| SESSION I: FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER, 9:30 - 11:30 AM |
A. Rethinking Citizenship
Auditorium
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Chair:
Alisa Kessel |
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Politics and Government |
University of Puget Sound |
| Thomas Atchison |
"Practical Epistemology for Democratic Citizens" (rev. 10/7/11) |
Philosophy |
Metropolitan State University |
| Sandra Field |
"A Democracy of the Multitude: Spinoza against Negri" |
Politics |
Princeton University |
| Jeffrey Green |
"Plebeianism: A Defense" |
Political Science |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Ian Zuckerman |
"Plebiscitarian Democracy as Political Theology"
(Note: Ian Zuckerman will be unable to attend the conference) |
Political Science |
Columbia University |
Discussant:
George Shulman |
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Gallatin School of Individualized Study |
New York Universiy |
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B. Secularism and Religion in Historical Perspective
Room 100-104
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Chair:
Harvey Brown |
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Political Science |
University of Western Ontario |
| Ryan Hanley |
"Love's Enlightenment: Fenelon and the Ethics of Other-Directedness" |
Political Science |
Marquette University |
| Sara Kitzinger |
"Reformed Theologian the Forgotten Political Theorist? Exploring the Entanglement of Religion and Politics, Theory and Practice, in Late Elizabethan England" |
History |
University of St. Andrews |
| Alex Schulman |
"The Pagan Christ: On the Politics of Shakespeare's Coriolanus" |
Political Science |
Duke University |
| Christopher Skeaff |
"Commanding Prejudice: The Sovereignty of Law and the Theological-Political 'Problem' in Spinoza" |
Political Science |
University of Michigan |
Discussant:
David Lay Williams |
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Political Science |
DePaul University |
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C. Justice in Transitional and Global Perspectives
Room 200
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Chair:
Ian MacMullen |
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Political Science |
Washington University in St. Louis |
| Sonali Chakravarti |
"Propaganda as Restorative Justice: The Case of Gacaca in Rwanda" |
Government |
Wesleyan University |
| Margaret Kohn |
"Postcolonial Critiques of Global Justice" |
Political Science |
University of Toronto |
Discussant:
Michael Goodhart |
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Political Science |
University of Pittsburgh |
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D. Ancient Greek Political Practices
Room 202
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Chair:
Catherine Zuckert |
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Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Matthew Austin |
"Nietzsche on the Practice of Ostracism" |
Theory and Criticism |
University of Western Ontario |
| Matthew Landauer |
"The Idiotes and the Tyrant: Two Faces of Unaccountability in Democratic Athens" |
Government |
Harvard University |
| Michael Neblo |
"The Virtue of Deliberation: Sophrosyne & Epistemic Democracy" |
Political Science |
Ohio State University |
Amy L. Shuster
and |
"Plato's Pacifism" |
Political Science |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univeristy |
| Dustin Howes |
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Political Science |
Louisiana State University |
Discussant:
Richard Avramenko |
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Political Science |
University of Wisconsin |
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E. Genealogy of Liberal Concepts
Room 210-212
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Chair:
Michael Zuckert |
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Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Jeffrey Lenowitz |
"The Sole Domain of Constituent Power: The Berkshire Constitutionalists Explain Ratification" |
Political Science |
Columbia University |
| Michael Illuzzi |
"'Republican Equality' in Jacksonian America" |
Political Science |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Eileen McDonagh |
"Familial Government: The Monarchical Heritage of the Welfare State" |
Political Science |
Northeastern University |
| Scott Robinson |
"John Locke and the Uncivilized Society" |
Political Science |
Lonestar College - Montgomery |
Discussants:
Alex Tuckness
and |
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Political Science
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Iowa State University |
| Michael Zuckert |
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Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
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| SESSION II: FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER, 1:00 - 3:00 PM |
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A. Working Group Panel: Power, Democracy, and the City
Auditorium
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Chair:
Susan Bickford |
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Political Science |
