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Professor of Government Eric M. Nelson ’99 has authored three books, speaks three languages, and reads five languages—all at the tender age of 32. To top it all off, the University has appointed Nelson, a political theorist, full professor in the government department.
Nelson's scholarly journey has taken him deep into the academic thickets of the history of political thought in early-modern Europe and America, his primary area of study. He is schooled in Thomas Hobbes' philosophy and edited Hobbes' translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
“I am incredibly humbled by the confidence of my colleagues and very excited by the prospect of a career at Harvard," Nelson said.
His colleagues know Nelson not just for his impressive array of credentials, but the mind and persona that lie underneath.
“I admire his work greatly," Professor of Government Michael E. Rosen said of Nelson in an e-mail. "The way that it combines historical erudition with conceptual acuteness is really extraordinary and the amount that he has written at such a young age�...