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          Postdoctoral fellow receives Leo Strauss Prize

          
            
              
                
                Published: June 27, 2006
              

              
                Author: Erik Runyon
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Xavier Marquez, a political science postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame, has received the Leo Strauss Prize for the best dissertation in political theory for 2005-06.

Awarded annually by the American Political Science Association, the prize is named after the distinguished political philosopher Leo Strauss, a professor of political science at theUniversityofChicagofrom 1944 to 1969, who is recognized for his work in the recovery of ancient political thought.

TitledPolitical Knowledge in Platos ‘Statesman,Marquezs dissertation argues that the statesman is a higher and rarer type of human being than the philosopher because the statesman actually has the comprehensive knowledge a philosopher only seeks.

Xaviers winning the Strauss Prize is a signal honor for him, the department and the University,said Catherine Zuckert, Notre Dames Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor of Political Science and the director of Marquezs dissertation.He competed with representatives of the most prestigious programs in the country, and now joins a list of young political theorists who have gone on to have notable careers.

Marquez will begin teaching in Notre Dames political science department as an Edward Sorin postdoctoral fellow, an appointment granted to recent Notre Dame doctoral graduates who show exceptional promise of having an outstanding career as a university scholar.

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