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.