The RGF Team

RGF Director

Shinkyu “James” Lee, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies

Shinkyu “James” Lee, Ph.D., is the director of the Rohatyn Global Fellows program and a faculty and steering committee member in International and Global Studies at Middlebury College. He also serves as the director of the Global Migration and Diaspora track. He earned his Ph.D. from the joint program in the Department of Political Science and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He also pursued graduate studies in religion and anthropology at Harvard University and the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK). As a political theorist, Professor Lee critically revisits core concepts and analyzes contested issues in international and global studies. His book manuscript, Arendtian Peace, is forthcoming with the University of Pennsylvania Press. He has published peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including European Journal of Political Theory, Polity, and The Review of Politics. His current research examines theological ideas used both to facilitate and resist the rise of fascism, as well as political ideas and ideologies across civilizational contexts. Formerly a soldier, seminarian, and NGO worker, Professor Lee emphasizes the close relationship between theoretical ideas and the realities of political life in his teaching. He teaches courses on human rights, peacebuilding, political ideologies, and political violence. Before joining Middlebury, he taught at Notre Dame, DePaul University, and most recently at Oberlin College.

For more information regarding this program email jl19@middlebury.edu