University of North Carolina |
| Jennifer Einspahr |
"Space and Place in Democratic Practices of Freedom" |
Political Science |
Kalamazoo College |
| Margaret Haderer |
"'Good Homes Make Good Citizens' - or Do They? On the Translation of Ideologies into Politics of Dwelling and the Failure thereof: The Example of Public Housing in Cold War Berlin" |
Political Science |
University of Toronto |
Philip A. Michelbach
and |
"Citizenship, Participation, and the Built Environment: Toward a Democratic Theory of the Neighborhood" |
Political Science |
West Virginia University |
| Kevin M. Leyden |
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Political Science |
West Virginia University |
| Heather Pincock |
"Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? Peaceful Avoidance and Good Citizenship" |
Political Science |
Kennesaw State University |
Discussants:
Margaret Kohn
and |
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Political Science |
University of Toronto |
| Susan Bickford |
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Political Science |
University of North Carolina |
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B. Political Theology
Room 100-104
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Chair:
Michaelle Browers |
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Political Science |
Wake Forest University |
| Andrea Cassatella |
"Re-thinking Secularism Today: Jacques Derrida and the Theologico-Political Predicament" |
Political Science |
University of Toronto |
| Karin Fry |
"Protestant Bias, Religious Freedom, and Anti-Muslim Rhetoric" |
Philosophy |
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
| Matthew Scherer |
"Community, Critique and Conversion: Politics as a Post-Secular Ethics" |
Political Science |
Union College |
Alex Tuckness
and |
"Mercy and Justice in Buddhism, Islam, and Orthodoxy: the Missing Paradox" |
Political Science |
Iowa State University |
| John Parrish |
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Political Science |
Loyola Marymount University |
Discussants:
Jennifer London
and |
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Social Science |
Tufts University |
| Michaelle Browers |
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Political Science |
Wake Forest University |
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C. Identity and Exclusion
Room 201-212
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Chair:
Mara Marin |
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Social Sciences |
University of Chicago |
| Merav Amir |
"Politicide, Revisited" |
Politics and Gender Studies |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Daniel Brudney |
"Impartiality in Political Philosophy"
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Philosophy |
University of Chicago |
| Nahshon Perez |
"Non-Identity and Redressing Historical Injustices: A Critical Examination of Two Attempts to Overcome the Non-Identity Problem and Some (Non-Identity and Additional) Counter-Arguments (or, on Identity and Timing)" |
Religion and Judaic Studies |
Boston University. |
| Delia Popescu |
"Rrom contra Romania: The Romani Minority and the European Politics of Exclusion" |
Political Science |
LeMoyne College |
Discussant:
Derek Barker |
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Kettering Foundation |
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D. Reflections on Rome
Romm 200
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Chair:
Arlene Saxonhouse |
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Political Science |
University of Michigan |
| Michelle Clarke |
"Roman Public Land and Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy" |
Government |
Dartmouth College |
| Madeline Cronin |
"Ways and Means of Inculcating Duty: Cicero and Rousseau on Education for Duty" |
Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Nathan Sawatzky |
"How to Give the Most Powerful Laws: Cicero on the Greatest Human Art" |
Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Nicholas Xenos |
"Patriotic Self-Sacrifice" |
Political Science |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Discussant:
Daniel Kapust |
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Political Science |
University of Georgia |
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E. Judgment & Advice
Room 202
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Chair:
Matthew Voorhees |
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Political Science |
Hartwick College |
| Dana Howard |
"You're No Expert: On the Norms of Advising in a Trustworthy Manner" |
Philosophy |
Brown University |
| Alfred Moore |
"Epistemic Democracy: Trust and Judgment in Scientific and Political Authority" |
Political Science |
University of British Columbia |
| Davide Panagia |
"Ten Theses for an Aesthetics of Politics" |
Politics and Cultural Studies |
Trent University |
Discussant:
Alisa Kessel |
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Politics and Government |
University of Puget Sound |
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| SESSION III: FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER, 3:30 - 5:30 PM |
