2005-2006 Political Theory Workshop

Fall Quarter Schedule

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

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September 26

 

Beginning of the Year Pizza Party

 

 

October 3

 

Michael Green, Philosophy, University of Chicago

 

“Liberty in Leviathan”

 

Discussant: Victor Muñiz-Fraticelli

 

 

October 10

 

Jürgen Habermas, Philosophy, Northwestern University

 

“A Political Constitution for the Pluralist World Society?”

 

Discussant: David Newstone

 

NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION: FOSTER 103

 

 

October 17

 

Jacob Levy, Political Science, University of Chicago

 

“Federalism, Liberalism, and the Separation of Loyalties”

 

Discussant: Marissa Guerrero

 

 

October 24

 

Kouslaa Kessler-Mata, Political Science, University of Chicago

 

“Localizing Relationships and Negotiating Political Space:

Indian Tribes and Non-Federal Government Entities”

 

Discussant: Crystal Holmes

 

 

October 31

 

Neil Roberts, Political Science, University of Chicago

 

“Disavowing Freedom Out of Slavery: Arendt and Pettit”

 

Discussant: Andrew Dilts

 

 

November 7

 

Jennifer Pitts, Politics, Princeton University

 

“Boundaries of International Law: Nineteenth-Century Debates”

 

Discussant: Loren Goldman

 

 

November 14

 

Nancy Luxon, Society of Fellows, University of Chicago

 

“‘The Grandeur of the Soul’:

Techniques of Self-Governance in the Late Lectures of Michel Foucault”

 

Discussant: Joe Schear

 

 

November 21

 

Nomi Claire Lazar, Society of Fellows, University of Chicago

 

“Must Exceptionalism Prove the Rule?

An Angle on Emergency Powers in the History of Political Thought”

 

Discussant: Ian Storey



November 28

 

Nathan Tarcov, Political Science and Social Thought, University of Chicago

 

“Leo Strauss on the Lessons of the Experience of Communism”

 

Discussant: Jacob Schiff

 

 

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://ptw.uchicago.edu. To be placed on our mailing list, contact Chris Buck, student coordinator, at cdb@uchicago.edu. Persons with a disability or in need of assistance should contact the coordinator in advance, at that address.