2003-2004 Political Theory Workshop

Fall Quarter Schedule

All Workshops are held Mondays, 12-1:20pm, in Pick Hall 506

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September 29

Seyla Benhabib, Yale University, ”The Right to Have Rights”

Published in Seyla Benhabib, The Rights of Others. Aliens, Residents and Citizens

Cambridge University Press, November 2004

Discussant: Jacob Schiff

October 6

Pizza Party

October 13

Neil Roberts, University of Chicago, “The Concept of Freedom in Ras Political Thought”

Discussant: Keisha Lindsay

October 20

John McCormick, University of Chicago, ”Tempering the Grandi’s Appetite to Opress:

The Dedication and Intention of Machiavelli’s Discourses”

Discussant: Ian Needham

October 27

Miguel Vatter, Northwestern University, ”Machiavelli and Republican Rule of Law”

Discussant: Anita Chari

November 3

Chad Cyrenne, University of Chicago, ”Should Political Liberals Uphold Universal Values?”

Discussant: Victor Muñiz-Fraticelli

November 10

Arash Abizadeh, McGill University, ”On the Demos and its Kin: Nationalisms and Democratic Legitimacy”

Discussant: Emily Nacol

November 17

David Miller, Oxford University, ”Inheriting Responsibilities”

Discussant: Mara Marin

November 24

Kirk Greer, University of Chicago, ”Incorporating Racism: Critical Theory and Social Facts”

Discussant: Andrew Dilts

December 1

Jacob Schiff, University of Chicago, ”Different Strokes: Mapping the Terrain of Alterity”

Discussant: Anne Holthoefer

The Political Theory Workshop is an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to all varieties of political philosophy. Papers are available for photocopying in the Political Science and Social Thought Lounges approximately one week prior to presentation. Papers are also available on-line at http://www.src.uchicago.edu/politicaltheory. To be placed on our mailing list, contact Mara Marin, student coordinator, at mara@uchicago.edu. Persons with a disability or in need of assistance should contact the coordinator in advance, at that address.

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