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Shal Marriott

4 years

"The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people that he understands it." - Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments

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11 months

Academics when they realize it’s August.

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3 years

I’m sure there are many academics who would find this relatable.

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2 years

This is relatable.

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1 year

Analytic philosophy feels like what would happen if someone got really drunk at a bar and tried to turn everything into math.

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1 year

Being a scholar is just saying “I haven’t read it yet but it’s on my list” every day until you die.

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2 years

A philosophy professor once told me: “We need to remember that early and late Wittgenstein are both Wittgenstein.”

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2 years

My partner: “Define justice?” Me: “I can’t do that. Socrates tried and couldn’t figure it out!” My partner: “It’s fairness.”

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1 year

Who is someone you strongly disagree with but who you think writes in a persuasive way?

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3 years

Favourite philosophical movie?

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2 years

Undergraduate dissertation submitted! It has been a wonderful 8 months of writing about Hume and Smith. I have been so fortunate to have had a wonderful supervisor, an inspiring community of political theorists, and kind friends who kept me company along the way.

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3 years

I don’t like the fact that staring at your phone is an acceptable social behaviour, but pulling out a book in the middle of a conversation is not.

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2 years

What’s your favourite university press? Mine is Princeton.

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5 months

My thesis has been submitted for review, and I have four offers from PhD programs on the table (Wisconsin-Madison, Toronto, McGill, Georgetown). It has been a pretty successful week!

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5 months

Delighted to share that I’ve been admitted into the political science PhD program at McGill University! This is the first graduate program I’ve heard back from, and I’m thrilled by the news!

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3 years

This was the first philosophy book I ever bought. It was the summer after my first year of university. I got it for ten cents from a library. I recall my boss at the pizza place I was working made the remark: “That looks boring.”

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2 years

I still stand by this Hobbes related meme.

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2 years

Offer accepted! I am delighted to share that this fall I will be joining the Department of Political Science at McGill University as an MA student in political theory! I am looking forward to living in Montreal and being a part of the wonderful academic community there.

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1 year

Me as an undergraduate student in political theory: “I’ve solved The Republic, now let me tell you the meaning of it.” Me as a graduate student in political theory: “So I think I have a definition of the concept, but it’s probably wrong, and also it’s unclear what a concept is.”

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5 months

Offer of admission from the PhD program in political theory at Georgetown University!

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1 year

Graduate student sitting on a conference panel with experts in their field for the first time.

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2 years

Toddler has taken to complaining that “this isn’t fair” and now it’s time to have the Rawls talk with her.

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2 months

On this day 7 years ago, I formally announced my decision to pursue political theory. In that time, I’ve achieved two degrees, one publication, received offers from several PhD programs, and made the decision to stay at McGill. It has been an adventure.

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2 years

*My toddler picks up Plato* Her: “Are there monsters in this book?” Me: “Depends if you think poets are monsters.” No one laughed.

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2 years

It is my political theory anniversary! Five years ago today I decided to leave an engineering degree to study political science. I cannot express how much joy this field has brought me, and I’ve been so grateful to explore these ideas with wonderful people.

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3 years

One of these things is not like the others.

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2 years

Offer of admission from McGill University for their MA program in Political Science!

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3 years

@ConnorMEwing Or perhaps they did read the syllabus and felt it was improper to take the cash.

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3 years

Happy birthday David Hume! Hume was one of the first philosophers I ever read, and he is someone who has undoubtedly changed my life. I am often reminded of how deeply he valued friendship. There is no better way to spend today, than by appreciating those whose company we keep.

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2 years

Got accepted to a fellowship program!

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7 months

Submitted my first PhD application last night. So it begins.

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4 months

Delighted to share that after much thought and consideration, I have decided to remain at McGill as a PhD student this fall. Very excited to continue my research here in Montreal!

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1 year

So Oxford is indeed a real place.

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2 years

Honest book reviews:

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3 years

Does that feeling of always being behind on all the books you think you should have already read, ever go away?

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2 years

Currently creating a detailed reading list on works of legal philosophy. If you have a book or article you’d recommend, let me know!

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1 year

On a train, reading Plato and drinking coffee.

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9 months

Political philosophers: “Plato? Oh, one of those pre-Rawls thinkers.”

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2 years

One of the reasons I love reading David Hume is because he inspires me to be a better friend.

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2 years

I was going to tell a Strauss joke but you’d probably read into it.

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8 months

John Rawls and Justice as Fairness!

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1 year

Six years ago on April 25th, I took this picture in a bookstore to celebrate the fact that I had formally begun my studies of political theory. There is absolutely nothing else I could imagine doing with my life, and I am so happy to wake up every day and work on these texts.

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2 years

As someone who has come to appreciate Rousseau over this year, Shklar perfectly summarizes why we should read him: "To have read Rousseau with some care is to have thought about all that is most relevant to political philosophy and to the intellectual imagination in general."

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2 years

Neither one of my parents have a university degree. When I started studying in 2013, I thought I would be an engineer. There were plenty of times over the past several years where I wondered if I’d ever receive this email. Today I did. I am so proud of how far I’ve come.

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2 years

University libraries should be open 24 hours.

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1 year

If it’s good enough for Shklar…

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1 year

My first day as a teaching assistant!

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2 years

Happy birthday David Hume! I am not only a better philosopher but a better person for reading your work. Here is to celebrating with glasses of wine and backgammon!

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2 years

@KateHeeChoi I absolutely understand why this feels offensive. As a student myself however, I would assume it was genuinely just poor phrasing. Of course tone matters. But it may well be that they saw two potential supervisors and wanted to try and make an honest assessment.

