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Sarah Conly, Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism
Bina Agarwal, Jane Humphries, and Ingrid Robeyns, eds., Amartya Sen's Work and Ideas: A Gender Perspective (US) (UK) (CA)
Catherine Audard, John Rawls (US) (UK) (CA)
Maria Baghramian & Attracta Ingram, eds., Pluralism: The Philosophy and Politics of Diversity (US) (UK) (CA)
Bat-Ami Bar On, The Subject of Violence (US) (UK) (CA)
Christian Barry and Thomas Pogge, eds., Global Institutions and Responsibilities (US) (UK) (CA)
Sonu Bedi, Rejecting Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Richard Bellamy, Political Constitutionalism (US) (UK) (CA)
Charles Blattberg, From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics (US) (UK) (CA)
Chiara Bottici, A Philosophy of Political Myth (US) (UK) (CA)
Laurent Bouvet, Le communautarisme: Mythes et réalités (US) (UK) (FR)
Corey Brettschneider, Democratic Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Harry Brighouse, On Education (US) (UK) (CA)
Harry Brighouse and Gillian Brock, eds., The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism (US) (UK) (CA)
Gillian Brock, Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account (US) (UK) (CA)
Thom Brooks, Hegel's Political Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Thom Brooks, ed., The Global Justice Reader (US) (UK) (CA)
Allen Buchanan, Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination (US) (UK) (CA)
Mark Button, Contract, Culture, and Citizenship: Transformative Liberalism from Hobbes to Rawls (US) (UK) (CA)
Gideon Calder, Rorty's Politics of Redescription (US) (UK) (CA)
Eamonn Callan, Creating Citizens (US) (UK) (CA)
Simon Caney, Justice Beyond Borders: A Global Political Theory (US) (UK) (CA)
Thomas Christiano, The Constitution of Equality (US) (UK) (CA)
Claudio Corradetti, Relativism and Human Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
M. Victoria Costa, Rawls, Citizenship, and Education (US) (UK) (CA)
Derrick Darby, Rights, Race, and Recognition (US) (UK) (CA)
Monique Deveaux, Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States (US) (UK) (CA)
Keith Dowding, Jurgen De Wispelaere, and Stuart White, eds., The Ethics of Stakeholding (US) (UK) (CA)
William Edmundson, Three Anarchical Fallacies (US) (UK) (CA)
David Estlund, Democratic Authority (US) (UK) (CA)
Colin Farrelly, Justice, Democracy and Reasonable Agreement (US) (UK) (CA)
Alessandro Ferrara, The Force of the Example (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher Finlay, Hume's Social Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Gordon Finlayson, Habermas: A Very Short Introduction (US) (UK) (CA)
James Fleming, Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy (US) (UK) (CA)
Anna Elisabetta Galeotti, Toleration as Recognition (US) (UK) (CA)
Graeme Garrard, Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment (US) (UK) (CA)
Carol Gould, Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Benjamin Gregg, Coping in Politics with Indeterminate Norms (US) (UK) (CA)
Lori Gruen, Ethics and Animals: An Introduction (US) (UK) (CA)
Jospeh Heath, Following the Rules (US) (UK) (CA)
Jason Hill, Becoming a Cosmopolitan (US) (UK) (CA)
Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, eds., Egalitarianism (US) (UK) (CA)
Iseult Honohan, Civic Republicanism (US) (UK) (CA)
Dustin Ells Howes, Toward a Credible Pacifism (US) (UK) (CA)
Michael Huemer, Ethical Intuitionism (US) (UK) (CA)
Thomas Hurka, Perfectionism (US) (UK) (CA)
Alison Jaggar, ed., Just Methods: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Reader (US) (UK) (CA)
Simon Keller, The Limits of Loyalty (US) (UK) (CA)
Mark Kingwell and Patrick Turmel, eds., Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space (US) (UK) (CA)
Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols, eds., Experimental Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Ari Kohen, In Defense of Human Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Anthony Langlois, The Politics of Justice and Human Rights: Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory (US) (UK) (CA)
Steven Lecce, Against Perfectionism: Defending Liberal Neutrality (US) (UK) (CA)
Jacob T. Levy, The Multiculturalism of Fear (US) (UK) (CA)
Roderick T. Long, Reason and Value: Aristotle versus Rand (US) (UK) (CA)
Colin Macleod, Liberalism, Justice, and Markets: A Critique of Liberal Equality (US) (UK) (CA)
Rex Martin and David Reidy, eds., Rawls's Law of Peoples (US) (UK) (CA)
Matt Matravers, Responsibility and Justice (US) (UK) (CA)
Larry May, War Crimes and Just War (US) (UK) (CA)
