POLITICAL THOUGHT SPECIALIST GROUP
OF
THE POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE U.K.
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY, ANALYTICAL AND CONTINENTAL
26 October 2013
at King’s College London
9:30 –10:00: Arrival / Registration
10:00 –10:05: Welcoming Talk by Dr. Evangelia Sembou (Convenor)
10:05 –10:45: Keynote address by Dr. Thom Brooks (Durham University, U.K.),“Justice as Stakeholding”
10:45 –11:00: Coffee / Tea Break
11:00 –11:40: Mr. Matej Cibik (CharlesUniversity in Prague, Czech Republic),“Is Rawls Defending Liberalism?”
11:40 –12:20: Mr. Dan Panaet (University of Bucharest, Romania),“Liberalism, Communitarianism and the Congruence Between Liberties and Goals”
12:20 –13:00: Dr. Simon Wigley (Bilkent University, Turkey), “Democratic Authority and the Problem of Subversive Advocacy”
13:00 –14:00: LUNCH
14:00 –14:40: Dr. Katerina Strani (Heriot-WattUniversityEdinburgh,U.K.),“Theoretical Implications of Multilingualism in Post-National Public Spheres”
14:40 –15:20: Dr. Matthew Jones (Canterbury Christ Church University, U.K.),“A Rortyian Defence of Same-Sex Marriage”
15:20 –15:40: Coffee/Tea Break
15:40 –16:20: Dr. Monica Mookherjee (Keele University, U.K.),“The Human Capabilities of Multiculturalism”
16:20 –17:00: Ms. Desiree Lim (King’s College London, U.K.), “Is Humanitarian Intervention an enforceable Duty?”
17:00 – 17:10: Concluding Remarks by Dr. Zenon Stavrinides (University of Leeds, U.K.)
Dr. Evangelia Sembou Convenor, Political Thought Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom