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Conference Announcement Theme: Feasibility and Immigration Type: International Workshop Institution: School of Philosophy, Australian National University Location: Canberra, ACT (Australia) Date: 23.–24.4.2018 __________________________________________________ Immigration has become a central topic in political philosophy in recent years. The concept of feasibility has also begun to attract a great deal of interest with a number of political philosophers now paying attention to its nature and appropriate role in normative inquiry. Yet, for the most part, the literatures on the two topics have developed independently and there has been no serious attempt to bring them together. This workshop aims to remedy that by bringing together leading scholars working in both areas to explore the role that feasibility considerations should play in informing normative thinking about immigration. Dates: Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 April 2018 Location: Carberry Room, Crawford School, ANU Provisional Schedule Monday 23 April 2018 9:10-9:20 Welcome and Introduction 9:20-10:30 Gillian Brock (Auckland), "How should we assist refugees?" 10:30-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-12:00 Matthew Lister (Deakin), "Democracy as a feasibility constraint for immigration policy" 12:00-13:00 Lunch break 13:00-14:10 Kieran Oberman (Edinburgh), "The Relevancy Problem: What Should Refugee Ethicists Do to Get Noticed?" 14:10-14:20 Break 14:20-15:30 Nic Southwood (ANU), "The Feasibility Argument for Restrictionism" 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:10 Holly Lawford-Smith (Melbourne) and Richard Rowland (ACU), "Offshore processing & political feasibility" 17:10-17:20 Break 17:20-18:30 Joseph Carens (Toronto), "Carens v. Miller? How should questions about feasibility affect our thinking about immigration?" 18:30 Drinks at the Wig & Pen followed by dinner (location TBC) Tuesday 24 April 2018 9:50-11:00 Arash Abizadeh (McGill), "Reflexive Political Philosophy: Theories that Make Themselves Feasible" 11:00-11:20 Coffee break 11:20-12:30 Luara Ferracioli (Amsterdam/Sydney), "Immigration and Liberal Self-Determination" 12:30-13:30 Lunch break 13:30-14:40 Matthew Lindauer (ANU/Brooklyn College, CUNY), "Open Borders and Feasibility" 14:40-15:00 Coffee break 15:00-16:10 Margaret Moore (Queens), "Immigration and Common Ownership of the World" 16:10-16:20 Break 16:20-17:30 David Miller (Oxford/Queens), "Selecting Refugees" 17:30 Drinks at the Wig & Pen followed by dinner (location TBC) The workshop (the first of two such collaborative workshops co-organised with Dr Luara Ferracioli) is part of the activities of my ARC Future Fellowship, “Feasibility in Politics: Taking Account of Groups and Institutions” and Luara’s Dutch NWO VENI grant, “Asylum Theory for a Non-Ideal World.” Lunch and tea and coffee will be provided free of charge for all participants on both days. There will also be dinners on each day (location TBC and not free of charge unless you are a speaker). For catering purposes, please let me know if you would like to come to the workshop and/or the dinners. Contact: Nicholas Southwood, Associate Professor Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory School of Philosophy Australian National University Acton Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia Tel: +61 2 6125 3226 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
