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Conference on *Respect, Global Justice and Human Rights* - Pavia, 5-7 Nov 2009

Friday, 9 October 2009 in Conferences, Notices by Emanuela Ceva | No comments

Conference on Respect, Global Justice and Human Rights

Organized by HDCP/IRC- Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Centre at IUSS-Institute for Advanced Study (Pavia) and Faculty of Political Science, University of Pavia. Kindly supported by: FIRB Research Project: RBIN06ZFSE and Fondazione Cariplo

5 Nov 2009 - Aula Grande Facoltà di Scienze Politiche

12:30 Welcome buffet lunch (Aula Leoni)

14:30 - 15 Welcome address:
Prof. Fabio Rugge, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, University of Pavia
Prof. Roberto Schmid, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS) Pavia

Introduction: Dr Emanuela Ceva (IUSS, University of Pavia)

Section 1: 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker: Anna Elisabetta Galeotti (University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli), Equal Respect and Democratic Politics
Discussant: Federico Zuolo (University of Pavia) - Chair: Michael Romann (Tel-Aviv University)

16:30 -17:00 Coffee break (Aula Leoni)

Section 2: 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker: Brian Leiter (University of Chicago), Foundations of Religious Liberty: Toleration or Respect?
Discussant: David Weberman (CEU, Budapest) - Chair: Enrico Biale (Université Catholique de Louvain)

6 Nov 2009 - Aula Magna del Collegio “Giasone del Maino”

Section 3: 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker: Emanuela Ceva (IUSS, University of Pavia), Self-legislation, Respect and the Reconciliation of Minority Claims
Discussant: Magali Bessone (University of Rennes I) - Chair: Igor Pribac (University of Ljubliana)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

Section 4: 11:30- 13:00
Speaker: Rainer Forst (University of Frankfurt), The Justification of Human Rights and the Right to Justification
Discussant: Maxim Khomyakov (Ural State University) - Chair: Zaid Eyadat (University of Jordan)

13:00 - 15:00 Buffet lunch

Section 5: 15:00- 16:30
Speaker: James Nickel (Arizona State University), Rights, Goals, and Respect
Discussant: Ian Carter (University of Pavia) - Chair: Tong Dezhi (Tianjin Normal University)

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break

Section 6: 17:00- 18:30
Speaker: Darrel Moellendorf (San Diego State University), Human Dignity, Equality, and Global Justice
Discussant: Nils Holtug (University of Copenhagen) - Chair: Alexei Pikulik (European Humanities University)

7 Nov 2009 - Aula Magna del Collegio “Giasone del Maino”

Section 7: 9:00 - 10:30
Speaker: Simon Caney (Oxford University), TBC
Discussant: Sune Laegaard (University of Copenhagen) - Chair: Gideon Calder (University of Wales, Newport)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

Section 8: 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker: Sebastiano Maffettone (Luiss University, Rome), TBA
Discussant: Enzo Rossi (University of Wales, Newport) - Chair: Claire Moulin-Doos (University of Bremen)

12:30 Buffet lunch

*Attendance at the conference is free. Lunches will be available at the price of 18€ each. To register your interest (and enable us to organise for the right numbers), please email Enrica Ruaro: enrica.ruaro@unipv.it by the 26th of October

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