The annual meeting of NOMOS (American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy/ Nomos) is pleased to announce a Guest Student Scholar presentation in connection with its annual meeting. Please distribute the following call for papers to graduate students who may be interested:

CALL FOR PAPERS

NOMOS, aka The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (ASPLP) invites applications by Ph.D. students, S.J.D. students, and recent J.D. graduates to present a paper as a Guest Student Scholar at our upcoming conference on Capitalism and Socialism, to be held September 26, 2025 at Harvard University. Applicants should be formally working in programs in Political Science (or equivalents such as Government or Politics), Philosophy, or Law. (For Law, this might include Ph.D. and S.J.D. students, as well as recent graduates of J.D. programs.)

The format of our conferences is to include a principal paper by a scholar in each of the three fields (philosophy, politics, and law), along with prepared comments by scholars in the other two fields. In addition, the selected Guest Student Scholar will present at a stand-alone session. Accepted student papers will be eligible (but without a presumption) for publication in the NOMOS volume growing out of the conference. NOMOS will also cover travel and accommodation expenses for the Guest Student Scholar, up to $1000.

Applications are to include: (a) a 600-800 word abstract, (b) a CV, and (c) a letter of recommendation from the student’s supervisor (or equivalent), commenting on the contribution and stage of the student’s project.

Applications should be submitted to nomos.asplp@gmail.com by March 15, 2025. For more about NOMOS, see political-theory.org

Our next conference, Structural Injustice, will be on September 27, 2024. It will be a hybrid event: an in-person conference hosted by University of Chicago's Pozen Family Center for Human Rights and Law School together with a Zoom meeting. Please register here, indicating whether you will be in person or on Zoom.  

The in-person conference will occur at University of Chicago Law School, Room V, 1111 East 60th Street, Chicago.

Zoom meeting, 12:00-6:45 CT, https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/91558958361?pwd=aFUr5w85DE1bS36MnVrP6PntAUaIGT.1

Program

Editor Chiara Cordelli has invited the following excellent group of speakers:

Panel I (Law): 12:00-1:30 CDT

·         Principal paper: Sophia Moreau (NYU), “A Systemic Approach to Structural Injustices”

·         Political Science commentator: Catherine Lu (McGill University)

·         Philosophy commentator: Rafeeq Hasan (Amherst College)

Break: 1:30-2:00

Panel II (Political Science): 2:00-3:30 CDT

·         Principal paper: Inés Valdez (Johns Hopkins), “Capitalism, Development, and the Politics of Structural Injustice”

·         Philosophy commentator: Carol Gould (Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center)

·         Law commentator: Sabeel Rahman (Cornell University)

Break: 3:30-4:00

Panel III (Philosophy): 4:00-5:30 CDT

·         Principal paper: Sally Haslanger (MIT), "Social Structures as a Site for Injustice: Why Social Theory Matters”

·         Law commentator: Virginia Mantouvalou (University College London) 

·         Political Science commentator: Alasia Nuti (University of York)

Panel IV (Guest Student Scholar): 5:30-6:15 CDT

·         Sonny Kim (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Politics, Princeton University/Nuffield College, University of Oxford), “Two Kinds of Structural Injustice: Disentangling Unfreedom and Inequality”

NOMOS Business Meeting, 6:15-6:45 CDT

All members of the NOMOS who attend the conference, whether in person or by Zoom, are encouraged to attend the annual business meeting, 6:15-6:45. The agenda will be distributed to all members by email shortly before the conference. 

Become a Member of NOMOS

If you are not already a member of NOMOS, we encourage you to join. All who become a member by October 1 will receive NOMOS LXVI: Civic Education in Polarized Times and, in 2025, NOMOS LXVII: Policing (the volumes growing out of our recent conferences). Only $50 per year for regular members and a mere $20 for graduate students and emeritus/a members. If you have trouble with the website, contact Micah Schwartzman at schwartzman@virginia.edu.

Based on a vote of the members, the theme of our 2025 conference will be Capitalism and Socialism. We will post the details of the conference as we have them. 

