Citizenship Lecture Series

Charles Beitz

"Is Democracy for Everyone? "

Friday, Feb. 2, 2007
3:30 p.m.
Mershon Center for International Security Studies
1501 Neil Ave.

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Charles Beitz is Professor of Politics at Princeton University specializing in international political theory, democratic theory, the theory of human rights and legal theory. His works include Political Theory and International Relations and Political Equality: An Essay in Democratic Theory, as well as articles on a variety of topics in political philosophy. He co-edited International Ethics and Law, Economics, and Philosophy. Beitz is editor of Philosophy & Public Affairs. His current work includes projects on the philosophy of human rights and the theory of intellectual property.  

Before coming to Princeton, Beitz taught at Swarthmore College and Bowdoin College, where he was also Dean for Academic Affairs. He has received fellowship awards from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations, the American Council of Learned Societies and the American Council on Education.

Beitz has a bachelor's in history from Colgate University, a master's in philosophy from University of Michigan, and master's and Ph.D. degrees in politics, both from Princeton.

Charles Beitz
Professor of Politics
Princeton University