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A. The Meaning of Democracy and Its Foundations
Room 100-104
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Chair:
Ed Wingenbach |
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Political Science |
University of Redlands |
| Mark Brown |
"Climate Change and Counter-Democracy" |
Government |
California State University, Sacramento |
| Stephen Rahko |
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Reflections on the Meaning of Democracy in the 'Democratic Age'" |
Communication and Culture |
Indiana University |
| Daniel Edward Young |
"Mouffe and MacIntyre: Two Approaches to Agonistic Democracy" |
Political Science |
Northwestern College (Iowa) |
Discussant:
Elizabeth Markovits |
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Political Science |
Mt. Holyoke College |
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B. Suffering, Guilt, and Loss
Auditorium
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Chair:
Ruth Abbey |
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Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Giunia Gatta |
"Empathy and an Enlarged Mentality: Psychiatric, Philosophical, and Political Iterations between Jaspers and Arendt" |
Max Weber Programme |
European University Institute |
| William Gorton |
"Popper's Negative Utilitarianism Reconsidered in Light of Hedonic Pyschology" |
Political Science |
Alma College |
| Matthew J. Moore |
"Nietzsche vs. Buddha on the Self" |
Political Science |
California Polytechnic State University |
Discussant:
Ayten Gundogdu |
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Political Science |
Barnard College |
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C. National and Cosmopolitan Identities
Room 210-212
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Chair:
Sonali Chakravarti |
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Government |
Wesleyan University |
| Anand Commissiong |
"Cosmopolitan Patriotism" |
Political Science and Criminal Justice |
West Texas A&M University |
| Mihaela Czobor-Lupp |
"Herder on Aesthetic Imagination as a Source of Post-National Democratic Solidarity: A Contribution to Habermas's Constitutional Patriotism" |
Political Science |
Carleton College |
| Michael Goodhart |
"Communitarians for Cosmopolitanism!" |
Political Science |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Ian MacMullen |
"Doing without Love: Civic Motivation, Affection, and Identification" |
Political Science |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Discussant:
Annie Stilz |
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Political Science |
Princeton University |
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D. Hobbes and Hume on the Passions
Room 200
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Chair:
Brandon Turner |
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Political Science |
Clemson University |
| Ross Carroll |
"Hume, Autonomy and the Contagion of Passion" |
Political Science |
Northwestern University |
| Ted Miller |
"Hobbes, Humanism, and the Mathematics of Absolutism" |
Political Science |
University of Alabama |
| Emily Nacol |
"Hume's Fine Balance: On Probability, Fear, and the Risks of Trade" |
Political Science |
Vanderbilt University |
Discussant:
Sharon Krause |
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Political Science |
Brown University |
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E. Political and Moral Responsibility
Room 202
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Chair:
Zac Cogley |
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Philosophy |
Northern Michigan University |
| Russell Bentley |
"Dirty Hands and Unclean Citizens" |
Politics & International Relations |
University of Southampton |
| Steve Vanderheiden |
"Individualizing Responsibility for Global Climate Justice" |
Political Science |
University of Colorado |
| Ernesto Verdeja |
"Political Violence and Moral Responsibility" |
Political Science and Kroc Peace Institute |
University of Notre Dame |
Discussant:
Susan Liebell |
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Political Science |
St. Joseph's University |
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F. Pedagogy Roundtable: Democracy in Theory and Practice
Room 214
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Chair:
Roudy Hildreth |
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Political Science |
Southern Illinois University |
| William Caspary |
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Gallatin School of Individualized Study |
New York University |
| Roudy Hildreth |
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Political Science |
Southern Illinois University |
| Karen Zivi |
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Honors College |
Grand Valley State University |
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| PLENARY SESSION I: FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER, 6:00-7:30PM |
Democratic Judgment
Auditorium
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| Linda Zerilli |
"Toward a Democratic Theory of Judgment" |
Political Science and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality |
