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”