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Conference Announcement

Theme: Decolonizing Western Political Philosophy
Type: IPSA RC31 Conference
Institution: Research Committee 31 Political Philosophy,
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
   Centre for Political Philosophy (CPP), Leiden University
Location: Leiden (Netherlands) – Online
Date: 10.6.2022

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The IPSA-RC31 Political Philosophy and the Leiden Centre for
Political are delighted to invite you to a 1-day conference on
Decolonizing Western Political Philosophy. The conference will
address two main sets of questions:

(1) questions that touch on decolonizing and/or globalizing the
concepts, methods and theories of/in Western political philosophy;

(2) questions about the way in which decolonization questions play
out in teaching techniques, as well as in political philosophy
curriculum and syllabus design.

The conference will feature individual academic presentations, and a
roundtable that is open to all participants and attendants.


Programme

June 10, 2022

9:00-9:15:
Welcome Speech
Michael Eze (Leiden University)


Panel 1
Chair: Andrei Poama (Leiden University, Netherlands)

9:15-10:00:
Raewyn Connell (University of Sydney, Australia)
Process and Practice in Decolonizing Political Philosophy 

10:00am-10:45:
Aditya Nigam (CSDS, India)
Decolonizing Political Theory: Some Questions of Method


Panel 2
Chair: Jingjing Li (Leiden University, Netherlands)

10:45-11:30:
Mathias Kramm (Wageningen, Netherlands)
How to Use Conceptions of ‘Western Philosophy’ While Preventing
Epistemic Marginalization

11:30-12:15:
Andreas Sorger (LSE, UK)
A Philosophical Colour Line: Racism as a Problem for Philosophical
Thinking


Panel 3
Chair: Hayden Weaver (Leiden University, Netherlands)

13:30-14:15:
Thierry Ngosso (Catholic University of Central Africa,
Cameroon/University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)

The EthicsLab Experience: The Case for Decolonizing Political Theory
in Africa 

14:15-15:00:
Simon Choat (Kingston, UK)
Decolonizing the Political Philosophy Curriculum


Roundtable:
Chair: Humeira Iqtidar (King’s College London, UK)

15:00-15:45:
Decolonizing Political Philosophy: Philosophical & Institutional
Perspectives

This roundtable will focus on ideas, suggestions and experiences
relevant for decolonizing political philosophy in the way it is
studied and taught in (higher) education institutions around the
world, as well as read and written in the context of current
editorial practices (books, as well as journals and other publication
venues). Conference speakers and participants are warmly invited to
share and engage with each other’s perspectives.


Panel 4
Chair: Juliana Acosta López de Mesa (Universidad de Antioquia,
Colombia)

16:00:16:45:
Laura Ines Catelli (UNR, Argentina)
Postcoloniality, Latin American Contexts and the Humanities.
Situating and Territorializing Critical Thought

16:45-17:30:
Elena Ziliotti (TU Delft, Netherlands)
Why Should We Decolonize Democratic Theory? The Case of Confucian
Political Theory


17:30-17:45:
General discussion
Chair: Tim Meijers (Leiden University, Netherlands)


Registration

The conference will be hybrid.
The virtual online space can be joined via:
https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/62569308701?pwd=KzEvT3hyM052TU9rSjJoQ3YzdjdyQT09
Meeting ID: 625 6930 8701
Passcode: WmbD%8yX

Please use your full name when connecting to the Zoom link provided
above.

The physical on-site space is Leiden’s Lipsius building, Room 2.07.

Registration is free. Please make sure to register by June 7, 2022,
with the short message “Register” and your full name, at:
rc31conference2...@gmail.com


Conference website:
https://www.ipsa.org/na/call-for-papers/ipsa-rc31-political-philosophy-conference-decolonizing-western-political






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