University of Chicago |
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| SESSION IV: SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER, 8:30 - 10:30 AM |
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A. Deliberation and Decision-Making
Auditorium
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Chair:
Melissa Schwartzberg |
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Political Science |
Columbia University |
| Michael Fuerstein |
"Is Democratic Consensus a Significant Ideal?" |
Philosophy |
St. Olaf College |
| Miroslav Imbrisevic |
"The Provisionality of Deliberative Democracy" |
Philosophy |
Heythrop College, University of London |
| Christian Rostbøll |
"Is Deliberative Democracy (Still) a Critical Theory? Beyond the Epistemic-Instrumental Conception of Democracy" |
Political Science |
University of Copenhagen |
Discussants:
Melissa Schwartzberg
and |
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Political Science |
Columbia University |
| Michael Morrell |
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Political Science |
University of Connecticut |
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B. Arendt
Room 100-104
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Chair:
Karen Zivi |
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Honors College |
Grand Valley State University |
| Ayten Gundogdu |
"Hannah Arendt and the Perplexities of 'A Right to Have Rights': Outlines of a Groundless Politics of Human Rights" |
Political Science |
Barnard College, Columbia University |
| Samantha Hill |
"Accounting for Loss: Hannah Arendt's 'We Refugees'" |
Political Science |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Matthew Weidenfeld |
"The Time of Judgment, Arendt, Heidegger, and the Temporality of Judgment" |
Political Science |
Washington State University, Pullman |
Discussant:
Mark Brouwer |
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Philosophy |
Wabash College |
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C. Islamic Political Thought
Room 210-212
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Chair:
Andrew Murphy |
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Political Science |
Rutgers University |
| Michaelle Browers |
"Post-Islamism, Post-Secularism, and the Later Thought of Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah" |
Political Science |
Wake Forest University |
| Jennifer London |
"The Abbasid Circle of Justice: Re-Reading Ibn al-Muqaffa''s Letter on Companionship" |
Social Science |
Institute for Advanced Study |
| Mansour Mirahmadi |
"Islam and Deliberative Democracy" |
Economics and Political Science |
Shahid Beheshti University |
Discussants:
Shirin Deylami
and |
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Political Science |
Western Washington University |
| Andrew Murphy |
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Political Science |
Rutgers University |
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D. Property and Ownership
Room 200
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Chair:
Sheri Breen |
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Political Science |
University of Minnesota, Morris |
| Michael Falgoust |
"The Incentives Argument Revisited: A Utilitarian Account of Intellectual Property" |
Philosophy |
Tulane University |
| Scott Hammond |
"Plato's Difference Principle" |
Political Science |
James Madison University |
| J. Alden Stout |
"Political Right and Self-Ownership: A Problem for Nozick" |
Philosophy and Humanities |
Morningside College |
Discussant:
Kristy King |
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Political Science |
Whitman College |
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E. Individual and Collective Agency
Room 202
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Chair:
David Western |
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Humanities and Political Thought |
Valparaiso University |
| James Buccellato |
"Sign of the Outlaw: Rural Desperadoes, Urban Bandits and the Boundaries of American Liberalism" |
Irvin D. Reid Honors College |
Wayne State University |
| Mark Jensen |
"On the Possibility of a Leaderless Revolution, or Can Group Agents Execute?" |
Philosophy |
United States Air Force Academy |
| Daniela Mansbach |
"The Power of Confusion: Repetition as a Form of Resistance" |
Politics |
University of Wisconsin- Superior |
| Luke Plotica |
"'This is simply what I do:' Language-Games, Practices, and Individual Agency" |
Political Science |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Discussant:
Jonathan Havercroft |
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Political Science |
University of Oklahoma |
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| PLENARY SESSION II: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER, 11:00AM - 12:30 PM |
A. Roundtable: Measuring Quality of Research in Political Theory and Political Philosophy
Auditorium
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Chair:
Kennan Ferguson |
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Political Science |
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| Mary G. Dietz |
