Wan Ning Seah

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Duke University, specializing in political theory. My research interests are in religious pluralism and toleration, democratic theory, ancient and early modern political thought, as well as French political thought. My dissertation examines the relationship between religious pluralism and regime type, with a focus on how and under what conditions some regimes that do not fit neatly into the category of liberal democracy have managed to sustain religious pluralism. My other work examines the concept of civil religion in Rousseau’s Social Contract. Prior to graduate school, I worked as a Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. I received my B.A. from Middlebury College.