#  Tae-Yeoun Keum 

 

 



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Tae-Yeoun Keum is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University, where she studies political theory. Her research is on political myth, or narratives about political events or conditions that are taken for granted, and are not readily susceptible to critical evaluation. Her dissertation explores the relationship between myth and political thought in Plato’s writings and their modern reception. By reconstructing the discourse on myth in the Platonic tradition, it argues for a reassessment of the place of myth in politics and philosophy. Tae-Yeoun holds a BA in Humanities from Yale College and an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge. She also completed a secondary field in Comparative Literature at Harvard, and has broad interests in the history of political thought, both ancient and modern, and the intersection of political philosophy and literature.

 

 

 





 

 

- ## Discipline
    
     [Political Theory](/discipline/political-theory)
- ## Fellowship
    
     [Interdisciplinary Dissertation Completion](/fellowship/interdisciplinary-dissertation-completion)
- ## Fellowship Year
    
     [2014 - 2015](/fellowship-year/2014-2015)
- ## Role
    
     [Fellows](/role/fellow)