John Maynor, Republicanism in the Modern World (US) (UK) (CA)
Steven Mazie, Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State (US) (UK) (CA)
Noëlle McAfee, Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher McMahon, Collective Rationality and Collective Reasoning (US) (UK) (CA)
Saladin Meckled-Garcia and Basak Cali, eds., The Legalization of Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Approaches (US) (UK) (CA)
Peter Meyers, Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen (US) (UK) (CA)
Darrel Moellendorf, Global Inequality Matters (US) (UK) (CA)
Diane Morgan and Gary Banham, eds., Cosmopolitics and the Emergence of the Future (US) (UK) (CA)
Colleen Murphy, A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation (US) (UK) (CA)
Jan Narveson, You and the State: A Short Introduction to Political Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Nahshon Perez, Freedom from Past Injustices (US) (UK) (CA)
Jonathan Quong, Liberalism without Perfection (US) (UK) (CA)
George Rainbolt, The Concept of Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Andrew Rehfeld, The Concept of Constituency (US) (UK) (CA)
Rob Reich, Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education (US) (UK) (CA)
David Reidy and Walter Riker, Coercion and the State (US) (UK) (CA)
Melvin Rogers, The Undiscovered Dewey (US) (UK) (CA)
Andrew Sabl, Ruling Passions: Political Offices and Democratic Ethics (US) (UK) (CA)
Debra Satz, Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale (US) (UK) (CA)
Debra Satz and Rob Reich, eds., Toward a Humanist Justice: The Political Philosophy of Susan Moller Okin (US) (UK) (CA)
David Schmidtz and Jason Brennan, A Brief History of Liberty (US) (UK) (CA)
Sibyl Schwarzenbach, On Civic Friendship (US) (UK) (CA)
Tamsin Shaw, Nietzsche's Political Skepticism (US) (UK) (CA)
Tommie Shelby, We Who Are Dark (US) (UK) (CA)
Laurie Shrage, Abortion and Social Responsibility: Depolarizing the Debate (US) (UK) (CA)
A. John Simmons, Justification and Legitimacy (US) (UK) (CA)
Christine T. Sistare, ed., Civility and Its Discontents (US) (UK) (CA)
Sarah Song, Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism (US) (UK) (CA)
Jean-Fabien Spitz, John Locke et les fondements de la liberté moderne (US) (FR) (CA)
Uwe Steinhoff, The Philosophy of Jurgen Habermas (US) (UK) (CA)
Peter Stone, The Luck of the Draw (US) (UK) (CA)
Robert Talisse, Democracy after Liberalism (US) (UK) (CA)
Kok-Chor Tan, Justice without Borders (US) (UK) (CA)
Robert Taylor, Reconstructing Rawls (US) (UK) (CA)
C.L. Ten, ed., The Nineteenth Century (US) (UK) (CA)
Mathias Thaler, Moralische Politik oder politische Moral? (US) (UK)
Peter Vallentyne and Hillel Steiner, eds., Left-Libertarianism and its Critics (US) (UK)
Steve Vanderheiden, Atmospheric Justice: A Political Theory of Climate Change (US) (UK) (CA)
Steven Wall and George Klosko, eds., Perfectionism and Neutrality (US) (UK) (CA)
Eric Thomas Weber, Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy (US) (UK) (CA)
Daniel Weinstock and Christian Nadeau, eds., Republicanism: History, Theory and Practice (US) (UK) (CA)
Cynthia Willett, The Soul of Justice: Social Bonds and Racial Hubris (US) (UK) (CA)
Melissa Williams, Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation (US) (UK) (CA)
Jessica Wolfendale, Torture and the Military Profession (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher Woodard, Reasons, Patterns, and Cooperation (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher Zurn, Deliberative Democracy and the Institutions of Judicial Review (US) (UK) (CA)
Matt Zwolinski, ed., Arguing about Political Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Category Archives: Grad Conferences
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
1st St Andrews Graduate Conference in International Political Theory
Hosted by the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, 10-11 June 2013 On 10-11 June 2013 the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, is hosting the 1st St Andrews Graduate Conference in International Political Theory. The conference … Continue reading
2nd CfP: The relationship between Political Theory and politics – Graduate Conference in Political Theory
28 May 2013, University of Sheffield, ICOSS, 10 am-6 pm Keynote speaker: Prof. Michael Freeden University of Nottingham/Oxford University Almost any Political Theory aspires to address itself to a chosen political context, to speak to politics, and to be, at … Continue reading
2nd Call for papers: 2013 Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, ‘The Politics of Equality’
