Department of Political Science

Javdan, Penn

Dissertation:

The Way of the Rebel: Camus and the Ethics of Revolutionary Violence

Biography

Penn Javdan is a PhD Candidate in the department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, as well as a writer of fiction and film.

His current research interrogates how existentialist visions of justice (a) shape the ethics of collective action (b) contextualize theories of political violence and (c) facilitate approaches to practical reason.

Using his background in the creative and documentary fields, he brings literature, journalism and history to bear on thinking about politics and political life.

Penn’s research is informed by works in French, Persian, Arabic, and Spanish.

Research Interests

Political Theory/Philosophy; Ethics; Literature; Comparative Politics; Legal Theory and Jurisprudence

Previous Degrees

Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, Harvard

Certificate in Political Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stanford

M.A. Social and Political Thought, York University

B.A. Hons., Political Science, York University

Teaching Experience

Visions of the Just/Good Society (Political Theory)
Ideas and Ideologies
Leaving Home: The Politics of Emigration
Comparative Development in International Perspective
Introduction to International Relations, Part II
Introduction to International Relations, Part I