Jennifer A. London

Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science

Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540

TEL: (310) 721-1506 · EMAIL: jlondon@uchicago.edu

EDUCATION

PhD candidate (Present), University of Chicago, Political Science

Dissertation: Philosophy and Government in Middle Eastern Political Thought:

757-1406 A.D.

Develops theories of Middle Eastern political thought within the field of political theory. Interprets the ways that medieval authors, such as Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, developed new theories on how to live and discern justice through interpreting fables, works of philosophy and wisdom literature from ancient Greece and Persia.

Committee: Danielle Allen (Chair), John Woods, Orit Bashkin, Nathan Tarcov, Lisa Wedeen

Visiting Graduate Student (Present), Institute of Advanced Study, 2008-2009

Master of Arts (2003), University of Chicago, Political Science

Bachelor of Arts (2000), Johns Hopkins University, International Relations

PUBLICATIONS

“How To Do Things With Fables: Ibn al-Muqaffa‘’s Frank Speech in Stories from KalÐla wa Dimna.” History of Political Thought XXIX: 2 (2008)

“Ibn Khaldūn” Sage’s Encyclopedia of Political Theory (forthcoming)

“Lessons in Frank Speech: Re-reading Stories from Kalīla wa Dimna,” Al-‘Usur al-Wusta: The Bulletin of Middle East Medievalists (2007)

Review of Telal Asad, Foundations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity, Foundations of Political Theory Book Reviews <http://www.political-theory.org/books> (2004)

Iguchi, MY, London JA, et al. “Elements of Well-Being Affected by Criminalizing the Drug User,” Public Health Report 117: 1 (2002)

CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND SEMINARS

“Language and Political Action in Medieval Arabic Political Thought” (2009), WPSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC

“The Importance of Arabic Wisdom Literature for the Study of Medieval Political Theory” (2008), Council of British Research in the Levant, Amman, Jordan

“How to do Things with Fables: Ibn al-Muqaffa‘’s Frank Speech in Stories from KalÐla wa Dimna” (2007), Harvard Graduate Conference in Political Theory, Cambridge, MA (anonymous peer review)

“Locating Frank Speech in Medieval Arabic Fables” (2007), APSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

WORKSHOPS

As presenter (at the University of Chicago Political Theory Workshop):

“Medieval Arabic and Persian Wisdom Literature” (2007)

“Al-Fārābī’s political action on behalf of Plato and Aristotle” (2006)

As presenter (at the Depaul University Philosophy Circle):

“Why Ibn al-Muqaffa‘ will change how we read Aristotle’s On Poetics” (2007)

As discussant (at the University of Chicago Political Theory Workshop):

Emily Nacol, “The Uses of History in Hobbes’ Political Thought” (2006)

Ilai Alon, “Negotiations in Arabic Speaking Islam” (2005)

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Instructor

“Classics of Social and Political Thought, I” (Autumn 2006)

(Plato, Aristotle, Al-Fārābī, Avicenna, Maimonides, Aquinas, Machiavelli)

Teaching Assistant

John Woods, “History of the Islamic Middle East” (Winter 2005; Winter, 2006)

(Led workshops on works of medieval Arabic and Persian political thought)

Nathan Tarcov, “Classics of Social and Political Thought, I” (Autumn 2005)

Chris Greenwald, “Classics of Social and Political Thought, III” (Spring 2005)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Teaching and Research Fellowship, University of Chicago (declined) (2006)

Bradley Dissertation Fellowship (2006)

Summer Language Fellowship, FLAS (2003; 2005)

University Fellowship (2001-2005)

Phi Beta Kappa (2000)

Pi Sigma Alpha (2000)

LANGUAGES

English, French, Classical Arabic, Beginning Persian