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JOHN LOMBARDINI
THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
P.O. BOX 8795
WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23187-8795
PHONE: 757-221-2082
FAX: 757-221-1868
EMAIL: [email protected]
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Associate Professor of Government, The College of William & Mary, Fall 2016 - Present
Assistant Professor of Government, The College of William & Mary, 2010-2016
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University Society of Fellows, 2009-10
Quin Morton Teaching Fellow, Princeton University, 2008-9
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Politics, Princeton University, 2009
M.A. Politics, Princeton University, 2005
(Exam Fields: Political Theory, Public Law, and Comparative Politics)
B.A. Political Science, Rutgers University, 2003
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Ancient Political Thought; History of Political Thought; Contemporary Social and Political Theory;
Literature and Politics
BOOKS
The Politics of Socratic Humor (under contract, University of California Press)
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Stoicism and the Virtue of Toleration,” History of Political Thought 36.4 (2015), pp. 643-669
“Responding to Emergency in Democratic Athens: The Case of Anti-Tyranny Legislation,” Polity 47.4
(2015), pp. 461-483
“Civic Laughter: Aristotle and the Political Virtue of Humor,” Political Theory 41.2 (2013), pp. 203-230
“Isonomia and the Public Sphere in Democratic Athens,” History of Political Thought 34.3 (2013), pp.
393-420
“Comic Authority in Aristophanes’ Knights,” Polis 29.1 (2012), pp. 130-149
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Seeing Democracy in the Clouds,” in The Political Theory of Aristophanes, ed. Bryan-Paul Frost and
Jeremy Mhire (SUNY Press, 2014), pp. 13-27
BOOK REVIEWS
David Teegarden, Death to Tyrants! Ancient Greek Democracy and the Struggle Against Tyranny.
Perspectives on Politics 13.2 (2015), pp. 525-526
Melissa Lane and Verity Harte, eds., Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy. Polis 32.1 (2015), pp.
246-249
Elizabeth Markovits, The Politics of Sincerity: Plato, Frank Speech, and Democratic Judgment.
Contemporary Political Theory 12.1 (2013)
Arlene Saxonhouse, Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens. Bryn Mawr Classical Review,
2006.07.49
INVITED TALKS
“Stoicism and Toleration”
Washington University in St. Louis; March 7th, 2014
“The Ironic Socrates”
University of Virginia; April 20th, 2012
“Socratic Laughter and Socratic Citizenship”
University of Maryland; April 29th, 2010
“Socratic Laughter”
Columbia University; April 27th 2010
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“The Politics of Cynic Humor”
APT, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2014
“Two Concepts of the Rule of Law in Democratic Athens”
APSA, Washington, DC, 2014
“Toleration in the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”
APSA, Chicago, IL, 2013
“Enduring Laughter”
MPSA, Chicago, IL, 2013
“The Ironic Socrates”
The Art and Politics of Irony, McGill University, Montreal, CA, 2012
APT, University of South Carolina, 2012
“Civic Laughter: Aristotle and the Political Virtue of Humor”
APSA, Seattle, WA, 2011
“Comic Authority in Aristophanes’ Knights”
WPSA, San Antonio, TX, 2011
“Isonomia and the Public Sphere in Democratic Athens”
APSA, Washington, DC, 2010
“Socratic Laughter and Socratic Politics”
NPSA, Boston, MA, 2010
“Laughter and Political Judgment: An Arendtian Approach”
WPSA, San Francisco, CA, 2010
“Thucydides on Laughter and Political Judgment”
NPSA, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
“Aristophanic Citizenship: Seeing Democracy in the Clouds”
APSA, Boston, MA, 2008
“Laughter as/at the Rhetoric of Democracy”
MPSA, Chicago, IL, 2008
“Laughter as the Rhetoric of Democracy: Ancient Greek Comedy and Democratic Theory”
NPSA, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
