Matthew Maher

Senior Lecturer of History

History

Bio

“We must conclude that education is not what it is said to be by some, who profess to put knowledge into a soul which does not possess it, as if they could put sight into blind eyes. On the contrary, the soul of every person does possess the power of learning the truth and the organ to see it with. And that, just as one might have to turn the whole body round in order that the eye should see light instead of darkness, so the entire soul must be turned away from this changing world, until its eye can bear to contemplate reality and that supreme splendor which we have called the Good. Hence, there may well be an art whose aim would be to effect this very thing, the conversion of the soul, in the readiest way; not to put the power of sight into the soul’s eye, which already has it, but to ensure that, instead of looking in the wrong direction, it is turned the way it ought to be.” — Plato, The Republic

Degree

MA in History / Completed all course work towards PhD.

State University of New York, University Center at Binghamton

BA in History and Philosophy

Drake University

Published Works

Larkin, K., Maher, S. M. (2022). Teaching Ludlow and Reacting to the Past. (). University Press of Colorado.
Maher, S. M. (2020). Review of The Intelligent Troglodyte’s Guide to Plato’s Republic by Douglas Drabkin. Open Textbook Library, https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-intelligent-troglodyte-s-guide-to-plato-s-republic
Maher, S. M. . Proposal and TOC Review for A People’s History (Volume I) of the World by Ruth Mostern. Oxford University Press,
Maher, S. M. (2016). Review of Auyang, The Dragon and the Eagle: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese and Roman Empires. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods , https://www.emporia.edu/~teaching-history/articles/2011-2020.html#spr2016
Maher, S. M. . Proposal Review for A People’s History of the World (Volume II) by Jeff Horn. Oxford University Press,
Maher, S. M. . Review of Kevin Reilly, Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader. MacMillan Education, www.macmillanhighered.com
Maher, S. M. (2013). Review of Kenneth Campbell, Western Civilizations: A Global Comparative Approach.. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, http://www.emporia.edu/~teaching-history/

Office Hours

By appointment. Messages can be left for me with the History Department, CN 211, or by phone (303-615-0500). Email: [email protected]

Additional Information

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