Schedule

Spring 2024 Political Theory Workshop Schedule

Bi-weekly, Mondays in Pick 506 from 12:00-1:20 PM CT

March 25th

Daniel Epstein

PhD candidate, Political Science, University of Chicago

“Divine Experiments: Mariame Kaba, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and Law’s Greater Vocation”

April 8th

Nicolae Biea

PhD candidate, Political Science, University of Chicago

“The Perfect Slave: A Political Theory of Automation”

April 22nd

Nicole Whalen

Harper-Schmidt Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Collegiate Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

“Rematerializing Property in Contemporary Theories of Property-Owning Democracy”

May 6th

Simona Forti

Professor of Political Philosophy, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

“What are we talking about when we talk about totalitarianism today?”

*May 13th

Sophie Loidolt

Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Practical Philosophy, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

“Public Spheres as Experiential Spaces”

May 20th

Omar Safadi

PhD candidate, Political Science, University of Chicago

“Homophobia and the Reproduction of Sectarian Plurality in Post-Revolution Lebanon”