Lars Tønder

Kort præsentation

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University.

Lars Tønder is a political theorist with a special interest in early modern political thought, contemporary political theory, and democratic theory. He is a member of the Politcal Theory Research Group and the Emotions and Public Affairs network. He is also the subject coordinator ("fagkoordinator") for the department's course offerings in Political Theory and Sociology.

Research

The main purpose of Lars Tønder's research is to contribute to what is called the “sensorial turn,” i.e., an approach to politics in the social sciences and in the humanities more broadly that foregrounds affect, perception, and other registers of embodied experience in order to explain how conflict and coexistence are both structured by and exceed their place within social institutions and political regimes. The bulk of Lars' published works examine this process in a manner directly relevant to debates about tolerance, free speech, pluralism, and democratic culture. His book Tolerance: A Sensorial Orientation to Politics was published with Oxford University Press.

Lars is currently working on two research projects:

• Political theory and the sensorium: an examination of why political theory needs a sensorial orientation to politics. With special emphasis on thinkers such as Deleuze, Canguilhem, and Rancière. For more, see the recently published special issue of the journal Political Theory with an introduction on "Political Theory and the Sensorium."
• Comic politics: an examination of thinkers such as Spinoza, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, and how their disucssions of comedy, including satire and parody, might inform issues in democratic theory. Recently published articles include "Comic Power: Another Road Not Taken?" and "Comic Rules: Kierkegaard, The Idiots, and Dogma 95."

Fellowships and prizes

Prior to his appointment at the University of Copenhagen, Lars Tønder held positions at The University of Melbourne and Northwestern University. He has twice been a visiting fellow at the École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Lyon, and once at the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern University. His dissertation won the 2007 American Political Science Association Leo Strauss Prize for best dissertation in political philosophy.

Professional service

Lars Tønder serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Theory & Event, and he is the Foundations of Political Theory program co-chairs for the 2016 American Political Science Asssociation convention. He is regularly asked to review manuscripts for journals such as Political Theory, Contemporary Political Theory, American Political Science Review as well as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and University of Chicago Press.

Kort præsentation

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University.

Lars Tønder is a political theorist with a special interest in early modern political thought, contemporary political theory, and democratic theory. He is a member of the Politcal Theory Research Group and the Emotions and Public Affairs network. He is also the subject coordinator ("fagkoordinator") for the department's course offerings in Political Theory and Sociology.

Research

The main purpose of Lars Tønder's research is to contribute to what is called the “sensorial turn,” i.e., an approach to politics in the social sciences and in the humanities more broadly that foregrounds affect, perception, and other registers of embodied experience in order to explain how conflict and coexistence are both structured by and exceed their place within social institutions and political regimes. The bulk of Lars' published works examine this process in a manner directly relevant to debates about tolerance, free speech, pluralism, and democratic culture. His book Tolerance: A Sensorial Orientation to Politics was published with Oxford University Press.

Lars is currently working on two research projects:

• Political theory and the sensorium: an examination of why political theory needs a sensorial orientation to politics. With special emphasis on thinkers such as Deleuze, Canguilhem, and Rancière. For more, see the recently published special issue of the journal Political Theory with an introduction on "Political Theory and the Sensorium."
• Comic politics: an examination of thinkers such as Spinoza, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, and how their disucssions of comedy, including satire and parody, might inform issues in democratic theory. Recently published articles include "Comic Power: Another Road Not Taken?" and "Comic Rules: Kierkegaard, The Idiots, and Dogma 95."

Fellowships and prizes

Prior to his appointment at the University of Copenhagen, Lars Tønder held positions at The University of Melbourne and Northwestern University. He has twice been a visiting fellow at the École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Lyon, and once at the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern University. His dissertation won the 2007 American Political Science Association Leo Strauss Prize for best dissertation in political philosophy.

Professional service

Lars Tønder serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Theory & Event, and he is the Foundations of Political Theory program co-chair for the 2016 American Political Science Asssociation convention. He is regularly asked to review manuscripts for journals such as Political Theory, Contemporary Political Theory, American Political Science Review as well as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Routledge.

CV

Born: 27 October, 1972

Education:

MA, Political theory, University of Essex, 1 Sep 1999

MA, Political science, University of Copenhagen, 1 Sep 2000

Ph.d., Political theory, Johns Hopkins University, 1 May 2006

Current position:

University of Copenhagen, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.

Subject coordinator ("fagkoordinator"): Political Theory and Sociology.

Previous positions:

University of Melbourne, Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, 2014 - 2015.

Northwestern University, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2007-2015 (unpaid leave 2014/2015). Faculty affiliate: Rhetoric and Public Culture Cluster & Critical Theory Cluster.

DePauw University, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2006-2007.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2005-2006.