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Call for Papers "Political Theory" 3rd Annual Conference Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester (UK) 6-8 September 2006 __________________________________________________ Following the successful second annual series of Workshops held in Manchester, September 2005, at which approximately a hundred papers were given, another conference is being held this year. These workshops are intended to reflect the diversity of research interests and idioms in political theory. They will also provide an opportunity to get in-depth feedback on work-in-progress as well as on finished papers in an informal setting. There will be a conference web-site (www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/pap/events/wpt) where papers and conference details will be posted. The workshops and convenors are as follows: 1 Human Rights and International Justice (David Boucher, University of Cardiff, [email protected] , Thom Brooks University of Newcastle, [email protected] , and Graham Long, University of Newcastle, [email protected]) 2 Freedom of Expression (Paul Graham, University of Glasgow, [email protected]) 3 Democracy and Recognition (Simon Thompson, [email protected]) 4 Kantian Justifications of Political Norms (Sorin Baiasu, Manchester University, [email protected] ) 5 The Problem of Pluralism for Theories of Justice (Martijn Boot, Oxford University, [email protected] ) 6 The Concept of Politics: What is Dead and Alive in the Classical Definition? (Javier Franze, University of Madrid, [email protected] ) 7 Anarchist Political Theory (Ruth Kinna, Loughborough University, [email protected]) 8 Rhetoric and Political Theory (Alan Finlayson, University of Swansea, [email protected]) 9 The Origins of International Relations Theory (Luke Ashworth, University of Limerick, [email protected]) 10 The Future of Political Theory (Mary Walsh, University of Canberra, [email protected]) 11 Power, Legitimacy and the Political in Contemporary Political Theory (Benjamin Arditi, UNAM, Mexico, [email protected] , and Noel OSullivan, University of Hull, [email protected] ) 12 The Various Forms of Cosmopolitanism in Political Theory (Vivienne Boon, University of Liverpool, [email protected]) 13 Philosophy and Public Policy (Jurgen De Wispelaere, Trinity College, Dublin, [email protected] and Axel Gosseries, Catholic University of Louvain, [email protected]) 14 Ideology and British Political Parties (Kevin Hickson, University of Liverpool, [email protected]) 15 Marxism (Mark Cowling, University of Teeside, [email protected]) 16 The Cultural Preconditions of Democracy (David Lovell, University of New South Wales, [email protected]) 17 Roundtable on Andrew Vincents "The Nature of Political Theory" (Mary Walsh, University of Canberra, [email protected]) 18 Green Politics (John Barry, Queens University, Belfast, [email protected]) 19 British Idealism and Political Thought (James Connelly, Southampton Institute, [email protected]) 20 Deliberative Democracy (Stephen Elstub, University of Paisley, [email protected] ) If you are interested in giving a paper, please contact the appropriate workshop convenor as indicated above. The Conference fee is £120, this includes dinner on the evening of the 6th. September and lunches on arrival and 7th September. Should you require accommodation, the total fee is £ 175 for two nights B&B in Halls of Residence, and £258 B&B ensuite in local hotel. Post Graduate fee is £95 (£125 B&B in Hall of Residence). There will also be a wine reception. The organisers are: Professor Joe Femia (School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool, [email protected]) and Professor Jules Townshend (Department of Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University, [email protected]) Conference Registration: [email protected] tel: +44 (0)161-247-1565 Final deadline for registration: Friday 16th June, 2005. Delegates registering after this date will be subject to a late registration fee. __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
