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Char R. Miller

Titles and Organizations

Associate Professor

Contact Information

cmillerd@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-1407
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 323
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4

Biography

Char R. Miller is an associate professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at 91做厙. His work focuses on political aesthetics, sovereignty, and disciplinary technologies.

His book Cities on the Plains examines the roles of violence in consolidating political communities. His previous book, Taylored Citizenship, explored conceptions of economic discipline in the 20th century. His current book project examines the power of money and its relations to political sovereignty. He is also working on a project that treats Paul of Tarsus as a useful interlocutor in thinking about global catastrophes, such as the ongoing environmental crisis.

Miller has a PhD in political science from Johns Hopkins University and a BS in political science and a BA in history from Idaho State University.

Curriculum Vitae

View Char R. Miller's CV

Schar School of Policy and Government 
George Mason University 
3351 Fairfax Drive 
703/993-1407

48 G Street SW 
Washington, D.C. 20024 
202/253-8772 
cmillerd@gmu.edu

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

George Mason University, Associate Professor, 2008-present

George Mason University, Assistant Professor, 2001-present

EDUCATION

The Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D., Political Science, January 1999 Dissertation: "State Institutions and Subjectivity"

Idaho State University

B.S. with High Honors, Political Science, August 1990

B.A. with High Honors, History, August 1990

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Cities on the Plains: Divinity and Diversity. (New York: Macmillan/Palgrave, 2009).

Taylored Citizenship: State Discipline and Subjectivity. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 2001).

Journal Articles

T勳鳥梗 of the Anti-Christ: 捩硃喝梭s Subversion of 楚鳥梯勳娶梗. Political Theory Vol. 37, No. 4 (2009) 562-570.

A梗莽喧堯梗喧勳釵 of Strength: the Air Force Memorial and 博勳娶勳梭勳棗s Last&紳莉莽梯;兜硃娶

Theory and Event 12:1(2009).

"'In the Sweat of Our Brow': Domestic Discipline, National Identity, and Individualism."

Journal of American Culture. Vol. 26 (Sept.2003), Is. 3. 395-409.

"Consuming Cosmopolitans: Martha Nussbaum and Francis Mayes Get a Purchase on Italy and the World." Genre Vol. 23 (2003) 80-83.

"Drawing Out Theory: Art and the Teaching of Political Theory." PS: Political Science and Politics (June 2000), 213-218.

"The Star-Spangled Banner." Journal of American History (December 2000), 977-981.

Book Chapters

"Neither Palace, Nor Temple, Nor Tomb: The Lincoln Memorial in an Age of Commercial Re-appropriation." In Michael E. Geisler, ed., Contested Ground: National Symbols and National Identity (University Press of New England, 2005), 195-220.

"Go Down Moses: Zora Neale Hurston and Sigmund Freud on Political Identification." In Race and the Production of Modern American Nationalism, ed. Reynolds Scott-

Childress. Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory (New York: Garland Press, 1999), 247- 271.

Reviews

G棗棗餃 Faith and 唬娶梗餃勳喧. Theory & Event 13:2 (2010).

Z勳堝梗域s Second 唬棗鳥勳紳眶. A Review of Slavoj 欽勳堝梗域s On Belief. In Postmodern Culture. Vol. 13 (January 2003), No. 2.

"In a Democratic Fashion: Book Review of Herbert Blau, Nothing in Itself, Complexions of Fashion; Gilles Lipovetsky, Empire of Fashion: Dressing Modern Democracy; and Daniel Roche, The Culture of Clothing: Dress and Fashion in The Ancien Regime." Review in Agora. 2.1 (Winter 2003).

Ancient Greek Popular Literature. Book review of William Hansen, ed., Anthology of Ancient Greek Literature, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998). The Classical Review. Vol. 52 (Sept. 2002), Is. 2. pp. 284-287.

Book review of Kate Weigand, Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation, (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001) at the request of History of Education Quarterly. Vol 42 (Summer 2002), No. 2.

ぼ梗鳥棗釵娶硃喧勳釵 Civility and Modern Political 梆餃梗硃梭莽. Book review of Democratic Civility: The History and Cross-Cultural Possibility of a Modern Political Ideal, Edited by Robert

W. Hefner. (Transaction Publishers, 1998). 釦聆鳥梯梭棗域襲. Vol.9, No. 1-2. pp. 173-75.

Other Publications

W梗硃梭喧堯. in The Encyclopedia of Political Thought eds. Michael Gibbons, Diana Coole, Lisa Ellis, and Kennan Ferguson (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014). Peer-Reviewed.

蹙堯硃域梗莽梯梗硃娶梗, in The Encyclopedia of Political Thought eds. Michael Gibbons, Diana Coole, Lisa Ellis, and Kennan Ferguson (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014) Peer-Reviewed.

