Jacob Saliba

Teaching Assistant

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Jacob Saliba

M.A., Ph.D Candidate

Contact

Stokes Hall South 344

Email: jacob.saliba@bc.edu

Education

  • M.A. Political Science, Boston College
  • B.A. Political Science and Economics (with Honors), Ohio Dominican University

Courses

Europe in the World I & II

Asia in the World I & II

African Diaspora and the World I

Research Interests

Intellectual History, Modern European History

Advisor

Julian Bourg

Curriculum Vitae

Department

History

Biography

I am an intellectual historian of modern European thought with聽a focus on politics, philosophy, and religion in twentieth-century聽France. My dissertation, 鈥淭he Discovery of the Sacred in Interwar France: From Contestation to Cooperation, 1919-1941,鈥� examines the emergence of mutual intellectual projects and hybrid community bonds that formed between a network of Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and feminist thinkers between World War I and World War II. Major themes include phenomenology, Hegelianism, Thomism, political theology, and human rights. My scholarship has appeared in the聽Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, the聽Catholic Historical Review,聽European History Quarterly, and others.聽聽

Prior to my doctoral work, I received a BA in Political Science and Economics with honors from Ohio Dominican University and a MA in political philosophy from Boston College. I currently serve聽as Primary Editor of the聽Journal of the History of Ideas Blog.聽

Awards and Grants

John T. Ellis Dissertation Award, American Catholic Historical Association (2025)

Presidential Grant, American Catholic Historical Association (2024)

Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council (2023-2024)

Research Fellowship, Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Loyola University,聽Chicago (Summer 2023)

Research Grant, The Cushwa Center at Notre Dame University (2023)

Donald J. White Excellence in Teaching Award, Boston College (2023)

Research Grant, The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston聽College (2022)

Publications

Authority, History, and Political Theology: Alexandre Koj猫ve and Gaston Fessard S.J., translation of collected works and correspondence. Bloomsbury Press (forthcoming, 2026).

Thinking God Otherwise: Introduction to the Work of Emmanuel Falque聽(translation of聽Penser聽Dieu autrement: Introduction 脿 l鈥櫯搖vre d鈥橢mmanuel Falque聽by Alain Saudan). Wipf and Stock Press - Cascade Books imprint (forthcoming, 2026).聽

鈥淭he History behind Henri de Lubac鈥檚 Concept of the Supernatural:聽Nouvelle th茅ologie聽between Maurice Blondel and 脡tienne Gilson,鈥澛�The Catholic Historical Review聽Vol. 111, no. 1 (Winter 2025).

鈥淩esponding to the Global Crisis: 聽Jacques Maritain, World War II, and New York's聽脡肠辞濒别听尝颈产谤别,鈥澛�Journal of Global Catholicism聽Vol. 9, no.1 (2024).

鈥淪artre and the Phenomenology of Pain: A Closer Look,鈥澛�Journal of French and Francophone聽Philosophy聽Vol. 31, no.1 (2024).

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