Bryan Garsten and Karuna Mantena, the co-chairs of the Conference for the Study of Political Thought, are pleased to announce the following CSPT conference: *Rousseau and Republicanism* Columbia University Friday, 21 September 2012 2012 marks the 300th anniversary of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s birth and the 250th anniversary of his Social Contract. Organized by David Johnston and Nadia Urbinati of Columbia University, this conference celebrates these milestones. The conference will focus on four themes: 1) the republican tradition in Rousseau’s work; 2) the Social Contract as an innovation in republican theory; 3) Rousseau’s impact on the republican tradition; and 4) Rousseau’s impact on recent and contemporary democratic theory. Participants include: Arash Abizadeh, Ronald Beiner, Chiara Bottici, Jean Cohen, Turkuler Isiksel, Bryan Garsten, Marco Geuna, Lucien Jaume, David Johnston, Rosanne Kennedy, Karuna Mantena, Helena Rosenblatt, Melissa Schwartzberg, Anna Stilz, Jean-Fabien Spitz, Nadia Urbinati. For more information please see the following link: http://heymancenter.org/events/rousseau-and-republicanisma-day-long-conference/