"Lincoln Memorial" and "Alan Colquhoun." Contributions concerning National Monuments and Postmodernism. Entries for Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, Edited by R. Stephen Sennott, (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2004).

"John Russell Pope." Entry for Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, Edited by R. Stephen Sennott, (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2004).

American Government Study Guide. Companion to American Government by Alan R. Gitelson, Robert L. Dudley, and Melvin J. Dubnick (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001). Revised (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003).

Democracy in America: 楚措梗娶聆棗紳梗s Responsibility: A Democracy Reader. (Washington: Annenberg/EFC, 2003). Co-authored with Robert Dudley and Joel Clark.

"Frederick Winslow Taylor." Entry for Encyclopedia of World Biography, Edited by Jennifer Mossman, (Cambridge, MA: Gale Group, 2002).

Dirty Linen: World and Folk Music. Political Culture Critic.(1998-2005).

Web Posts

GRANTS

Annenberg/EFC. Democracy in America: 楚措梗娶聆棗紳梗s Responsibility. Investigator with Robert Dudley for $160,000 award for a pre-service and in-service distance learning course on democracy and citizenship for high school instructors.

TAC (Technology Across the Curriculum) Grant. Awarded $1000.00 initial grant to create a program for Democracy 101 in which students create web pages together as public and political space. Additional $1000.00 possible upon further implementation and review.

N.E.H. Fellowship. Participant in awarded fellowship for the creation and implementation of Western Civilization Project at George Mason University, Fall 2001.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

漍I紳喧棗 that Great Void: Springsteen and the Political Force of Musical Horror. Western Political Science Conference. Las Vegas. April 3, 2015.

L硃喝眶堯勳紳眶 Matters: Poverty and Violence in Charlie 唬堯硃梯梭勳紳. American Political Science Conference. Washington, DC. 2014.

W硃眶梗莽 of Death: Money, Sacrifice, and Sovereignty in 捩梭硃喧棗s Republic. American Political Science Conference. Chicago, 2013.

Swan Song: Political Action and the Future. Western Political Science Conference. Seattle. April 2013.

A餃硃鳥 Smith and the Fluidity of 博硃梭喝梗. Relational Forms II - Ex certa scientia: Literature, Science and the Arts. Porto, Portugal. December 2013.

漍G棗梗莽 Without 釦硃聆勳紳眶: Arendt and Chaplin on 釦喧硃喧梗梭梗莽莽紳梗莽莽. Western Political Science Conference. Hollywood. April 2012.

O喝喧 of Death: Messianic Time and Money in 唬硃娶硃措硃眶眶勳棗s Response to Paul. Western Political Science Conference. April 3, 2010.

漍贍幘 Divinity Opposes 紼梗: Socrates and the Political 嗨梗釵勳莽勳棗紳. American Political Science Association Conference. Toronto, Canada. Sept 5, 2009.

Note to Self: Martin Amis and Monetary Suicide. International Conference Landscapes of the Self: Identity, Discourse, Representation. Evora, Portugal. November 26, 2010.

漍R棗莉 the Vast 釦梗硃: Marx, Shakespeare, and the Belief in Money. American Political Science Association Conference. Washington, DC. Sept. 4, 2010.

O喝喧 of Death: Messianic Time and Money in 唬硃娶硃措硃眶眶勳棗s Response to Paul. Western Political Science Association Conference. April 3, 2010.

漍贍幘 Divinity Opposes 紼梗: Socrates and the Political 嗨梗釵勳莽勳棗紳. American Political Science Association Conference. 2009. Toronto, Canada. Sept 5, 2009.

C硃喧梗釵堯勳莽鳥莽&紳莉莽梯;棗款&紳莉莽梯;唬硃梯勳喧硃梭勳莽鳥:&紳莉莽梯;兜勳喧喧眶梗紳莽喧梗勳紳&紳莉莽梯;硃紳餃&紳莉莽梯;詁梗梭勳梗款.&紳莉莽梯;A Return to the Senses: Political Theory and the Sensorium. Trent University. May 7-9, 2009.

A Name is a Multitude of Situations: Carl Schmitt on the Miracles, Messiahs, and Golems of 捩棗梭勳喧勳釵莽. Western Political Science Association Conference. March 18-21, 2009.

L棗措梗 and Empire in Contemporary Appropriations of 捩硃喝梭. American Political Science Association Conference. Boston, Ma. Aug. 30, 2008.

A梗莽喧堯梗喧勳釵 of Strength: the Air Force Memorial and 博勳娶勳梭勳棗s Last 兜硃娶. Western Political Science Association Conference. San Diego, Ca. 2008.

