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 2024-25 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.
These seminars will not be recorded or livestreamed.
Michaelmas Term 2024
Location: Webb Library, Jesus College
Week 1: Friday 11 October 2024, 13:00-14:30
Daniel Weinstock (McGill), “Food as a Problem for Multicultural Theory and Practice”
Week 3: Friday 25 October 2024, 13:00-14:30
Bernard Forjwuor (Notre Dame), “Colonizing Free Will”
Week 5: Friday 08 November 2024, 13:00-14:30
Katherine Gelber (Queensland), “Does the Baker Have a ‘Free Speech’ Case? The Expansion of Speech-as-Conduct and Risks to Free Speech”
Week 7: Friday 22 November 2024, 13:00-14:30
Onur Ulas Ince (SOAS), “From 'Racial Capitalism' to 'Capitalist Racialization': A Marxist View”
Political Philosophy Workshop
The workshop will not run in 2024-25.