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2 years

Offer of admission from the University of Toronto for their MA program in Political Science!

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8 months

List of PhD Programs I am applying to: Boston College McGill Brown Harvard Wisconsin-Madison Notre Dame Toronto Concordia/Carleton Cambridge Georgetown UC Davis If there are any obvious omissions, let me know!

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3 years

Advice I wish I had of heard in my first year of university: it is better to have a good sense of humor than to try and convince people you're the smartest person in the room.

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3 years

The more time I spend studying history, the better I am at studying political theory.

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10 months

Some of the books I’m reading this semester.

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3 years

As someone in political science, I’ll never forget Albert Hirschman reminding me to stand up against the economists.

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Delighted to share that I have been awarded an Elinor Ostrom Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year!

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3 years

I am thrilled to share that I have just been offered a Don Lavoie Fellowship through the Mercatus Center for the 2021-2022 academic year!

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7 months

Being in a relationship with another graduate student means discussing John Rawls over morning coffee.

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2 years

When someone asks your research interests and you gesture vaguely to the stack of books on your table.

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3 years

This is how I imagine someone breaking up with John Rawls: “You know what isn’t ideal? Our relationship!”

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2 years

The University of Calgary has decided to make me an offer of admission to their MA program in Political Science! I will not be making any decisions until I hear back from all of the institutions I have applied to, but it's an incredibly rewarding feeling to have any offer at all.

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1 year

Graduate school in a nutshell.

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3 years

@ConnorMEwing I read the syllabus. I would not have collected the money unless I knew the professor quite well. It’s a weird request! If the syllabus said to send a dog photo for a bonus mark however, that I would do.

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3 years

This time last year I was reading Rousseau and thinking about how tyrannical he was, and now I'm reading Rousseau and thinking about how greatly he appreciates freedom and friendship.

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3 years

Today in conversation:

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3 years

Montesquieu: "Look at this book I wrote!" America: "We like the separation of powers part." Montesquieu: "But it contains so much more! There are discussions of history and commerce and law." America: "Separation. Of. Powers."

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6 months

Drop the most iconic pic of you. 2018, in Sicily, discussing philosophy.

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Drop the most iconic pic of you. 2019 in Napoli. I’ve lost a lot of cool points since this pic.

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2 years

Backup plans if academia doesn’t work out: 1) Think tank/educational organization 2) LEGO set designer 3) Hype person at conferences who tells people how great their presentations went 4) Bartender 5) Dress up Socrates for kids parties

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7 months

Delighted to share that my MA thesis proposal has been passed by the Department of Political Science!

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2 years

Today is my 27th birthday! I’m so fortunate to have a family to love, friends to laugh with, a passion for what I study, and so many wonderful people to have meaningful conversations with. I couldn’t ask for more.

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2 years

Graduate school applications are now over, and I’m thrilled to have MA offers from: Calgary, Carleton, Concordia, McGill and Toronto! If anyone has thoughts about any of these programs, feel free to share them privately with me. Tough decisions ahead.

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1 year

Celebrating my 28th birthday today! “It is at this place in life, in beholding the beautiful itself, my dear Socrates,’ the Mantinean stranger said, ‘that it is worth living, if - for a human being - it is [worth living] at any place.” - Symposium

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3 years

My honours project is going to be on friendship in Adam Smith and David Hume, and honestly it’s such a delightful project that I’m really excited to spend time working on it.

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2 years

Books which are both important to me intellectually but have sentimental value for various reasons. They get their own box.

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3 years

Every morning:

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3 years

I am once again ranting about how more people need to read Hume.

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3 years

A Leverhulme Prize winner now follows me on Twitter. Going to put this on my academic CV.

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And with that, my MA is complete!

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3 years

@jtlevy I don’t think a parent would ever be able to use a car seat again if the standard was “toddler not protesting and screaming.”

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1 year

Delighted to share that the panel "Amongst Friends and Enemies Alike: Judith Shklar in the 20th Century" has been accepted to APSA 2023!

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2 years

First day of graduate school!

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1 year

Best friends sitting together on my bookcase.

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2 years

What is your melancholy political theory reading recommendation?

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3 years

Reading The Use of Knowledge in Society by F.A. Hayek. Such a fun article!

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2 years

How it started (2016) and how it’s going (2022)

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3 years

Finally set up the decanter, and it looks wonderful!

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3 years

What I’m looking for in a graduate program: 1) Easily accessible coffee. 2) An advisor with a sense of humour who does not judge me when I send them an email at 3am. 3) An environment which fosters a community of diversity and intellectual disagreement. 4) Good brunch places.

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2 years

Celebrating the good news!

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2 years

Once again reading about Shklar, and this struck me as rather hilarious: "She once announced to a somewhat stunned seminar that she would be married to Bentham but have an affair with Rousseau."

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1 year

Whenever I read French philosophy.

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2 years

Undergraduate dissertation mark returned, and with that my degree is over.

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2 years

My political theory books are now back where they belong, on a bookcase. I feel like so much of who I am and what I love is reflected on these shelves.

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5 months

Very excited for this upcoming event at Georgetown University!

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1 year

Me: “I don’t work without deadlines.” Friend: “But you can give yourself deadlines.” Me: “But I can also give myself extensions…”

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1 year

Created two years ago. I stand by it.

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2 years

My partner agreed to read a political theory book with me, but asked that it be engaging and keep him in suspense. I am not entirely sure he understands what a political theory book is.

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3 years

Alright, I have been tempted. Going to take a brief break from the other Confessions to read this cover to cover over the weekend.