Paper proposals are invited for the second Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at the University of Oxford Department of Politics and International Relations on 25th-26th April 2013. Proposals of no more than 500 words are requested … Continue reading
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
CfP: The relationship between Political Theory and politics – Graduate Conference in Political Theory, 28 May 2013, University of Sheffield
Keynote speaker: Prof. Michael Freeden (Oxford University) Almost any Political Theory aspires to address itself to a chosen political context, to speak to politics, and to be, at least in this sense, political. Recently thriving debates about “realism” or “(non-) … Continue reading
Princeton Grad Conference in Political Theory 2013
CFP Deadline: January 11, 2013 The Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University will be held from April 5-6, 2013. The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers addressing any topic in political … Continue reading
Call for papers: 2013 Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, ‘The Politics of Equality’
Paper proposals are invited for the second Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at the University of Oxford Department of Politics and International Relations on 25th-26th April 2013. The theme will be ‘The Politics of Equality’, which … Continue reading
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
Sciences Po Graduate Political Theory Conference – Paris, 20-21 June 2013
Sciences Po Graduate Political Theory Conference Keynote Speaker: Joseph Raz The first Sciences Po Graduate Political Theory Conference is going to take place at Sciences Po, Paris, from June 20 to June 21st 2013. We welcome contributions from young political … Continue reading
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
Oxford Political Theory Graduate Conference
Theme: Political Theory and the ‘Liberal’ Tradition Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford | 19-20 April 2012 Graduate students and academics are invited to attend the inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at … Continue reading
CFP: Brave New World
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 and … Continue reading
CFP: Oxford Political Theory Grad Conference
Oxford: 19-20 April 2012 | CFP: 15 January 2012 Via Marius Ostrowski: Political Theory and the ‘Liberal’ Tradition Graduate students are invited to submit paper proposals for the inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at the … Continue reading
CFP: Princeton Graduate Conference in Political Theory
Princeton: 6-7 April 2012 | CFP: 16 January 2012 Via Ted Lechterman, this year’s CFP for a great graduate conference in political theory: The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers concerning any topic … Continue reading
Grad CFP: “From Meydan Tahrir to Wisconsin”
Cornell University, 27-28 April 2012 | CFP Deadline: 1 Nov 2011 Via Pinar Kemerli at Cornell: “From Meydan Tahrir to Wisconsin: Rethinking Revolution, Democracy and Citizenship” An interdisciplinary graduate student conference, hosted by the political theory graduate students in the … Continue reading
CONF: Graduate Student Panel of the Interdisciplinary Conference “The Politics of Interpretation & The Interpretation of Politics”, 23-24 September, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Within the last fifty years, interpretation has become one of the most important intellectual paradigms of humanities and social sciences scholarship. Theories about law and literature, philosophy and political thought, history and theology all rely on textual interpretation. Issues such … Continue reading
Brave New World 2011: Final CFP
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline for submission of abstract: 11th April 2011 Brave New World 2011, the Fifteenth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Monday 27th … Continue reading
Announcement/CFP: Postgraduate Conference on Rights and Cultural Diversity (University of Stirling)
4th Postgraduate Conference in Law and Philosophy, University of Stirling: 28-29 May 2011 CFP: 25 March 2011 Keynote Speakers Professor Andrew Simester, Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge and Professor of Law, National University of Singapore Professor David Archard, Professor of … Continue reading
Brave New World 2011: Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline for submission of abstract: 11th April 2011 Brave New World 2011, the Fifteenth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Monday 27th and … Continue reading
