Avshalom Schwartz
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Assistant Professor @SMU polisci | Political theory; Ancient and early modern political thought; The political imagination | Ph.D. @Stanford www.avshalomschwartz.com
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I'm happy to share that my latest article, "Risk and Quietness: Pericles’s Funeral Oration and the Mythical 'Catalogue of Exploits,'” is now published in Political Theory! You can find it here, and please feel free to reach out if you'd like a copy #poltheory
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Risk and Quietness: Pericles’s Funeral Oration and the Mythical “Catalogue of Exploits” - Avshalom M. Schwartz, 2025
Among the surviving Funeral Orations, Pericles’s is the only one that does not mention the mythical Catalogue of Exploits. To explain this anomaly, this paper s...
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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and an MPSA deadline extension
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The Stanford graduate political theory conference is now accepting proposals for its fifth annual meeting. This has been my favorite conference as a grad student, and I encourage you to submit a proposal (or pass along the CfP to your graduate students)!

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2026 Call for Papers
The political science and philosophy graduate students at Stanford University will host our fifth annual graduate political theory conference on February 6-7, 2026 on the Stanford campus. We are de…
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Looks terrific - congrats, Henrik!
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The JHI’s Board of Editors is delighted to announce a new award for graduate students.

The Martin Jay Prize recognizes the best article by a graduate student-author accepted for publication in the journal each year. The editors welcome your submissions!
Announcing the Martin Jay Article Prize for Graduate Students
Celebrating the profoundly influential historian Martin Jay and his contribution to graduate education, this new award recognizes the best graduate student-authored article accepted for publication in...
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avshalom.bsky.social
I'm happy to share that my latest article, "Risk and Quietness: Pericles’s Funeral Oration and the Mythical 'Catalogue of Exploits,'” is now published in Political Theory! You can find it here, and please feel free to reach out if you'd like a copy #poltheory
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Risk and Quietness: Pericles’s Funeral Oration and the Mythical “Catalogue of Exploits” - Avshalom M. Schwartz, 2025
Among the surviving Funeral Orations, Pericles’s is the only one that does not mention the mythical Catalogue of Exploits. To explain this anomaly, this paper s...
journals.sagepub.com
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Political theorists! APT is once again hosting a workshop for first time book authors - draft book proposals will be reviewed by published faculty and by Angela Chnapko, acquisitions editor for Oxford University Press. Applications due July 21! Info: associationforpoliticaltheory.org/content.aspx...
Emailing - The Association for Political Theory
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My favorite advice from grad school: be a “puzzle solver,” not a “gap filler”
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Me, whenever a NYT reporter is saying “the Platonic ideal of…” on The Headlines/Daily
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Reading Seneca’s Letters and feeling very personally attacked by this sentence
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The Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory 2025 is now accepting applications! To submit an abstract, visit the website:

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Grad students whose work sits at the intersection of history and political science:

Would you be interested in getting involved in the WPSA Virtual Community on History and Politics I am convening with Vik Visana?

You can workshop a paper, serve as a discussant, and more!
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I had the great pleasure of joining Javier Mejia on the Civic Agora Podcast for a conversation about imagination, democracy, collective action, and misinformation!

You can listen to it on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts:

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Imagination, Misinformation, and Democracy | Avshalom Schwartz
Listen to this episode from The Civic Agora on Spotify. In this episode of The Civic Agora, we chat with Avshalom Schwartz. Avshalom is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Stanford Civics Initiative at Stan...
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A Southern twist on Rosh Hashanah dinner: smoked brisket with apple BBQ sauce and round challah dinner rolls. Shana tova y’all!
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Join us next week for this very cool political theory "mini-conference," where I'll be presenting new work on the "democratic imagination" alongside this wonderful line-up of presenters and discussants. All are welcome!
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community NEXT WEEK for a mini-conference in support of our members who were pushed out of #APSA. No one should lose out for standing in solidarity w/ labor! This conference is OPEN TO ALL, regardless of WPSA membership. Details 👇 & in 🧵
A white, orange, and blue flyer showing the schedule for a virtual mini-conference in political theory