POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
The Political Theory Workshop provides an informal, interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of work in progress. The workshop features papers by Yale faculty members, visiting scholars, and graduate students in the fields of political philosophy, social theory, ethics, intellectual history, and related disciplines. Papers are distributed in advance and participants come prepared to discuss them in detail.
The Political Theory Workshop meets on selected Thursdays from 4:15-6:00 p.m. at ISPS, 77 Prospect Street, Room A001. The seminar is followed by a reception.
Faculty Organizer: Karuna Mantena, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Graduate Student Assistant Coordinator: Joseph Lampert
Contact for information: Pamela Greene, (203) 432-3052
Links to papers are provided when available.
| SPRING 2008 |
(Click here for a printable PDF version of the schedule) |
| JAN 24 |
David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University
"Burke's Speech at the Bristol Guildhall Previous to the Election of 1780" |
| FEB 7 |
David Scott, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
"Norms of Self-Determination"
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FEB 21
(Rescheduled)
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Ange-Marie Hancock, Political Science and African American Studies, Yale University
"The Double Consciousness of the Pariah: Hannah Arendt and W.E.B. Du Bois in Conversation" |
FEB 28
(Rescheduled) |
Reva Siegel, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, Yale University
"The Right's Reasons: Constitutional Conflict and the Spread of Woman-Protective Abortion Argument" |
| MAR 6 |
Ruth Grant, Professor of Political Science, Duke University
"The Power of Custom: A Neglected Aspect of Locke's Thought" |
| MAR 27 |
Matthew Smith, Professor of Philosophy and Law, Yale University
"A Legal Right to Revolution?" |
| APR 10 |
Roy Tsao, Lecturer in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, Yale University
"Michael Oakeshott, Continental Liberal? An Essay on Reading Oakeshott Together With Hegel " |
| APR 17 |
Richard Bourke, Lecturer in History, Queen Mary, University of London
"Theory and Practice: The Revolution in Political Judgment" |
| MAY 1 |
James Tully, Professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance and Philosophy, University of Victoria, Canada
"Global Citizenship and Imperialism Today" |
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