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Conference Announcement Theme: Political Philosophy Type: 16th Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy Institution: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia Location: Pavia (Italy) Date: 19.–20.9.2018 __________________________________________________ The Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy has been held at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Pavia since 2003. Since 2009, it has received the joint patronage of the Italian Society for Political Philsophy and the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy and, since 2014, it is part of the activities of the North-West Italy Ph.D. Philosophy Consortium (FINO). The Pavia Graduate Conference offers graduate students an opportunity to present papers, get helpful feedback in a friendly atmosphere, and exchange ideas both with peers and with leading academics in the field of political philosophy. Programme 19 September 2018 09.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-11.30 Plenary Session Luigi Caranti, University of Catania: Human Rights: Three Foundational Approaches and one Proposal 11.45-13.00 Graduate Session 1 a. Global Justice Nicholas Schenk, University of Leicester: Statelessness and Just Membership: End-State and Historical Theories of Justice in Response to the Moral Arbitrariness of the Global Birth Lottery David Hernández, Tilburg University: Why Particularist Arguments for Social Justice Cannot Avoid Cosmopolitan Considerations: the Weakness of Particularism in Defense of Social and Distributive Justice b. Democracy and Justice Cain Shelley, London School of Economics and Political Science: The Politics of Property-Owning Democracy Rubén Marciel Pariente, Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Deconstructing the Democratic Hope on the Press 14.30-15.45 Graduate Session 2 a. Democratic Participation and the Boundary Problem Zsolt Kapelner, Central European University: Persistent Minorities and the Democratic Boundary Problem Silvia Mocchi, LUISS Guido Carli: Accommodation of Muslim Claims through Political Participation at the Local Level. The Case of the Lombardy Law against Mosques b. Equality Giacomo Floris, University of Manchester: On Moral Equality. Its Justifications and its Costs Eva Maria Parisi, Ludwig Maximilian Universität Munich: What – if Anything – is Unjust about Parental Resources Influencing Children’s Access to Advantages? 16.15-17.30 Graduate Session 3 a. Groups Lars Moen, Australian National University: Redundant Group Agency Adam Phillips, University of Brighton: “Assembly” and the First Amendment b. Migration Laura Santi Amantini, University of Genoa: Populist Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Taken Seriously: A Realistic Approach Mark Sivarajah, University of Bristol: Migration Facts and Political Principles 20 September 2018 09.30-10.45 Graduate Session 4 a. War and Human Rights Violations Anton Emilsson, Lund University: Possible Human Rights Infringements: On Griffin’s Agent-Restriction Anh Le, University of Manchester: Force Short of War: From Definition to Specification b. Necessary Evil and Political Morality Simone Ghelli, University of Pavia: The Normality of Evil. Primo Levi’s Thought Between Necessity and Seduction Christina Nick, University of Leeds: Can Our Hands Stay Clean? 11.15-12.30 Graduate Session 5 a. Environment Marco Genovesi, University of Nottingham: Respublica Naturæ: Carl Schmitt Nomos and the Environment Laura Sánchez De La Sierra, Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Climate Change and “Disappearing Islands”: The Case of Pacific Islands-States b. Freedom and Neutrality Jennifer Brown, University College London: Answering the Neutrality Objection to Marital Establishment Ruxandra Ivanescu, University of Manchester: The Impossibility of Contractual Enslavement 13.30-15.00 Plenary Session Margaret Moore, Queen’s University / University of Stockholm: The Ethics of Migration and Common Ownership of the Earth All plenary and parallel sessions will take place at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia, C.so Strada Nuova 65 – 27100 Pavia You can contact the Pavia Graduate Conference Organizing Committee by emailing to: [email protected] Conference website: http://www-4.unipv.it/paviagc/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
