2004-2005 Political Theory Workshop

Winter Quarter Schedule

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

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January 10

 

Jacob Schiff, University of Chicago

 

Politics Against Redemption: Rereading Levinas for Critical International Theory

 

Discussant: Yusuf Has

 

 

 

January 17

 

Martin Luther King Day: No Session

 

 

 

January 24

 

Victor Muniz-Fraticelli, University of Chicago,

 

Taking Families Out of the Basic Structure

 

Discussant: Ian Storey

 

 

 

January 31

 

Lisa Conradi. Gottingen University,

 

Civil Society in Global Perspective

 

Discussant: Jennifer London

 

 

 

February 7

 

Ewa Atanassow, University of Chicago,

 

Tocqueville’s Account of the American Founding

 

Discussant: Melvin Schut

 

 

 

February 14

 

Patchen Markell, University of Chicago,

 

The Rule of the People: Arendt, Arche, and Democracy

 

Discussant: Anita Chari

 

 

 

February 21

 

Sara Monoson, Northwestern University,

 

Aristotle's Constitution of Athens: A Poetic History

 

Discussant: Emily Nacol

 

 

 

February 28

 

Session Cancelled

 

 

 

March 7

 

Charles Beitz, Princeton University,

 

Human Rights and International Toleration

Discussant: Mara Marin

 

 

 

 

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.