Category Archives: Conferences

Liberalism Without Perfection, Luiss University of Rome, 23 May 2013

by Jonathan Quong and  Live Streaming on  Philosophy and Public Issues Journal Website One day launch workshop of the new series of *Philosophy and Public Issues*, an international journal of moral, political, legal and social philosophy edited by Sebastiano Maffettone … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Punishment book launch in Westminster

Punishment book launch The Houses of Parliament Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 Time: 17:00-19:00 Place: Committee Room 3, the Houses of Parliament, London Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should we punish criminals? What … Continue reading

Posted in Academia, Books, Conferences, Politics, Public Philosophy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

CfP: MANCEPT Workshop: ‘The Politics of Agonism’, 4th-6th September 2013

The agonist tradition has introduced to political thought an account of politics that focuses on the integral role of power and conflict in the relations between participants in society. But the tradition seems to be insufficiently aware of its conceptual … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

CFP: Hannah Arendt’s “On Revolution” after 50 years

September 25–26, 2013 Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile Keynote speakers: Jean Cohen (Columbia University) Robert Fine (University of Warwick) In March 1963, The Viking Press published Hannah Arendt’s book “On Revolution”. Since then, the book has provoked a significant … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences | Leave a comment

CFP: Power and Freedom, MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, University of Manchester, 4th – 6th September 2013 Convenors: Peter Morriss (National University of Ireland – Galway) Pamela Pansardi (University of Pavia) Co-sponsored with IPSA Research Committee on Political Power (RC36). The workshop aims at … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Notices | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Oxford Political Thought Conference 2014: competition for graduate students

The UK and Ireland Association for Political Thought invites graduate students registered at any UK or Irish university, engaged in research in the field of political thought, to submit papers for presentation at the Political Thought Conference 2014, to be … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

2013 Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop with Alex Gourevitch

The program for the manuscript workshop on “Something of Slavery Still Remains: Labor and the Cooperative Commonwealth,” by Alex Gourevitch, the winner of the 2013 GRIPP Manuscript Workshop Award, is now available here: http://profs-polisci.mcgill.ca/abizadeh/GRIPP-2013-Workshop.htm The workshop will be held at … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

C4P: “Incentives in Health Promotion: The Ethics and Politics of Healthy Choices”

A MANCEPT Workshop in Political Theory, convened by Richard Ashcroft (Queen Mary, University of London) and Jurgen De Wispelaere (McGill University) 4-6 September 2013, University of Manchester Behaviour shaping through incentives plays a major role in health and health promotion, … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences | Leave a comment

Idealism & Pragmatism: Convergence or Contestation?

We are pleased to announce a Leverhulme funded network project on the relation between idealism and pragmatism. The project will last three years, and will involve a series of workshops and a final conference. For further details see here: http://idealismandpragmatism.org/ … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Call for Abstracts – Conference on Intergenerational Justice at the University of York, 19-20 Sept 2013

INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE: OBLIGATIONS, PROMISES, FAILURES Thursday 19 – Friday 20 September 2013: University of York The School of Politics, Economics and Philosophy at the University of York and the Intergenerational Foundation are delighted to launch a call for papers aimed … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Grad Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

CFP: Cosmopolitanism and Conflict, Rome, October 11-13 2013

Call for Papers Cosmopolitanism and Conflict  John Cabot University, Rome, October 11-13 2013 Confirmed speakers: Daniele Archibugi (Birkbeck and CNR, Rome) Robert Bernasconi (Penn State)     James Bohman (St. Louis) Hauke Brunkhorst (Flensburg)     Fred Dallmayr (Notre Dame) Costas Douzinas (Birkbeck)     Patrick … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Conference Announcement: Liberalism and Republicanism: Public Policy Implications

School of Public Policy, Department of Political Science, University College London 13 February, 2013 Keynote speaker Dr Stuart White (Oxford) ‘The Liberal Contribution to Republican Political Theory’ In recent years there has been a growing interest among political theorists and … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | 1 Comment

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory: 2nd Call for Convenors

Tenth Annual Conference: 4th - 6th September 2013 Once again, the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT) in Politics at the University of Manchester will be organizing the annual Political Theory Workshops. Over the last nine years, participants from over twenty five … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

New volume: Public Reason 4 (1-2) [open access peer-reviewed journal]

