Glory M. Liu
Contact
Information
616 Serra Street
Encina Hall West, Room 313
Department of Political Science
Stanford, CA 94305
Education
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Ph.D., Political Science, Expected: June 2017
Primary Field: Political theory
Minor Field: American politics
573.639.0413
[email protected]
https://stanford.edu/∼gloryliu
Clare College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
MPhil (coursework), Classics, July 2012
Dissertation: “Rivalling Panhellenism: Competition and Commemoration in Ancient
Greek Athletics" (unpublished)
MPhil, Political Thought and Intellectual History, July 2011
Dissertation: “Poverty, Social Justice, and the Legacy of Periclean Athens in Ancient
Greek Political Thought" (unpublished)
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
B.A., highest honors, Political Economy and Classics May 2010
Honors Thesis: “Politics on Display: Political Economy of the Public Museum.
Special Exhibitions at the British Museum, 2000-Present." (unpublished)
Dissertation
Project
Title: "Inventing the Invisible Hand: Adam Smith and the Making of an American
Creed"
Abstract: My dissertation asks the following question: how, when, and why did Smith
become known as “America’s economist," and why did we lose sight of his moral and
political vision of capitalism? The ideas of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations– such
as “the invisible hand," “self-interest," and “laissez-faire"–form the core of economic
theory and lie at the heart of American capitalist doctrine. Smith is often hailed
as the founding father of modern economics, and even of neoliberal political ideas;
however, this image of Smith not only misrepresents the Scottish moral philosopher,
but has promoted a popular vision of capitalism that neglects pro-social behavior and
views politics and economics as “amoral." Such visions are inconsistent with Smith’s
ideas in his Theory of Moral Sentiments and Lectures on Jurisprudence. I delve deep
into the historical and intellectual contexts of key political and economic thinkers
in American history from the eighteenth century onward, and trace a history of
Smith’s reception. I demonstrate the continual influence of Smith’s economic theory
on market institutions as well as on many other American political ideas.
Dissertation Committe: Josiah Ober (Political Science and Classics), Barry Weingast
(Political Science and the Hoover Institution), Alison McQueen (Political Science),
Caroline Winterer (History)
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Working
Papers
“Deriving ‘General Principles’ in Adam Smith: The ubiquity of equilibrium and comparative
statics analysis throughout his works"
(with Barry Weingast, to be submitted to the Adam Smith Review vol. 11)
“Adam Smith on What is Wrong with Inequality...and What to Do about It." Forthcoming
presentation at APSA 2016
“What’s the Matter with ’Inequality?’ Empirical Evidence for Normative Questions."
Conference
Presentations
and Invited
Talks
“Adam Smith on Inequality and the Social Bases of Self-Respect."
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
September 2016
“The Father of That Dismal Science: Adam Smith and the Chicago School, 1929-1980"
History of Economics Society Annual Conference
June 2016
Duke Center for the History of Political Economy
September 2016
Society for US Intellectual History Annual Conference
October 2016
“Material Wealth and Moral Corruption: Reinterpreting the ‘paradox of commercial
society’ in the works of Adam Smith" (Graduate Paper Award Winner)
Themes from Smith and Rousseau– Joint annual meeting of the International Adam
Smith Society and Rousseau Association
July 2015
“Adam Smith and John Rawls on the Sense of Justice"
Berkeley Graduate Conference in British Political Thought, 1500-1800 October 2014
“Adam Smith on Poverty and the Paradox of Commercial Society"
Western Political Science Association
April 2014
“Towards a Universal Civilization? Thomas Paine on Property and Poverty"
Berkeley Graduate Conference in British Political Thought, 1500-1800 February 2013
“Poverty, Social Justice, and the Legacy of Periclean Athens in Ancient Greek Political
Thought"
Clare College Graduate Research Forum
May 2011
Grants and
Awards
Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship
Stanford University
2016-2017
Visiting Dissertation Fellowship
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
2016-2017
Ric Weiland Graduate Fellowship in the School of Humanities and Sciences
Stanford University
2015-2016
Adam Smith Fellowship
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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2015–2016
Graduate Student Fellow
McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford University
2014-2015
Bradley Fellow
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
2013–Present
Vanessa Kong Kerzner Graduate Fellowship
Stanford University
2012–Present
A.G. Leventis Scholarship in Hellenic Studies
Clare College, Cambridge University
2010–2012
Departmental Citation in Political Economy
UC Berkeley
2010
Outstanding Honors Thesis Award in International and Area Studies
UC Berkeley
2010
Chair’s Book Prize in Classics
UC Berkeley
2010
Rhodes Scholar Finalist
2009
Edward Frank Kraft Award, UC Berkeley
2007
Research
Experience
Research Assistant, Department of Political Science
2013
Lisa Blaydes, Associate Professor of Political Science; Justin Grimmer, Associate Professor
of Political Science; Alison McQueen, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Teaching
Experience
Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Stanford University
PS 131L: Modern Political Thought
Fall 2015
Instructor: Professor Alison McQueen
and Winter 2014
PS 147P: The Politics of Inequality
Instructor: Professor Karen Jusko
PS 136S: Justice
Head Teaching Assistant
Instructor: Professor Han van Wietmarschen
Professor Joshua Cohen
Website manager, curriculum designer
Classics 34: Ancient Athletics
Instructor: Professor Susan Stephens
Graduate student instructor, Hope House Scholars Program
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Spring 2015
Fall 2014
Fall 2013
Winter 2014, 2015
June-July 2014
Service &
Professional
Activities
Co-President, Stanford Political Science Graduate Student Association
2014-2015
Participant & Discussant, Stanford Political Science Political Theory Workshop
Discussant for Alan Ryan, “Taking William Buckley Seriously:
Democracy without Elections?"
February 20, 2015
Discussant for Lisa Herzog, “The Normative Stakes of Economic Growth, or:
Why Adam Smith does not have a theory of ‘trickle down’"
October 24, 2014
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, International Adam Smith Society
Member, Society for US Intellectual History
Skills
Languages: Mandarin (conversational), Spanish (conversational), Ancient Greek (intermediate),
Latin (beginning-intermediate)
Software: R, STATA, LaTeX, Adobe Photoshop, Wordpress
References
Josiah Ober
Mitsotakis Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences
Department of Political Science
Phone: 650.724.0868
Stanford University
E-mail: [email protected]
Barry R. Weingast
Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Phone: 650.723.3729
Stanford University
E-mail: [email protected]
Alison McQueen
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Stanford University
Phone: 650.725.6121
E-mail: [email protected]
Caroline Winterer
Director and Antony P. Meier Family Professor in the Humanities
Stanford Humanities Center, Department of History
Phone: 650.723.9270
Stanford University
E-mail: [email protected]
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