Dr. Erik de Bom
Erik De Bom (1983, Antwerp – Belgium) is research fellow of the section Practical Philosophy.
He studied classics (MA) and political science (MA) at the Catholic University of Leuven. In 2009 he obtained a Ph.D. in the field of Neo-Latin literature with a dissertation on the political ideas of Justus Lipsius and their influence in the early modern Netherlands. On these subjects he has published a monograph, co-edited a volume in the international book series 'Brill's Studies in Intellectual History', and written several articles and contributions.
Since September 2011 Erik De Bom is associated as a research fellow of the Faculty of Philosophy of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is working on a second Ph.D.-project, which is provisionally entitled 'A Theory of Justice for Europe', under the supervision of Ingrid Robeyns (Rotterdam) and Helder De Schutter (Leuven). The aim of the project is to devise a theory of justice, not on the domestic or global level, but on the level in between.
Research interests
* the history of political thought
with special attention to the seventeenth century
* political theory
with special attention to the European Union, theories of justice, the problem of boundaries, migration and federalism
Selected publications
Erik De Bom, Geleerden en politiek. De politieke ideeën van Justus Lipsius in de vroegmoderne Nederlanden (Hilversum: Verloren, 2011)
[See website: www.verloren.nl/boeken/2086/248/2762/cultuur-en-mentaliteit/geleerden-en-politiek]
Erik De Bom – Marijke Janssens – Toon Van Houdt – Jan Papy (eds.), (Un)masking the Realities of Power. Justus Lipsius and the Dynamics of Political Writing in Early Modern Europe, Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History, 193 (Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2011)
[See website: www.brill.nl/unmasking-realities-power]
Erik De Bom, ‘Political Philosophy’, in Jan Bloemendal – Charles Fantazzi – Philip Ford (eds.) Encyclopaedia of Neo-Latin Studies (Leiden – Boston: Brill, forthcoming)