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Political Science |
Northwestern University |
| Jeffrey C. Isaac |
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Political Science |
Indiana University |
| Catherine Heldt Zuckert |
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Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
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B. Roundtable: Virtual Reading Group on Nussbaum'sNot for Profit
Room 100-104
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Chairs:
Elisabeth Ellis
and |
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Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
| Peyton Wofford |
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Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
| Patrick Deneen |
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Government |
Georgetown University |
| Fred Dallmayr |
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Political Science and Philosophy |
University of Notre Dame |
| Arlene Saxonhouse |
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Political Science |
University of Michigan |
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| SESSION V: SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER, 2:30 - 4:30 PM |
A. Democratic Institutions
Auditorium
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Chair:
Alexander Moon |
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Political Science |
Ithaca College |
| Elizabeth Ganter |
"Representing through Bureaucracy: Connection, Homogenisation and Role Modelling among Indigenous Minorities" |
History, Research School of Social Sciences |
The Australian National University |
| Felix Gerlsbeck |
"Knowing What to Overlook (and When): On the Epistemic Quality of Political Decision Mechanisms – A Pragmatic Perspective" |
Political Science |
Columbia University |
| Joel Parker |
"Sortition and Equality" |
Political Science & Geography |
The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Andrew Rehfeld |
"Hanna Pitkin's Concept of Democracy" |
Political Science |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Discussants:
Michael Neblo
and |
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Political Science |
Ohio State |
| Alexander Moon |
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Political Science |
Ithaca College |
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B. American Political Thought
Room 100-104
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Chair:
Peter Haworth |
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Independent Scholar |
| Eileen Botting |
"Ascending the Rostrum: Hannah Mather Crocker and Women's Political Oratory" |
Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Alexander Livingston |
"A Lonely Courage: Critical Postures from William James" |
Political Science |
Johns Hopkins University |
| Howard Lubert |
"1787 Federalism and the Articles of Confederation" |
Political Science |
James Madison University |
| Robert Martin |
"'Salutary Collisions' and Multiple Truths: Radical Democracy in Tunis Wortman, William Manning, and 'Numa'" |
Government |
Hamilton College |
Discussant:
Elisabeth Anker |
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Political Science |
George Washington University |
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C. The Rights of States and Early Modern Jurisprudence
Room 210-212
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Chair:
Jeanne Morefield |
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Political Science |
Whitman College |
| Jason Breen |
"Kant's Concept of International Political Legitimacy" |
Philosophy |
York University |
| Theodore Christov |
"Divergent Compatriots: Rousseau and Vattel on Alpine Liberties and the Rights of States" |
History / International Affairs |
George Washington University |
| Pablo Kalmanovitz |
"Grotius and Hobbes on the Nature of the Laws of War" |
Political Science |
Yale University |
| Anna Stilz |
"Territorial Occupancy and the Wrong of Removal" |
Politics |
Princeton University |
Discussant:
Mark Rigstad |
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Philosophy |
Oakland University |
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D. Markets and Equality
Room 200
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Chair:
Johnny Goldfinger |
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Political Science |
Marian University |
| Paul Babbitt |
"An Epistemological Defense of Liberty: Hayek and Popper on Planning" |
Political Science, History, and Geography |
Southern Arkansas University |
| Mark Reiff |
"Exploitation, Economic Justice, and the Liberal Capitalist State" |
Law |
University of Manchester |
| Jean-Fabien Spitz |
"Some Doubts on the Market as a Potentially Republican Institution" |
Political Philosophy |
University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne |
Discussant:
Eric MacGilvray |
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Political Science |
Ohio State University |
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E. Freedom, Autonomy, and What's in between
Room 202
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Chair:
