Christopher Carter
- Assistant Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
- John L. Nau III Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy, University of Virginia
Christopher Carter is an assistant professor in UVA’s department of politics and the John L. Nau III Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy. He is also a research associate at the Center on the Politics of Development at the University of California, Berkeley. His research examines the historical foundations of indigenous groups’ demands for autonomy in the Americas. The research for his book project won the 2020 APSA Best Fieldwork Award and the 2021 Juan Linz Prize for best dissertation in the comparative study of democracy. His work has been published or is forthcoming in American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Perspectives on Politics, Party Politics, and the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.
Events
Democracy Across Cultures
Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Emily Burrill, Christopher Carter, Oludamini Ogunnaike, Kristina Richardson, Jhanisse Vaca-Daza
How are practices and concepts related to democracy articulated in different cultural contexts? Faculty members gather to discuss three specific examples: the classical ancient world, indigenous Latin America, and Islamic societies.
