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Conference Announcement Theme: Civic Freedom in an Age of Diversity Subtitle: James Tully's Public Philosophy Type: International Conference Institution: Groupe de recherche sur les sociétés plurinationales, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Location: Montreal, QC (Canada) Date: 24.–26.4.2014 __________________________________________________ Organized by the Groupe de recherche sur les sociétés plurinationales Université du Québec à Montréal Salon Orange du Centre Pierre-Péladeau 300 boulevard de Maisonneuve Est Montréal, QC, Canada Programme: 24 APRIL 15:00 Welcome Session 1 (15:15 – 18:00): Political Theory as a Critical Activity 15:15 Cressida Heyes (University of Alberta), Feminist philosophy as a critical activity 15:35 Michael Temelini (University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa), Tully’s diaological approach to political science 15:55 – 16:25 Discussion 16:25 – 16:45 Coffee break 16:45 Jocelyn Maclure (Université Laval) and Daniel Weinstock (McGill University), Two conceptions of public philosophy 17:05 Duncan Ivison (University of Sydney), Liberty as a political value 17:25 – 17:55 Discussion 17:55 – 18:15 Coffee break Session 2 (18:15 – 19:45): Keynote Lecture Charles Taylor (McGill University), Crises of democracy 25 APRIL 8:45 – 9:15 Coffee Session 3 (9:15 – 11:55): Civic Freedom and Democratic Struggles 9:15 Robin Celikates (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Civic freedom and non-institutionalized political contestation 9:35 Dominique Leydet (UQAM), Democratic struggles “from below” and the institutions of constitutional representative democracy 9:55 – 10:25 Discussion 10:25 – 10:45 Coffee break 10:45 Antje Wiener (Universität Hamburg), Cultural Cosmopolitanism: Contestedness and Contestation 11:05 Geneviève Nootens (UQAC), Popular sovereignty, political contention, and the boundaries of democracy 11:25 – 11:55 Discussion 12:00 – 13:15 Lunch Session 4 (13:15 – 15:00): Democracy and the Public Sphere 13:00 Simone Chambers (University of Toronto), Putting reason back into reasonable 13:20 Jeremy Webber (University of Victoria), Negotiation and democratic decision-making 13:40 Melissa Williams (University of Toronto), Glocalizing the public sphere 14:00 – 14:45 Discussion 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break Session 5 (15:15 – 17:00): Indigenous Intellectual Culture, Legal Traditions, and Self-Determination 15:15 Dale Turner (Dartmouth College), James Tully’s political thought and contemporary Indigenous intellectual culture 15:35 Val Napoleon (University of Victoria), Rebuilding civility and citizenry from Indigenous legal traditions 15:55 Mike Murphy (UNBC), Self-Determination: A basic human right and a basic human need 16:15 – 17:00 Discussion 17:00 – 17:15 Coffee break Session 6 (17:15 – 18:45): Keynote Lecture Taiaiake Alfred (University of Victoria), The failure of reconciliation 26 APRIL 8:45 – 9:15 Café Session 6 (9:15 – 11:00): Federalism and Multinational Democracies 9:15 Stephen Tierney (University of Edinburgh), Enlightening Federalism: the Philosophy of James Tully 9:35 Helder de Schutter (KU Leuven), Reimagining supranational belonging 9:55 Alain-G Gagnon (UQAM), Competing conceptions of Quebec as a political community 10:15 – 11:00 Discussion 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break Session 7 (11:15 – 13:00): Thinking and Acting Differently 11:15 Jonathan Havercroft (University of Southampton), Excuses, politics, and pluralism 11:35 Dimitri Karmis (University of Ottawa), Dialogue, listening, and difference 11:55 David Owen (University of Southampton), The power of examplars 12:15 – 13:00 Discussion 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Session 8 (14:30 – 16:30): Closing Lecture James Tully (University of Victoria), On civic freedom Conference website: http://www.creqc.uqam.ca/spip.php?article580 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
