Prof. Nolan Bennett is a political theorist specializing in American Political Thought, Law, and Literature. His research recovers and reconstructs the political and legal thinking of incarcerated activists throughout history and the contemporary United States. With an interdisciplinary approach, Nolan combines textual analysis of popular and archival writings with historical analysis of legal and institutional developments in American penal policy.
Highlights: He is currently writing a book on George Jackson and has recently worked on activist Jean Genet, anarchist Alexander Berkman, and life sentences. His recent work has
appeared in the American Political Science Review, Political Theory, New Political Science, and the UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review. His first book, The Claims of Experience: Autobiography and American Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2019), provides a new theory for what makes autobiography political throughout the history of the United States and today.
When: Thursday, Feb 26th
Where: Ellison Hall, Lane Room (3824)
Time: 12:30-2:00pm