Theodor Paleologu, a former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, studied philosophy at the University of Paris I Sorbonne and holds a PhD in political philosophy from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and the University of Munich. He has held fellowships at Harvard, Notre Dame, and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. He has taught at Boston College, Deep Springs College, Bard College Berlin, and the University of Copenhagen. He served as the Romanian Ambassador to Copenhagen and Minister of Culture. He is currently the president of the Paleologu Foundation.