Michael Loriaux
Department of Political Science

Michael Loriaux (Ph.D., Princeton University), Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the French Interdisciplinary Group. He specializes in international relations theory, European and French politics, and international political economy. His interests include European integration, international monetary relations, and the philosophical underpinnings of international relations thought. His books include France After Hegemony: International Change and Financial Reform and Capital Ungoverned: Liberalizing Finance in Interventionist States (co-authored). He has recently completed a book manuscript entitled European Union: Myth and Deconstruction of the Rhineland Frontier (under contract with Princeton University Press). Loriaux served twice as co-director of the Northwestern Summer program in Arles. He has taught at Sciences Po (he is also a graduate) and is currently teaching in the Northwestern program on the European Union at Sciences Po.

m-loriaux@northwestern.edu