Conferences
Lincoln’s Tragic Pragmatism:
A Conference on John Burt’s Book on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Friday, May 3, 2013
Whitney Humanities Center 208 – 53 Wall Street
130 – 315 “The New Birth of Freedom in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address”
Lecture by John Burt (Department of English, Brandeis), followed by Q & A
345 – 530 Roundtable discussion: Lincoln’s Tragic Pragmatism
Chair: Steven Smith (Department of Political Science, Yale)
Discussants:David Bromwich (English Department, Yale)
James Kloppenberg (History Department, Harvard)
Stephen Skowronek (Department of Political Science, Yale)
Skip Stout (Department of History, Yale)
530 – 630 Reception
Teaching Political Philosophy:
A Conference on Steven Smith’s Political Philosophy
(Yale
University Press)
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Whitney Humanities Center 208 – 53 Wall Street
100 – 215 Robert Faulkner (Boston College) and Judith Swanson (Boston University)
discuss Smith’s ancient political theory
230 – 345 Julie Cooper (University of Chicago) and Dan Mahoney (Assumption College)
discuss Smith’s modern political theory
400 – 515 Danilo Petranovich (Yale) chairs a roundtable discussion on Yale undergraduates
and the Great Books
530 – 630 Reception
Three Revolutions?
Remaking Political Society in Britain & America, 1640–1865
June 28-29, 2012
Yale University
Rethinking Lincoln
Friday October 21, 2011
HGS 211 · 320 York Street
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10:00 Opening remarks by Steven Smith co-director YCSRI
10:15–12:00 Morning Panel Philosopher or Prophet?
Ralph Lerner, University of Chicago
Steven Smith, Yale University
Discussant: Luke Mayville, Yale University
1:30–3:15 Afternoon Panel Defender of the Constitution?
Benjamin Kleinerman, Michigan State University
Danilo Petranovich, Yale University
Discussant: Justin Zaremby, Yale University
4:00–5:45 Roundtable on Eric Foner’s The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner, Columbia University
David Bromwich, Yale University
Andrew Murphy, Rutgers University
Teresa Bejan, Yale University