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. We plan 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)

·         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)

·         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) 

·         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.

The 2022 conference, to be held Friday, September 30, will be on “Policing." We plan a hybrid event: an in-person conference hosted by Harvard University’s Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics 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 Eric Beerbohm and Ekow Yankah have assembled the following outstanding group of speakers:

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

·         Principal paper: Tracey Meares (Yale)

·         Philosophy commentator: Brandon Hogan (Howard)

·         Political Science commentator: Jim Wilson (Chicago)

Break: 1:30-2:00

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

·         Principal paper: Neil Roberts (Toronto)

·         Philosophy commentator: Erin Kelly (Tufts)

·         Law commentator: Daniel Fryer (Michigan)

Break: 3:30-4:00

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

·         Principal paper: Adam Hosein (Northeastern)  

·         Law commentator: Alice Ristroph (Brooklyn)

·         Political Science commentators: Brianna Remster (Villanova) & Rory Kramer (Villanova) 

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

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

As previously announced in the Fall Newsletter, at the Business Meeting at the recent conference on Civic Education in Polarized Times, three new members of the Council were elected: David Estlund (President, Philosophy), Anna Stilz (Vice-President, Political Science), and Anita Allen (Vice-President, Law).

They succeed Stephen Macedo (President, Political Science), Derrick Darby (Vice-President, Philosophy), and Yasmin Dawood (Vice-President, Law). Thanks to Steve for his outstanding and dedicated service as President and to Derrick and Yasmin for their committed and thoughtful work on the Council.

Nomos LXIV, Truth and Evidence, edited by Melissa Schwartzberg and Philip Kitcher, has been published by New York University Press and distributed to all who were members of the ASPLP as of November 15. In nine timely essays, the contributors examine questions such as what constitutes political knowledge, who counts as an expert, how we should weigh evidence, and what can be done to address deep disinformation. The contributors are: Michael Patrick Lynch, John Sides, Michael J. Saks, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan, Renee Jorgensen Bolinger, Bernard E. Harcourt, Cheryl Misak, Jasmine B. Gonzales Rose, and Jason Stanley.   

Here is the table of contents.

Join now or renew your membership: ONLY $20 for students and post-docs and $50 for faculty. You will receive Truth and Evidence soon.

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

Based on a vote of the members, the theme of our 2023 conference will be Climate Change. We will post the details of the conference as we have them. 

The 2021 conference, Civic Education in Polarized Times, was held virtually as a Zoom webinar on October 29-30, 2021. Eric Beerbohm of Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics was the host. Editors Eric Beerbohm and Elizabeth Beaumont assembled an outstanding group of speakers. 

Here is a link to the recording of the keynote address by Dennis Thompson and Sigal Ben-Porath (presenting a paper co-authored with Amy Gutmann). Here is a link to the recording of the conference presentations by Rima Basu, Lisa Barcia Bedolla, Kristine Bowman, Justin Driver, Jennifer Morton, Seana Shiffrin, Yael Tamir (presenting a paper co-authored by Ilana Paul Binyamin and Wurud Jayusi), Brandon Terry, and Robert Tsai.

The 2021 conference, to be held October 29-30, will be on “Civic Education in Polarized Times." We plan a Zoom webinar. You may register here. We will distribute the Zoom link to registrants shortly before the conference. 

Editors Eric Beerbohm and Elizabeth Beaumont have assembled the following excellent slate of speakers:

Friday, October 29

Keynote Address: 5:30-7:00 EDT

Dennis Thompson (Harvard University) and Sigal Ben-Porath (University of Pennsylvania) (presenting a paper co-authored with Amy Gutmann, University of Pennsylvania)

Saturday, October 30

Panel I: 12:00-1:30 EDT

• Principal paper: Seana Shiffrin (UCLA, Philosophy)
• Commentator: Robert Tsai (Boston University, Law)
• Commentator: Brandon Terry (Harvard University, Political Science)

Panel II: 2:00-3:30 EDT

• Principal paper: Yael Tamir (Beit Berl College, Political Science)
• Commentator: Kristine Bowman (Michigan State University, Law)
• Commentator: Rima Basu (Claremont-McKenna, Philosophy)

Panel III: 4:00-5:30 EDT

• Principal paper: Justin Driver (Yale University, Law)
• Commentator: Jennifer Morton (University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy)
• Commentator: Lisa Garcia Bedolla (University of California-Berkeley, Political Science)

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