Mayterm 2011
Course information | Political Science Faculty | History Faculty | The Great War | The Cold War
Political Science Faculty
Name: Peter Meilaender
Birthday:
March 27th
Colleges:
Kenyon College and the University of Notre Dame
Major:
Political Science
Favorite Color:
Grown-ups don’t have favorite colors.
Favorite Book:
The Aeneid
Favorite Movie:
I don’t watch movies, but, well...Major
League. I hate serious movies.
Favorite Food:
Chocolate. Duh.
Favorite Quote:
Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the
problem.
Favorite Songs:
White Christmas, Moonlight Serenade, Sing, Sing, Sing (With a
Swing)
Favorite Links:
www.nzz.ch
www.cleveland.com/pluto/blog
www.cleveland.com/pluto/blog
Professor of History
Peter C. Meilaender (B.A., Kenyon College, 1993; M.A., Univ. of Notre Dame, 1997; Ph.D., Univ. of Notre Dame, 1999) is Associate Professor of Political Science at Houghton College, where he is also Director of the Houghton Honors Program. He teaches coursework in political theory and American politics, including courses on the history of political thought, Aristotle, immigration and citizenship, loyalty, conservatism, and the presidency. He is the author of Toward a Theory of Immigration (Palgrave, 2001) and writes frequently on immigration issues. His work has appeared in journals such as First Things, The Cresset, Christian Reflection, and The City. He is currently at work on a project about loyalty, and is also translating works of the 19th-century Swiss German author Jeremias Gotthelf.
