teaching The Iliad to Know-It-Alls: Achilles 'in context'" (Festshrift for Kenyon Professor Kirk Emmert, 2010).

Courses Taught

IPHS 113-114: Odyssey of the West
PSCI 101-102: The Quest for Justice
PSCI 320: Historicism
PSCI 321: Post-Modern Political Thought
PSCI 425: Machiavelli and Shakespeare
PSCI 431: Ambition and Politics
PSCI 432: The Idea of Community