There are two Political Philosophy research seminars in the Faculty concerned with Political Philosophy: the Seminar in Contemporary Political Thought (open to all) and the Workshop in Political Philosophy (open to postgraduate students and above). They take place in alternate weeks, on Fridays at 1pm – 2.30pm.
For the current academic year 2023-24 the Workshop has been suspended; only the Seminar in Contemporary Political Thought will be running.
Seminar in Contemporary Political Thought
Faculty of Philosophy and POLIS
Convenors: Prof Clare Chambers (MT) / Dr Sarah Fine (LT) (Philosophy), and Prof Duncan Bell (POLIS)
The seminars are held throughout Michaelmas and Lent, on Fridays in odd weeks of term, 1pm-2.30pm. Refreshments will follow the close of formal proceedings.
Location: Jesus College (MT), Corpus Christi College (LT)
These seminars will not be recorded or livestreamed.
Michaelmas Term 2023
Week 1 (6 Oct): “Protective Falsehoods”
Maxime Lepoutre (University of Reading)
Webb Library, Jesus College
Week 3 (20 Oct): “Futures of Critique in International Political Theory”
Kimberley Hutchings (Queen Mary’s University London)
Webb Library, Jesus College
Week 5 (3 Nov): “Freedom, Spontaneity, and the Value of our Encounters
Emily McTernan (University College London)
Webb Library, Jesus College
Week 7 (17 Nov): “A Taxonomy of Injustice”
Duncan Ivison (University of Sydney)
Bawden Room, Jesus College
Lent Term 2024
Schedule TBC
Political Philosophy Workshop
The workshop will not run in 2023-24.
