Amy Chandran is a Assistant Professor of Humanities in the Hamilton School. Chandran’s research spans historical and contemporary questions regarding sovereignty, power, obligation, freedom, religion, and the institutional underpinnings of democracy. More broadly she is interested in classical and early modern ideas of honor, authority, obedience, and legitimacy, as well as the psychological dynamics that mediate individual experiences of political agency and community. She has published articles in Modern Intellectual History, History of European Ideas and Hobbes Studies. Before coming to Hamilton, she was a College Fellow at Harvard University and lecturer at Brandeis University. She also worked as a policy adviser in Australia at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.