Office Location
SS 3118
Phone Number
416-946-0186
Fax Number
416-946-8069
Email Address
Area Group(s)
- Political Theory
Education
- MESc, Williams College
- M.A., Cornell University
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Margaret (Peggy) Kohn
Professor
Tri-campus Graduate Chair, Department of Political Science
Biography
Primary research interests are in the areas of the history of political thought, critical theory, social justice, and urbanism. Her most recent book The Death and Life of the Urban Commonwealth was published by Oxford University Press (2016). She is the author of Radical Space: Building the House of the People (Cornell University Press 2003), and Brave New Neighborhoods: The Privatization of Public Space (Routledge 2004) and Political Theories of Decolonization (with Keally McBride, Oxford University Press, 2011). Her articles have appeared in such journals as Political Theory, Journal of Politics, Polity, Dissent, Constellations, Theory & Event, and Philosophy and Social Criticism.
Research Interests
- History of Political Thought
- Critical Theory
- Colonialism
- Urbanism
Recent News
- Book wins two APSA awards
- Political Science SSHRC Recipients
- Congratulations to Margaret Kohn on her successful SSHRC