Aemann Lin-McCornack is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Politics with an interest in political theory, comparative politics, and comparative political thought. Their dissertation studies the intellectual history of sole rulership in the late Warring States period in Early China (453–221 BCE) and in Classical Greece (480–323 BCE). Their work appears in peer-reviewed journals, History of Political Thought (forthcoming) and Polis. Aemann is a current recipient of the Graduate Prize Fellow under UCHV. They hold a B.A. in Classics and Politics (Double Major) from Reed College (summa cum laude).

Publications:

Lin-McCornack, Aemann. “Inegalitarian Institutional Design in Late Plato: Synousiai as ‘Festive Gathering’ and ‘Epistemic Colloquium’ in the Minos and the Laws.” Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought. 43 (2026) 254–284

Lin-McCornack, Aemann. “Slavery ‘by Disposition’ and ‘Categoricity:’ Revisiting Ideology and Nature in Aristotle’s Nature-Based Justifications of Enslavement.” History of Political Thought (forthcoming).