Sunday, January 10, 2010

The next two weeks in Montreal political theory

Thursday, January 14:

Charles Larmore (Brown)
"Reflection and Morality"
2 pm, Local 422, 2910 boul. Édouard-Montpetit
Universuty of Montreal

Friday, January 15:

conference on "Persuasion, Politics, Law"
Arts 160, McGill University

Coffee, pastries 8:30 – 9:00 am

9:00 am - 10:30 am: Robert Howse, NYU Law School, "On Leo Strauss's Philosophy and Law"

10:45 am - 12:15 pm: Jill Frank, University of South Carolina, "The Power of Persuasion in Plato"

Lunch Break
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Nina Valiquette MOREAU, "Musical Persuasion: Rousseau's Platonic Democracy"

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Douglas Hanes, "The Problem with One Self: Freedom, Persuasion, and Changing Desires

(Please note: The Afternoon session is also the first GRIPP graduate student workhop of the semester.) Papers will be available in advance. Please contact christina.tarnopolsky@mcgill.ca



Friday, January 22
Nancy Rosenblum, Harvard University
"Partisanship and Independence: The Moral Distinctiveness of 'Party ID'”.
2-4 pm, Arts 160, McGill University