Political Theory Seminars
Conference
The Ethics of Military Intervention: What Can We Learn from the Modern European Classics? September 18-19, 2009. Led by Stefano Recchia and Nadia Urbinati. Information available here.Columbia University Seminar in Social and Political Thought
The Columbia University Seminar in Social and Political Thought brings together New York-area political theorists on a monthly basis to discuss a visitor's pre-circulated paper. Membership in the seminar is by invitation. If you would like to join the seminar, please contact Pablo Kalmanovitz, the rapporteur, at pk2115@columbia.edu. The seminar's Web site can be found here.Columbia Political Theory Workshop
The Columbia Political Theory Workshop features speakers from around the country; a graduate student serves as a discussant for each session. The workshop is for members of the Department of Political Science and the Columbia community, and is not open to the general public. If you are a New York-area political theorist and would like to attend a particular session, please contact the graduate student organizer, Axel Domeyer, at ad2445@columbia.edu. Seminars are held in IAB 711 from 6-8 p.m.Wed., September 9, 2009: "The true propriety of language: persuasive mediocrity, imaginative delusion and Adam Smith's political theory." Duncan Kelly, Cambridge. Discussant: Andreas Avgousti.
Wed., October 7, 2009: Alexander Somek, University of Iowa School of Law.
Wed., November 4, 2009: Julie Cooper, University of Chicago.