 We are pleased to announce that Public Reason 4 (1-2) is now available online at http://publicreason.ro/cuprins/8 Public Reason is an open-access peer-reviewed journal of political and moral philosophy and all articles are available for download as .pdf, .mobi, and .epub. … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Journals, Notices | Leave a comment

CfP: Kant on Citizenship and Exclusion

CfP on “Kant on Citizenship and Exclusion” for a Panel at ECPR General Conference in Bordeaux in September 2013. Proposals are welcome and can be sent until 1st of February 2013. ECPR General Conference Bordeaux 04-07 September 2013 Section: Justification … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences | Tagged | Leave a comment

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory 2013, Call for Convenors

The MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory 2013 is an annual conference in political theory, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory, University of Manchester. This year’s conference will be the tenth event in the series and … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

CFP: Brave New World

BRAVE NEW WORLD CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for submission of abstract: 22nd March 2013 Brave New World 2013, the Seventeenth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Thursday … Continue reading

Posted in Academia, Calls for Papers, Conferences, Grad Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Call for Papers: IV Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho (Braga), May 20-21 2013

After three successful meetings on previous years, we now welcome paper proposals for the fourth Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, which will be held at University of Minho, Braga (Portugal), on May 20-21 2013. We invite contributions in both moral philosophy and normative … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Call for Papers: Northwestern University, Society for Ethical Theory & Political Philosophy, 7th Annual Conference. 16-18th May, 2013

Call for Papers From Faculty and Graduate Students Keynote Addresses: Talbot Brewer and Sarah Buss SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The deadline is February 15, 2013. We welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students, as some sessions will be reserved for student presentations. … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Grad Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

CONF: The Republican Model and Diversity, University of Copenhagen, November 8th

The Republican Model and Diversity November 8th 2012 Room 27.0.09, University of Copenhagen in Amager, metro Islands Brygge Workshop organized by the Centre for the Study of Equality of Multiculturalism (CESEM) in collaboration with the Institut Français and the French … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The idea of evil: secular approaches, 22 – 23 November 2012

MANCEPT/MANCEV CONFERENCE Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester Thursday 22 November Registration 9:30 – 10:00 10:00 – 11:30 Luke Russell (The University of Sydney) Evil and the Qualitative Difference Revisited Commentator: Richard Child (University of Manchester) 11:30 – 11.45 Break … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences | Leave a comment

Pittsburgh Philosophy Workshop: Law & Morality

December 1st, 2012 – Pitt University Club: The Philosophy Department at the University of Pittsburgh presents a workshop on Law & Morality   Speakers:   Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern) - “Does Respect Require Antiperfectionism?” Henry Richardson (Georgetown) - “Democratic Autonomy and Democratic Authority” Paul Weithman … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Responsibility and the Criminal Law

The University of Milan, Italy Department “Cesare Beccaria” 9 and 10 october 2012 Responsibility and the Criminal Law 9 october, 15.30 John Stanton-Ife (King’s College, London – The Law Commission) Mental Disorder and Sexual Consent: Williams and After Discussant: Filippo … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Call for papers

Workshop: “Sovereignty of the Market, or Sovereignty over the Market?” 23-25 January 2013 in Leiden (The Netherlands) Deadline abstracts (300 words): October 1st, 2012. This interdisciplinary workshop explores the hypothesis that the financial breakdown and the Euro-crisis raise a question of political … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Seminars | Leave a comment

The Lottery as a Democratic Institution

As you may know, I am organizing a workshop at Trinity College Dublin on “The Lottery as a Democratic Institution.” This workshop will be co-organized by Gil Delannoi (Sciences Po) and Oliver Dowlen. The workshop will be held on October … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices, Posts, Seminars, Symposia | Tagged | Leave a comment

The idea of evil: secular approaches

MANCEPT/MANCEV conference Thursday 22 November – Friday 23 November 2012 Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester Conference organisers Stephen de Wijze, (MANCEPT/Politics), dewijze@manchester.ac.uk Catherine Abell, (MANCEV/Philosophy), catharine.abell@manchester.ac.uk Eve Garrard, (MANCEPT/Philosophy), eve.garrard@manchester.ac.uk Speakers Adam Morton, (University of British Columbia) Luke Russell, … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Harvard University: Graduate Conference in Political Theory – October 26–27, 2012

The Department of Government (FAS) at Harvard University will host its annual conference for graduate students in political theory and political philosophy on October 26–27, 2012. Papers on any theme or topic within political theory — from the history of … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences | Leave a comment

