Adam Woodhouse

Adam Woodhouse’s research focuses on the political thought of pre-modern and early modern Europe. He also writes about and teaches courses on the impact of this phase of intellectual history on modern and contemporary global politics and political theory. Adam is particularly interested in the uneasy relationship between ideas of empire and civil freedom, and has published on their interaction in the republican tradition. His first book, Liberty’s Subjects: Machiavelli and the Imperial Republic, is under contract with Cambridge University Press for publication in the series Ideas in Context.

Before joining Ashoka, Adam held fellowships at Robinson College, Cambridge and the University of Chicago, where he served as Co-chair of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. He completed his PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, after taking his MA from the University of London and his BA from Corpus Christi College, Oxford.