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: Ana Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Graduate Student Assistant Coordinator: David Lebow
Coodinator/Contact for Information: Pamela Greene, (203) 432-3052
Links to papers are provided when available.
| SPRING 2009 |
(Click here for a printable PDF version of the schedule) |
| JAN 15 |
Bryan Garsten, Department of Political Science, Yale University
"Religion and the Case Against Ancient Liberty: Benjamin Contant's Other Lectures" |
| JAN 22 |
Alex Kirshner, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Yale University
"Militant Democracy in the First Person"
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JAN 29
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Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, Comparative Literature and Italian Studies, Brown University
"Anna Antigone: Experiments in Group Upbringing" |
FEB 5
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Clifford Orwin, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
"Nietzsche's Ambiguous Critique of Compassion" |
| FEB 12 |
John Roemer, Department of Political Science, Yale University
"The Ethics of Intergenerational Distribution in a Warming Planet" |
| FEB 19 |
Shatema Threadcraft, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Yale University
"Another Star: Intimate Labor in Enslaved Women's Visions of Freedom"
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| FEB 26 |
Pablo De Greiff, Director, Research Unit, International Center for Transitional Justice
"Theorizing Transitional Justice" |
| MAR 5 |
Faviola Rivera-Castro, National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.),
"Freedom of Religion vs. Laicism in Mexican Liberalism"
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Sponsored by the Yale Center of Latin American Studies |
| APR 2 |
Ruth Abbey, Political Science, Notre Dame University / Murphy Institute Fellow, Tulane University
"The Return of Feminist Liberalism" |
| APR 16 |
Tamsin Shaw, Department of Politics, Princeton University
"The 'Last Man' Problem: Max Weber on Political Attitudes to Suffering" |
| APR 30 |
Sally Haslanger, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT
"Social Knowledge and Ideology Critique" |
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