One-day conference on “Liberalism without Perfection”: March 30, 2013, Cambridge, UK

Churchill College, Cambridge Saturday, March 30th, 2013 Quite a few political philosophers in recent years have favoured a view called liberal perfectionism. According to this view, liberal political morality is characterized by a commitment to helping individuals lead autonomous lives … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Collective Responsibility: Ethics, Law, and Public Policy for the Twenty-First Century (3-4 July 2012)

The conference will be hosted by the Centre for Advanced Studies, Justitia Amplificata, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, with funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Venue: Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany (near Frankfurt) To register, please email Ms Valérie Bignon at bignon@em.uni-frankfurt.de. Please indicate whether you … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Symposium on John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness

The Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog is hosting a symposium on John Tomasi’s newest book, Free Market Fairness. The symposium begins today, June 11th, and runs through next Monday, June 18th. The schedule for the symposium is below. Please see the … Continue reading

Posted in Academia, Books, Conferences, Notices, Politics | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

CFP: ‘Exploring the Green Framework’

Ninth Annual MANCEPT Political Theory Workshops (5th -7th September 2012) http://manceptworkshops2012.wordpress.com/ University of Manchester Call for Papers: Exploring the ‘Green Framework’ Environmental issues are fast becoming a central and pressing concern of the political landscape. The ‘Green Framework’, is comprised … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Blog Symposium on Libertarianism and Land

Over at the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog, we’re running a symposium this week on the topic of “Libertarianism and Land,” featuring essays by Eric Mack, Hillel Steiner, Fred Foldvary, Kevin Carson, and David Schmidtz. The first essay went up this … Continue reading

Posted in Academia, Conferences, Notices | Tagged | Leave a comment

CFP: Brave New World

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline for submission of abstract: 9th April 2012 Brave New World 2012, the Sixteenth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Wednesday 27th … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Grad Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

2012 Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop with Daniel Viehoff

The program for the manuscript workshop on “The Authority of Democracy,” by Daniel Viehoff of the University of Sheffield, is now available here: http://profs-polisci.mcgill.ca/abizadeh/GRIPP-2012-Workshop.htm The workshop will be held at McGill University on 2012-05-29.

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Upcoming Conference: ‘Measures of Subjective Well-being for Public Policy: Philosophical Perspectives’

Conference: ‘Measures of Subjective Well-being for Public Policy: Philosophical Perspectives’ Registration now open. Keynote Speakers: Richard Layard Peter Railton Valerie Tiberius Dan Haybron This post is to inform the ‘Public Reason’ blog community about an inter-disciplinary international conference on “Measures … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Tagged | Leave a comment

Upcoming Conference: Global Poverty: What Do We Know? Where Do We Go From Here?

Yale University SML Lecture Hall April 12-13, 2012 April 12th, 9:30am–6pm: The Next Steps for Global Poverty Alleviation Panelists will discuss the next steps that should be taken towards the alleviation of global poverty. Discussion will focus on the question … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Tagged | Leave a comment

Tennessee Value and Agency Conference 2012 – CFA

The inaugural Tennessee Value and Agency Conference will take place in November 2012.  Tim Scanlon (Harvard) and Pamela Hieronymi (UCLA) will keynote.  The meeting will focus on themes in the moral philosophy of Rawls and Kant.  Conference information and the … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

CFP (extended deadline): Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (Northwestern)

CALL FOR PAPERS From faculty and graduate students SOCIETY FOR THE THEORY OF ETHICS AND POLITICS Northwestern University, 6th Annual Conference, May 17–19, 2012 Keynote speakers: Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton) T. M. Scanlon (Harvard) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: We welcome submissions from … Continue reading

Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Henle Conference on Happiness and Well-Being

The Department of Philosophy at Saint Louis University will be hosting the Henle Conference on Happiness and Well-Being on March 30-31, 2012. A tentative schedule appears below. SCHEDULE Friday, March 30 1:00 pm     Welcoming Remarks 1:15 pm     Valerie Tiberius (University … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment

Charles Taylor at 80: An International Conference

Registration is required and free of charge. To register, please send name, affiliation and contact information to: taylor.conference.2012 [at] gmail.com Charles Taylor at 80: An International Conference March 29-31 2012, Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal Charles Taylor à 80 ans: un colloque international … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Notices | Leave a comment