Arthur is a historian of political thought and political theorist. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge on Benjamin Constant’s political and constitutional thought. Beyond expanding on his doctoral work, current areas of research include a history of conceptualizations of public opinion in 18-19th century France, and a critical reexamination of 'French liberalism' as a distinct tradition or paradigm. Arthur holds graduate degrees in law (Université Catholique de Louvain), philosophy (KU Leuven) and political theory (LSE).

Anthony Gregory is a political, legal, and intellectual historian whose research explores the construction of American state power through both cooperation and coercion. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley. His publications on constitutionalism, legal theory, and national security policy address questions from the colonial period to the twenty-first century. He currently focuses on modern America and is writing a book on how the New Deal war on crime built and legitimated modern government and transformed American liberalism.  

Antong Liu received his Ph.D. in Political Science at Duke University and his B.A. in International Politics and Sociology at Peking University. He specializes in modern history of political thought, focusing on the implications of the passions for modern politics and civic ethics. In his current book-length project, he studies the sense of honor and its modernization in eighteenth-century political theory, especially in the writings of Rousseau, Adam Smith, and Kant. He also works on pity, resentment, and shame and takes an interest in comparative political theory.

Julia Netter received her DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford. Her research interests are in normative political philosophy, focusing specifically on questions of justification and moral pluralism in liberal political theory, and the ethics of public debate. Beyond extending her dissertation work on unreasonable views and deep moral disagreement in theories of public reason, her current research projects examine modes of conflict in the public discourse, and in particular, the interplay of mutual respect, conviction, and persuasion.

Lowry Pressly received a Ph.D. in political theory from Harvard University. His research interests include ethics, political philosophy, theories of action, and the politics of self-knowledge. He is currently at work on a book on privacy and the value of being unknown both to others and to oneself. His other projects include work on agency, shame, tech ethics, and a second book project on the value of being a stranger.