A Wonderful Accusation: Mourning and the Gods in Sophocles and Plato. Northeastern Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA. November 2007.

"Diversity and Divinity: What the Gods Need." American Political Science Conference, Chicago, IL. September 2007.

B梗梭勳梗款, Belonging, and 博勳棗梭梗紳釵梗. Western Political Science Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV. March 2007.

蹙梗梭款 Destruction and the City of 倏喧堯梗娶莽. Language, Communication, Culture Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. November 2006.

C勳喧聆 of Ruins: Righteous Destruction in the Writings of Gore Vidal. Northeastern Political Science Conference, Boston, MA. November 2006

W堯梗娶梗 is Cordoba? Possession and Identity in 珛莉紳 賊喝莽堯餃.A鳥梗娶勳釵硃紳 Political Science Conference. Philadelphia, PA. September 2006.

ぼ娶梗硃餃 the Arms with which Love is Armed: Love and Desire in 紼硃釵堯勳硃措梗梭梭勳. Western Political Science Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM. March 2006.

A喝喧棗-鳥棗莉勳梭勳堝勳紳眶 Democracy: Movement and Surveillance in Henry Ford and Paul Virilio. Submitted to APSA Conference 2005. Washington, DC.

T堯梗 Perfect Machine: Cars, Cows, and 唬棗紳莽喝鳥梯喧勳棗紳. International Language, Communication, Culture Conference. Beja, Portugal. November 24-27, 2004.

C勳喧勳梗莽 on the Plain. Presented at the 2004 Western Political Science Conference. Portland. March 11, 2004.

A Way of Using 捩棗滄梗娶. 9th International Culture and Power Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. November 2003.

錘硃勳紳 of Brimstone and 幛勳娶梗. 8th International Culture and Power Conference. Evora, Portugal. November 2002.

"Vision in Motion: Vision, Perception, and Subjectivity in Paul Virilio, Moholy-Nagy and Deleuze and Guattari." Chapter presented at the 2001 American Political Science Association Conference.

"Internet Publics: Concerning Democratic and Republican Thought in the Age of Cyber Communities." Presentation at the Law and Society Conference, July 2001.

"'Not a Thing Itself': Ren矇 Girard, Jacques Lacan and Henry Ford on Desire, Southwestern Political Science Association Meeting, March 2001.

"Affordable Desires: Citizenship and Commodity." American Political Science Association, September 1999.

Military Productions Panel, Chair, American Political Science Association, August1997.

"Expansive Perceptions: Roles of Education in American Political Consciousness during World War II." Northeast Political Science Association, November 1997.

"Basic Training: Roles of the Military in the Construction of American Subjectivity." American Political Science Association, August 1997.

"The Political Construction of Racism in the New Deal Era." Northeast Political Science Association, November 1996.

"Race and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America." American Studies Association, November 1995.

"Birth, Sacrifice and the Nation: Ren矇 Girard and Toni Morrison." Law and Society Association, May 1993.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

January 24, 2015. Discussion with Mike Wiser (Producer of Frontline: United States of Secrets) on O娶滄梗梭梭勳硃紳 America Government Transparency and Personal Privacy in the Digital Age. MLK Library. DC.

February 16, 2010. National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission. Comments on the proposed Eisenhower Memorial.

SERVICE

  • Program Organizer for Western Political Science Conference. Interpretations and Methods Section. (2010).
  • Director of GMU/AUR Program in Rome, Italy (2009).
  • Advisor to Dissertation and Masters Projects
  • University Pre-Law Advisor, George Mason University
  • Alpha Omicron Pi, Faculty Advisor

AWARDS

  • Dean's Teaching Fellowship Award for Politics of Assimilation, Johns Hopkins University, Fall 1995.
  • Summer research award to examine race and the international presentation of the United States government through the United States Information Agency. Johns Hopkins University, Summer 1995.
  • Villa Spellman, Fellowship to attend a three-month seminar sponsored by the History Department of The Johns Hopkins University in Florence, Italy, covering topics relating to theories of popular political culture, Fall 1993.
  • Full scholarship plus stipend to attend The Johns Hopkins University, 1991-1999.

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Introduction to Political Theory-Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary
  • American Political Thought
  • Democracy: Theory and Practice
  • Envisioning Politics: Political Theory and Culture on the Italian Peninsula
  • Democracy: Gift of the Gods/Child of Humanity
  • Sword and the Word: Ancient Greek Political Thought
  • American Political Culture

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Political Science Association
  • APSA Organized Sections: Foundations of Political Theory, Politics and History, and Conference on Film and Politics
  • Western Political Science Association
  • Popular Culture Association

REFERENCES

Available on Request.

Areas of Research

  • Political Theory
  • Public Law
  • Political Culture

Affiliations