Political Theory Workshop
Political Theory Workshop
Mondays 12:00-1:20 p.m., Pick 506
The Department of Political Science，University of Chicago
This workshop is a forum for the critical discussion of new research in all varieties of political theory, political philosophy, and moral, social, and legal theory and philosophy, historical and contemporary. Presenters include graduate students, faculty from the University and other local institutions, and prominent visitors. Graduate students also have the opportunity to serve as discussants for presentations by other students, faculty, and visitors. The workshop subscribes to no particular methodology or political ideology and welcomes participants from all departments and disciplines. We seek to create a rigorous but comfortable space for the development of graduate student projects and professional skills.
Fall 2011 Schedule
October 17
"'Civilizing' the Colonial Subject: Servitude, Slavery, and State Formation in Colonial South Carolina"
Daragh Grant, University of Chicago
"'Civilizing' the Colonial Subject: Servitude, Slavery, and State Formation in Colonial South Carolina"
Daragh Grant, University of Chicago
October 24
''Hannah in Plato's Cave: Does Politics Need a Philosophical Method?"
Elisa Ravasio, UniversitàStatale di Pavia
''Hannah in Plato's Cave: Does Politics Need a Philosophical Method?"
Elisa Ravasio, UniversitàStatale di Pavia
October 31
"Empire, State, and Communicative Action"
Clifford Ando, University of Chicago
"Empire, State, and Communicative Action"
Clifford Ando, University of Chicago
November 7
"We Citizens"
Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern University
"We Citizens"
Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern University
November 14
TBA
Leonard Feldman, Hunter College, CUNY
TBA
Leonard Feldman, Hunter College, CUNY
November 21
"Edmund Burke and Fitzjames Stephen on Accountability in British India"
David Bromwich, Yale University
"Edmund Burke and Fitzjames Stephen on Accountability in British India"
David Bromwich, Yale University
November 28
"Spaces of Invention: Foucault and the Question of Transformative Institutions"
Kevin Thompson, DePaul University
"Spaces of Invention: Foucault and the Question of Transformative Institutions"
Kevin Thompson, DePaul University
December 5
TBA
Christopher Berk, University of Chicago
TBA
Christopher Berk, University of Chicago
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