Dr Peter J. Verovšek

Dr Peter J. Verovšek is a Senior Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of European Integration at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College with a degree in Political Science and German, and later, as a Fulbright Scholar, conducted research on the impact of memory of World War II on politics in the former Yugoslavia.

He earned his Master’s, MPhil, and PhD in Political Science from Yale University. His research focuses on critical social theory, particularly the relationships between democracy, capitalism, and the nation-state, as well as the thought of the Frankfurt School (especially Jürgen Habermas) and Hannah Arendt. Within international political theory, his earlier work examined how collective memory, as a socially mediated resource, enables political innovation following major historical ruptures.

His current work also investigates the transformation of the public sphere in the digital age and the challenges of contemporary citizenship.

Dr Verovšek is open to supervising master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral researchers in the areas of 19th and 20th century political theory, international political theory, critical theory, political memory, transitional justice, and normative issues related to migration and European integration. He also welcomes collaboration with researchers from the University of Ljubljana on joint research projects.