Erin Taylor |
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Political Science |
Western Illinois University |
| Sharon Krause |
"On Non-Sovereign Responsibility: Agency, Inequality, and Democratic Citizenship" |
Political Science |
Brown University |
| Sally Scholz |
"Feminist Political Solidarities in the Wake of Globalization" |
Philosophy |
Villanova University |
| Samuel Stoner |
"On the 'Political' Character of Kant's Ground-laying for the Metaphysics of Morals" |
Philosophy |
Tulane University |
Discussant:
Elisabeth Ellis |
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Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
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| SESSION VI: SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER, 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
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A. Educating Citizens and Princes
Auditorium
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Chair:
Fred Dallmayr |
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Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
Roudy Hildreth
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"Education for Cosmopolitan Citizenship: A Reconsideration of Nussbuam's Interpretation of Tagore" |
Political Science |
Southern Illinois Univerisity Carbondale |
| Srobana Bhattacharya |
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Political Science |
Southern Illinois Univerisity Carbondale |
| Dennis Lunt |
"Adorno's Democratic Pedagogy" |
Philosophy |
Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Robert Sparling |
"Corruption and the Character of Rulers: Educating Princes" |
Political Science |
McGill University |
Discussants:
Melissa Schwartzberg
and |
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Political Science |
Columbia University |
| Andrew Murphy |
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Political Science |
Rutgers University |
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B. Humility, Care, and Dependence
Room 100-104
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Chair:
Mary Dietz |
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Political Science |
Northwestern University |
| Mary Keys |
"Augustinian Humility as Natural Right" |
Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Sara Rushing |
"Get Me Out of Here: Humility and the Ethics of Birth" |
Political Science |
Montana State University |
Discussant:
Kathy Ferguson |
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Political Science |
University of Hawai'i |
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C. War and Justice
Room 201-212
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Chair:
Sam Nelson |
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Political Science |
University of Toledo |
| Shawn Kaplan |
"Is There a Political Obligation to Fight on Behalf of the State?" |
Philosophy |
Adelphi University |
Lynne Tirrell
and |
"Reconciliation, Normative Mutuality, and the Promise of Peace" |
Philosophy |
University of Massachusetts Boston |
| Alisa Carse |
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Philosophy |
Georgetown University |
| Bernardo Zacka |
"Improvisation and Practical Judgment in the Security Apparatus: What Can Political Theorists Learn from Abu Ghraib?" |
Government |
Harvard University |
Discussant:
Pablo Kalmanovitz |
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Political Science |
Yale University |
D. Rawls and the History of Ideas
Room 200
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Chair:
Amit Ron |
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Social & Behavioral Sciences |
Arizona State University West |
Ruth Abbey
and |
"Comprehensive Liberalism Revisited" |
Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Jeff Spinner-Halev |
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Political Science |
University of North Carolina |
| Dwight Allman |
"John Rawls' Historical Turn and the Problem of Liberal Citizenship" |
Political Science |
Baylor University |
Andrius Galisanka
and |
"John Rawls in Historical Context" |
Political Science |
University of California, Berkeley |
| Mark Bevir |
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Political Science |
University of California, Berkeley |
Discussant:
Amit Ron |
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Social & Behavioral Sciences |
Arizona State University West |
E. Ideals, Utopias, and Realities
Room 202
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Chair:
Patrick Deneen |
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Government |
Georgetown University |
| Kennan Ferguson |
"What Is Politics to the Computational Singularity?" |
Political Science |
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| Loren Goldman |
"The False Dichotomy of Realism and Idealism in Political Theory" |
Rhetoric |
University of California, Berkeley |
| Edward Harpham |
"The Chief Happiness Which This World Affords: Hope in the History of Political Thought" |
Political Science |
The University of Texas at Dallas |
Discussant:
Jeanne Morefield |
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Political Science |
Whitman College |