On September 22, 2023, we had an excellent conference, Climate Change, a hybrid event with a total of 271 people registering (62 for in person and 209 for Zoom). Here is a link to the recording of the conference presentations by Alyssa Battistoni, Mark Budolfson, Madison Condon, Dale Jamieson, Douglas Kysar, Zeynep Pamuk, Lucas Stanczyk, Steve Vanderheiden, and Shelley Welton.

Thanks especially to the organizers, Chiara Cordelli and Melissa Lane, who will edit the NOMOS volume that will grow out of the conference.

Finally, we appreciate the capable and gracious hosting by Melissa Lane, Steve Macedo, and Princeton University Center for Human Values!

Our annual conference, on Climate Change, will be held Friday, September 22, 2023. It will be a hybrid event: an in-person conference hosted by Princeton University Center for Human Values together with a Zoom meeting. 

The in-person conference will occur at Princeton University's Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room).

Zoom meeting, 12:00-6:00, https://princeton.zoom.us/j/94688384281?pwd=VUlaSkhZNjF0L1BNdDdhaVJiVzY4UT09

If you have difficulty joining the meeting, you may call Andrew Perhac at (609) 613-6566. Initially, he will be setting up the event and may not be able to help you immediately. But once the program has begun, he will be able to help you connect.

Consent to Recording: The conference will be recorded. By joining the conference, you consent to being recorded while speaking.

Program

Editors Chiara Cordelli and Melissa Lane have put together the following excellent program with speakers from law, political science, and philosophy. We have provided links to the principal papers and the commentaries.

Panel I (Law): 12:00-1:30 EDT

Moderator: David Estlund (Brown), President of the ASPLP

·         Principal paper: Douglas Kysar (Yale), Ways Not to Think About Climate Change

·         Political Science commentator: Zeynep Pamuk (Oxford), Climate Change, Inequality, and Expert Knowledge 

 ·        Philosophy commentator: Dale Jamieson (NYU), Failure and the Future: Comments on Kysar

Break: 1:30-2:00

Panel II (Political Science): 2:00-3:30 EDT

Moderator: Anna Stilz (Princeton), Vice-President of the ASPLP

·         Principal paper: Alyssa Battistoni (Barnard), Rethinking Domination in the Age of the Externality 

·         Philosophy commentator: Mark Budolfson (Texas), Environmental Justice and Capitalism

·         Law commentator: Madison Condon (Boston University), The Chicago School's Coasean Incoherence

Break: 3:30-4:00

Panel III (Philosophy): 4:00-5:30 EDT

Moderator: Stephen Macedo (Princeton), Past President of the ASPLP

·         Principal paper: Lucas Stanczyk (Harvard), On the Moral Challenge of the Climate Crisis

·         Law commentator: Shelley Welton (Penn), Hard Truths in Climate Policy and Politics 

·         Political Science commentator: Steve Vanderheiden (University of Colorado-Boulder), Comments on Stanczyk

ASPLP Business Meeting, 5:30-6:00 EDT

All members of the ASPLP who attend the conference, whether in person or by Zoom, are encouraged to attend the annual business meeting, 5:30-6:00. The agenda will be distributed to all members by email shortly before the conference. The Zoom link is the same one as that for the conference.

Become a Member of the ASPLP

If you are not already a member of the ASPLP, we encourage you to join. All who become a member or renew their membership by October 1 will promptly receive NOMOS LXV: Reconciliation and Repair and, next year, NOMOX LXVI: Civic Education in Polarized Times (the volumes growing out of our most recent conferences). Only $50 per year for regular members and a mere $20 for graduate students and emeritus/a members. If you have trouble with the website, contact Jim Fleming at jfleming@bu.edu.

Co-Sponsors

Princeton's University Center for Human Values (UCHV) is serving as host of the 2023 ASPLP conference. The ASPLP is grateful to the UCHV and also to Harvard University's Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and Boston University School of Law for co-sponsoring this event.

Sincerely,            

David Estlund, President

James Fleming, Secretary-Treasurer, and Jennie Ikuta, Communications Director

Chiara Cordelli, Editor, and Melissa Lane, Co-Editor of Climate Change

The Council of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy is pleased to announce a change in the format of our annual conferences—to include a Guest Student Scholar presentation—beginning with the 2024 conference on Structural Injustice. Please distribute the following call for papers to graduate students who may be interested:   

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (ASPLP)—which has published the distinguished Nomos volumes for over 60 years—invites applications by Ph.D. students to present a paper as Guest Student Scholar in our upcoming conference on Structural Injustice, to be held September 27, 2024. Applicants should be formally working in programs in Political Science (or equivalents such as Government or Politics), Philosophy, or Law. (With Law, this might include Ph.D. or S.J.D. students.)

