2014 Program

Friday, October 31

2:30PM: Coffee and Registration

3:00PM: Opening Remarks (Eric Nelson)

3:15PM: International Political Theory (Chair: Jennifer Page)

  • Jakob Huber (LSE), “No Right to Unilaterally Claim Your Territory” (Discussant: Zeynep Pamuk)
  • Ardevan Yaghoubi (Oxford), “A Critique of Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of International Law” (Discussant: Brad Hinshelwood)

4:45PM: Coffee Break

5PM: Keynote Address 

  • Danielle Allen (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), “Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Liberty” (Discussant: Jacob Abolafia)

7PM: Reception

8PM: Dinner

Saturday, November 1

10:30AM: Breakfast

11:00AM: Varieties of Realism (Chair: Jonathan Bruno)

  • Samuel Ely Bagg (Duke), “Realism as Pragmatism” (Discussant: Arjun Ramamurti)
  • Amanda Moure Maher (Chicago), “Corruption and Popular Virtue in Machiavelli” (Discussant: Rita Koganzon)

12:30PM: Lunch

1:30PM: The Formation of German Identity (Chair: Greg Conti)

  • Sophie Hermanns (Sciences Po), “On Love and Death: Patriotism and Nationalism in Eighteenth Century Germany” (Discussant: Ignat Kalinov)
  • Clara Maier (Cambridge), “The German Face of Machiavelli” (Discussant: Adriana Alfaro)

3:00PM: Coffee Break

3:15PM: Metatheoretical Debates in Contemporary Political Philosophy (Chair: James Brandt)

  • Brian Kogelmann (Arizona), “Justice and Action Guidance” (Discussant: Shim Reza)
  • Nikolas Kirby (Oxford), “Two Concepts of Basic Equality” (Discussant: Tim Beaumont)

4:45PM: Closing Remarks (Eric Beerbohm)