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Lisa Wedeen is the Mary R. Morton Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago, and Director of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and serves as Associate Faculty in Anthropology. Her research bridges comparative politics, political theory, Middle East studies, feminist theory, and interpretive methods.
- Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science
- Associate Faculty in Anthropology
- Recipient of major awards including the Charles Taylor Book Award and Gordon J. Laing Award
Her work examines authoritarianism, ideology, and symbolic politics through ethnographic and interpretive approaches. Key contributions include analyzing Syria’s political rhetoric, Yemen’s public performances, and the intersections of scientific knowledge with imperialism. She emphasizes methodological innovation in political science, particularly in ethnography and qualitative research.
Recent edited volumes include Conspiracy/Theory (forthcoming 2024) and collaborative projects on cosmopolitanism and methodological pluralism. Current work explores violence and temporality.
