Roger Berkowitz has been teaching political theory, legal thought, and human rights at Bard College since 2005. He is the academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College.
Professor Berkowitz is an interdisciplinary scholar, teacher, and writer. His interests stretch from Greek and German philosophy to legal history and from the history of science to images of justice in film and literature. He is the author of
The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition; coeditor of
Thinking in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt on Ethics and Politics; editor of
Revenge and Justice, a special issue of
Law, Culture, and the Humanities; and a contributing editor to
Rechtsgeschichte. His essays have appeared in numerous academic journals. Roger Berkowitz received his B.A. from Amherst College; J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Hannah Arendt Center,Center for Civic Engagement,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
