PhD 2023 (History) Brandeis University  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nineteenth and twentieth century United States; legal history; history of capitalism; business history; political thought; critical legal studies; law and political economy

BIOGRAPHY

Jared Berkowitz is a historian of law and capitalism. His research focuses on nineteenth century American legal history with a particular interest in how the corporation has changed over time in American law and political economy. Jared received his BA in History from Rutgers College, JD from Rutgers School of Law, MA from Rutgers University and PhD from Brandeis University. In 2023, he joined the University of Chicago as an Assistant Instructional Professor of Law, Letters, and Society. Jared has taught courses in American Legal History, Law and Political Economy, and Legal Reasoning. Currently, he is working on a book manuscript, provisionally titled Creature of Capitalism: A Legal History of Corporate Personhood in Nineteenth Century America. The project tells the story of how the law of corporate personhood transformed from an instrument of regulation to a source of corporate power. Jared’s work has received support from the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, the American Society for Legal History, and the Business History Conference. His writing has appeared in the Virginia Law & Business Review as well as HistPhil.org.