CFP: Princeton Grad Conference in Political Theory
Princeton: 8-9 April 2011 | CFP: 10 January 2011 The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers concerning any period, methodological approach or topic in political theory, political philosophy, or the history of political … Continue reading
CFP: Princeton Political Theory Graduate Conference
Princeton: 9-10 April 2010 | CFP: 18 January 2010 The deadline for this conference has now been extended to 18 January 2010 — SCM. The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers concerning any … Continue reading
CFP: 4th Annual Northwestern Ethics Conference
CFP: 4th Annual Northwestern Ethics Conference NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL THEORY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE MAY 20-22, 2010 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan Christine Korsgaard, Harvard University SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The deadline is February 15, 2010. … Continue reading
VII Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy
VII Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy, 24-25 September 2009. Sponsored by HDCP/IRC- Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Centre at IUSS-Institute for Advanced Study (Pavia) under the joint patronage of the Italian Society for Political Philosophy and the … Continue reading
Final Call For Papers – 14th Brave New World Graduate Conference in Political Theory
Brave New World 2009, the Fourteenth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th June 2009 at the University of Manchester. We are pleased … Continue reading
Call for Papers – 7th Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy
On the 24th and 25th of September 2009, the Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Centre at the Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia (Italy), under the joint patronage of the Italian Society for Political Philosophy and the Italian … Continue reading
CFP: Princeton Graduate Conference in Political Theory
Princeton: 17-18 April 2009 | CFP: 31 January 2009 An announcement from the organisers of this year’s Princeton grad conference: The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers concerning any period, methodological approach, and/or … Continue reading
Virginia Tech Graduate Conference
Virginia Tech: 7-8 November 2008 | CFP: 1 October 2008 Something of relevance for grad students who also work in ethics or applied ethics: The graduate students of the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech are hosting their fifth annual … Continue reading
CFP: Harvard Graduate Conference in Political Theory
Harvard: 31 October – 1 November 2008 | CFP: 1 August 2008 Via Jacob T. Levy: The Department of Government (FAS) at Harvard University will host its second conference for graduate students in political theory and political philosophy from October … Continue reading
CFP: Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Philosophy Conference
BSD: 5 April 2008 | CFP: 1 February 2008 The Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Student Philosophy Conference will be held in Wellman Hall at Davis on 5 April 2008. Papers from graduate students at California universities in all areas of philosophy are … Continue reading
CFP: Intermountain West Student Philosophy Conference at Utah
Utah IWSPC: 27-29 March 2008 | CFP: 31 January 2008 More mountainous philosophy, via the new Philosophy Updates Google Group organised by Fritz Allhoff and students at Western Michigan: The Philosophy Department at the University of Utah will be holding … Continue reading
Twin Cities: Grad Conference Call for Papers
Minnesota: 29 February-1 March 2008 | CFP: 10 December 2007 A third graduate conference CFP coming up soon: “Philosophy of Ice,” hosted by the graduate students of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, from 29 February to 1 … Continue reading
Fordham: Grad Conference Call for Papers
Fordham: 11-13 April 2008 | CFP: 1 December 2007 Another conference for graduate students, this time at Fordham University in the Bronx, from 11-13 April 2008. The topic is “Cosmopolitanism in Philosophical Contexts”; the keynote speaker is Yale’s Seyla Benhabib … Continue reading
Princeton: Grad Conference Call for Papers
Princeton: 11-12 April 2008 | CFP: 15 December 2007 This is one I’ve been meaning to post for a while. The Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton will take place from 11-12 April 2007. The deadline for papers is … Continue reading
