The OSU Political Theory Workshop
The OSU Political Theory Workshop is a forum for theorists from Ohio State and other universities to present and to discuss their research in progress. We meet three or four times per quarter, autumn through spring, usually at noon time on Fridays.
The Political Theory Workshop is pluralist in its approach and interdisciplinary in its orientation. We are open to a wide range of contributions, including historical, analytic, interpretive, and critical theory, as well as theoretically engaged empirical research. We welcome interested faculty and graduate students from all fields and all departments.
Papers are available electronically one week ahead of each meeting.
2007-2008
Rafi Youatt, OSU Political Science
"Rethinking Anthropocentric Politics"
9 May 2008, 12:00pm at Spencer Room
(Download a copy of the paper here)
Eric MacGilvray, OSU Political Science
"The Rise and Fall of Republican Freedom"
25 April 2008, 12:00pm at Spencer Room
(Download a copy of the paper here)
Simone Chambers, University of Toronto
"Rhetoric and the Public Sphere: Has deliberative democracy abandoned mass democracy?"
(Download a copy of the paper here)
James Johnson, University of Rochester
"The Arithmetic of Compassion: Rethinking the Politics of Photography"
Dennis Thompson, Harvard University
"Who Should Govern?"
Highlights from recent years
2006-2007
Seyla Benhabib, Yale University, Political Science
"Twilight of Sovereignty or the Emergence of Cosmopolitan Norms: Rethinking Citizenship
in Hard Times"
Mary Dietz, University of Minnesota, Political Science
"Between Polis and Empire: Aristotle's Politics"
Robert Gooding-Williams, University of Chicago, Political Science
"Between the Masses and the Folk: Du Bois as Political Philosopher"
Jeremy Waldron, New York University, Law
"Safety and Security"
2005-2006
Victoria Kahn, University of California, Berkelely, English and Comparative Literature
"Nationalism and Internationalism in Milton, Grotius, and Hobbes"
Bryan Garsten, Yale University, Political Science
"Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment"
David Luban, Georgetown University, Law and Philosophy
"The Commander-in-Chief Power and Civilian Control of the Military"
Mattias Iser, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Philosophy
"Paradoxes of (Un)just War Theory"
2004-2005
Iris Marion Young, University of Chicago, Political Science
"Responsibility and Global Labor Justice"
Donald Moon, Wesleyan University, Government
"Justice as Social Cooperation"
Jane Mansbridge, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
"The Case for Less Accountability"
