Professor Paul Rahe

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Professor of History and Political Science, Hillsdale College, Michigan

Paul Rahe studied as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford and gained his PhD at Yale University. He spent 24 years teaching at the University of Tulsa before accepting his current position at Hillsdale College, where he is Professor of History and Political Science, and holds The Charles O Lee and Louise K Lee Chair in Western Heritage. His research focuses on the origins and evolution of self-government within the West, with works including Republics Ancient and Modern: Classical Republicanism and the American Revolution (1992) and Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Tocqueville on the Modern Prospect (2009). His current project is entitled The Spartan Way of War (2010). He has also published many articles for journals such as The American Historical Review, The National Interest and The American Journal of Philology, and regularly speaks at venues across the world.

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