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Call for Papers Theme: Justice for Denizens Subtitle: Exploring the Normative Grounds of Rights-Differentiation Type: International Workshop Institution: Justice and Migration Research Group, KU Leuven Location: Leuven (Belgium) – Online Date: 24.–25.3.2022 Deadline: 20.12.2021 __________________________________________________ The Justice and Migration research group at RIPPLE, KU Leuven, organizes a two-day international workshop on March 24-25, 2022. The workshop studies the widespread yet normatively undertheorized practice of granting denizens (i.e., ‘non-citizen residents’, ‘resident aliens’) fewer/different political, social-economic, and cultural rights than citizens. How should we theorize practices of legal rights-differentiation? What is the appropriate theoretical framework for making sense of diverging legal entitlements between citizens and denizens? By reflecting on the concept and possible normative grounds of rights-differentiation, the workshop aims to make real progress on the question of whether and why priority for citizens in terms of political, socio-economic, and language rights is ever morally justified. Abstracts of max. 300 words that speak to the theme are due on Monday December 20, 2021 and should be send to: johan.olstho...@kuleuven.be Successful applicants will be informed early January 2022. Accommodation will be provided to successful applications; unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the reimbursement travel expenses. This will be an in-person event, with the possibility for online participation for those who face covid related travel restrictions. Confirmed keynote speakers include Elizabeth Cohen (Syracuse), Patti Tamara Lenard (Ottawa), Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus), and Andreas Niederberger (Duisburg-Essen). Michael Luoma (Queen’s) will present a paper co-authored with Margaret Moore (Queen’s). We aspire to publish the presented papers, suitably revised, in a special issue with a leading journal in moral, legal, or political philosophy. Please note that the Justice & Migration group is organising a second workshop, on socio-economic rights-differentiation, on 19-20 May, 2022. We specifically welcome contributions that draw on the tension or compatibility between egalitarianism and differential treatment; on theories of rights and group-specific rights; citizenship rights and basic human rights; special and general rights; as well as contributions that explore relevant (dis)analogies in practices of legal rights-differentiation in other contexts (for instance, from debates on group-differentiated rights in theories of multiculturalism). We encourage reflection on fundamental normative questions such as: - Under which conditions should we take migrants to have waived certain rights held by citizens, in exchange for legal residence and work permits? - Do migrants have to earn some rights (e.g., through reciprocal social contributions or forming associative ties)? - Are host states morally at liberty to withhold from denizens certain political, social-economic, and cultural rights granted to citizens? - On what moral grounds might such differentiation be made (e.g., co-national priority, autonomy, freedom of association, fairness, contribution etc.)? - Do these grounds lead to even further differentiations in terms of rights and duties within the group of denizens? And can we formulate desirable scenario’s for implementing (or withstanding) such differentiation? Main organizers: Dr. Eszter Kollar (KU Leuven) Dr. Francois Boucher (KU Leuven) With the assistance of: Dr. Johan Olsthoorn (Univ. of Amsterdam) Conference website: https://hiw.kuleuven.be/ripple/events/justice-for-denizens __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
