Leo Strauss Award

The Leo Strauss prize is awarded annually for the best dissertation in the field of political philosophy. It carries a prize of $750.

The Fund was developed by former students of Strauss' who sought to recognize his extraordinary influence on generations of students and his contributions to the field of political philosophy.  He was a major figure in the department of political science at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1949 to 1967.

2008 Leo Strauss Award Recipient

List of All Leo Strauss Award Recipients

2009 Nomination Information

Departments are requested to submit a letter of nomination and a copy of the dissertation to each award committee member and to the APSA National Office by January 15, 2009.

2009 Award Committee

Chair: Roxanne L. Euben
Wellesley College
Political Science
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA  02481
reuben@wellesley.edu

Cristina Beltran
Haverford College
Political Science
370 Lancaster Avenue, Hall Building
Haverford, PA  19041
cbeltran@haverford.edu

Tommie Shelby
Harvard University
African and African American Studies
and Committee on Degrees in Social Studies
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA  02138
tshelby@fas.harvard.edu

Strauss Award
1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20036

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