The format of our conferences is to include principal papers by scholars in philosophy, politics, and law, along with prepared comments by scholars in the other fields. Accepted student papers will be eligible (but without a presumption) for publication in the Nomos volume growing out of the conference. Applications are to include: (a) a 600-800 word abstract, (b) a CV, and (c) a letter of recommendation from the student’s supervisor, commenting on the contribution and stage of the student’s project. Applications should be submitted to theasplp@gmail.com by the deadline of October 15, 2023. For more about the ASPLP, see political-theory.org.

Sincerely,            

James Fleming, Secretary-Treasurer

Jennie Ikuta, Communications Director

David Estlund, President

Chiara Cordelli, Incoming Editor

Nomos LXV, Reconciliation and Repair, edited by Melissa Schwartzberg and Eric Beerbohm, has been published by New York University Press and distributed to all who were members of the ASPLP as of April 10. Here is the description of the volume from the Press's website: 

In the latest installment of the NOMOS series, a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars explore the erosion―and potential rebuilding―of civic bonds in response to injustice, wrongdoing, and betrayal. Contributors address the possibility of reconciliation and repair, drawing on cutting-edge insights from the fields of political science, philosophy, and law. Nine timely essays explore our pivotal moment in history, from the question of reparations for slavery to the from the art―and impact―of the public apology.

The editors of this volume encourage us to not only examine the roots of mistrust, but also to imagine a collective way forward, particularly as we face the continuing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reconciliation and Repair provides thought-provoking perspectives in an age where they are desperately needed.

Join now or renew your membership: ONLY $20 for students and post-docs and $50 for faculty. New or renewed members will receive Reconciliation and Repair soon.

Click on "membership" above and then click on "join" or "renew." If you encounter problems, email Jim Fleming, the Secretary-Treasurer. 

Our next conference, Climate Change, will be on September 22, 2023. It will be a hybrid event: an in-person conference hosted by Princeton University Center for Human Values together with a Zoom meeting. Please register here, indicating whether you will be in person or on Zoom. We will distribute the Zoom link to registrants shortly before the conference. 

Editors Chiara Cordelli and Melissa Lane have invited the following excellent group of speakers:

Panel I (Law): 12:00-1:30 EDT

·         Principal paper: Douglas Kysar (Yale), Ways Not to Think About Climate Change

·         Political Science commentator: Zeynep Pamuk (LSE)

 ·        Philosophy commentator: Dale Jamieson (NYU)

Break: 1:30-2:00

Panel II (Political Science): 2:00-3:30 EDT

·         Principal paper: Alyssa Battistoni (Barnard), Rethinking Domination in the Age of the Externality

·         Philosophy commentator: Mark Budolfson (Rutgers)

·         Law commentator: Madison Condon (Boston University)

Break: 3:30-4:00

Panel III (Philosophy): 4:00-5:30 EDT

·         Principal paper: Lucas Stanczyk (Harvard), On the Moral Challenge of the Climate Crisis 

·         Law commentator: Shelley Welton (Penn)

·         Political Science commentator: Steve Vanderheiden (University of Colorado-Boulder)

ASPLP Business Meeting, 5:30-6:00 EDT

ASPLP members and registrants will have access to copies of papers ahead of the conference.

Based on a vote of the members, the theme of our 2024 conference will be Structural Injustice. We will post the details of the conference as we have them. 

The 2022 conference, Policing, was a hybrid event graciously and capably hosted by Eric Beerbohm and Harvard University's Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. Here is a link to the recording of the conference presentations by Daniel Fryer, Brandon Hogan, Adam Omar Hosein, Erin Kelly, Tracey Meares, Brianna Remster & Rory Kramer, Alice Ristroph, Neil Roberts, and Jim Wilson.

Thanks especially to the organizers, Eric Beerbohm and Ekow Yankah, who will edit the NOMOS volume that will grow out of the conference.