Political Theory Workshop
Workshop in Political Theory
Department of Political Science, Stanford University
Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Room 008, 1:15pm-3:00pm
Faculty Conveners:
Joshua Cohen
Rob Reich
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2009-2010 Schedule
: Fall : Winter : Spring :
Past Workshops:
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
October 2
Elizabeth Beaumont
Political Science, University of Minnesota
Title: Constitutions as Ways of Life; Rights as Political Practices: Using Theory and History to Reframe American Constitutional Politics
Political Theory Workshop
Introduction (Anyone interested in receiving a copy of the full paper, please email Elizabeth Beaumont)
October 9
Nicole Hassoun
Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon, and Ethics in Society Center post-doctoral fellow
Title: Individual Autonomy, Institutional Legitimacy, Global Justice
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop and Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
Paper
October 16
Susan Moller Okin Book Event
October 23
Joseph Carens
Title: Open Borders and the Claims of Community
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop and Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
Chapter 9 & Chapter 10
October 30
Adriaan Lanni
Harvard Law and Classics
Title: Law and Order in Classical Athens
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop and Ethics and Politics, Ancient and Modern Workshop
Paper
November 6
Leif Wenar
Kings College London
Title: Clean Trade vs. The Resource Curse
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop and Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
Paper
November 13
Raj Menon
International Studies Lehigh University
Title: Pious Words, Puny Deeds: The "International Community" and Mass Atrocities
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop, Human Rights, and Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
Paper
November 20
No meeting
November 27
No meeting due to Thanksgiving
December 4
Cristina Lafont
Philosophy, Northwestern
Title: Pluralism and Global Justice
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop and Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
Paper
December 11
Jenny Martinez
Stanford Law
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop, Human Rights, and Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
January 8
Diego von Vacano
Political Science, Texas A&M; visiting scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Title: Immigrant Identity in a Cosmopolitan World
January 15
Josh Kornbluth
Monologuist
Political Theory Workshop
January 22
Kieran Oberman
Stanford Post-doc
Title: Can brain drain justify immigration restrictions?
Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
January 29
Peter Stone
Political Science, Stanford University
Title: Lotteries Beyond Justice
Political Theory Workshop
February 5
Allegra McLeod
Stanford Post-doc
Title: Exporting U.S. Criminal Justice: Global Governance Through Crime
Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop in Global Justice
February 12
Margaret Gilbert
Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
Title: De-Moralizing Political Obligation
Political Theory Workshop
February 19
Daniel Markovits
Yale Law
Title: Toleration and Politics
Political Theory Workshop
February 26
Melissa Lane
Politics, Princeton
Title: Weakness of Virtue, Not Will: Plato on Self-Knowledge and akrasia
Co-sponsored: Political Theory Workshop and Ethics and Politics, Ancient and Modern Workshop
March 5
Niko Kolodny
Philosophy, Berkeley
Title: The Explanation of Amour-Propre
Political Theory Workshop