“Feeding the Demos: Rhetoric, Comedy, and Democracy in Aristophanes’ Knights and Plato’s Gorgias”
MPSA, Chicago, IL, 2007
“The Comedy of the Philosopher-Kings: Aristophanes’ Birds and Plato’s Republic”
APSA, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Best Paper Award, Politics, Literature and Film Section
“Empire in Speech: The Politics of Aristophanes’ Birds”
MPSA, Chicago, IL, 2006
“The Daily Show and Politics” (Roundtable discussion)
APSA, Washington, DC, 2005
“A Tragic View of Politics? A Reading of Machiavelli’s La Mandragola” (Poster presentation)
APSA, Washington, DC, 2005
“Tragedy, Comedy, and Philosophy: A Reading of Plato’s Symposium”
SPSA, New Orleans, LA, 2005
TEACHING
The Idea of Politics (GOVT 150W), Spring 2015, 2016
Aristotle and Contemporary Political Theory (GOVT 406), Spring 2013
Socrates and His Legacy (GOVT 406), Spring 2012, Fall 2014
Ancient Political Thought (GOVT 303), Fall 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014; Spring 2013, 2016
Athenian Democracy and Greek Political Thought (GOVT 392), Spring 2010 (Columbia), 2011, and
2012
Introduction to the Roots of Contemporary Civilization, Fall 2009 (Columbia)
Political Laughter (WRI 159), Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 (Princeton)
Introduction to Political Theory (POL 210), Fall 2006 and 2008 (Princeton, as teaching assistant)
Independent Study, Herodotus, Spring 2012
Independent Study, Marx, Spring 2016
SERVICE
DISCIPLINE
Book Manuscript Reviewer
University of Chicago Press; Oxford University Press; Palgrave-Macmillan; Acumen Publishing
Journal Reviewer
Political Theory; Review of Politics; Polity; Journal of Politics; American Journal of Political
Science; Political Research Quarterly; New England Journal of Political Science; The Classical
World; Symposium
Conference Panel Chair
MPSA 2013, APSA 2011, NPSA 2010
Conference Discussant
APSA 2014, APSA 2013, MPSA 2013, APT 2012, APSA 2011, NPSA 2009, MPSA 2006
Colloquium Discussant
Workshop in Politics, Ethics, and Society at Washington University in St. Louis for Mark Jordan’s
“Power in Drag: Foucault and the Rituals of Hegemony”, March 2014
COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT
Center for the Liberal Arts Faculty Fellow, 2016-2018
Newton-Blanchard Prize Award Committee, 2016
IR Search Committee, Department of Government, William & Mary, Fall 2014
Freshman Adviser, William & Mary, AY 2011 – Present
Major Adviser, William & Mary, AY 2010 – Present
Senior Thesis Adviser (1, AY 2013-14); Committee Member (1, AY 2012-13; 1, AY 2010-11)
Curriculum Review Committee, Department of Government, William & Mary, AY 2011-12
Diversity Committee, Department of Government, William & Mary, AY 2014-Present
Murray Scholar Scholarship Committee, William & Mary, Spring 2011
Charles Center Summer Scholarship Committee, William & Mary, March 2013
Charles Center Teaching Project, AY 2011-2012
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
William & Mary Alumni Association Award, 2016
William & Mary Summer Research Grant, 2011 & 2012
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Columbia University Society of Fellows in the
Humanities, AY 2009-2010
Quin Morton Teaching Fellowship, Princeton University, AY 2008-9
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Research Fellowship, AY 2008-10 (Declined)
Margaret Goheen Summer Research Fellowship, Princeton University, AY 2008-9
Carey McWilliams Award, American Political Science Association, 2006
Princeton University Prize, AY 2006-2007
Earhart Foundation Fellowship, AY 2006-2007
Princeton University Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2008
Bobst Prize for the Study of Peace and Justice, 2003-2005
Phi Beta Kappa, 2003
Edward McNall Burns Scholar, Rutgers University, 2003
Dean’s Award for Excellence, Rutgers University, 2003
Rutgers Merit Scholarship, 2000
LANGUAGES
Ancient Greek (Reading Proficiency)
French (Reading Proficiency)
German (Reading Proficiency)
Spanish (Good Reading Ability)
Italian (Good Reading Ability)
Latin (Basic Reading Ability)