Shasta is the Klemens von Klemperer Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College. Her dissertation, “What is Real in Political Realism? Authority in Arendt, Machiavelli, and Kautilya” proposes that political realism is contextually limited and has primarily to do with understanding how authority can be exerted in a given political context. Realists assume the concept of authority to be central to realism, and where people place epistemic authority is crucial to understanding political authority. Shasta is also interested in understanding what it means to be a citizen, and how the idea of citizenship has changed over time.

She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford.

You can get in touch with Shasta at shastakaul@gmail.com.