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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
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:
· Political Science commentator: Zeynep Pamuk (Oxford)
· Philosophy commentator: Dale Jamieson (NYU)
· Philosophy commentator: Mark Budolfson (Rutgers)
· Law commentator: Madison Condon (Boston University)
· Law commentator: Shelley Welton (Penn)
· Political Science commentator: Steve Vanderheiden (University of Colorado-Boulder)
ASPLP members and registrants will have access to copies of papers ahead of the conference.
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.
James Fleming, Secretary-Treasurer
Jennie Ikuta, Communications Director
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.
· Political Science commentator: Zeynep Pamuk (LSE)
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:
· Principal paper: Tracey Meares (Yale)
· Philosophy commentator: Brandon Hogan (Howard)
· Political Science commentator: Jim Wilson (Chicago)
· Principal paper: Neil Roberts (Toronto)
· Philosophy commentator: Erin Kelly (Tufts)
· Law commentator: Daniel Fryer (Michigan)
· Principal paper: Adam Hosein (Northeastern)
· Law commentator: Alice Ristroph (Brooklyn)
· Political Science commentators: Brianna Remster (Villanova) & Rory Kramer (Villanova)
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.
The ASPLP has benefited greatly from the generous support of Boston University School of Law, Brown University's Political Theory Project, Duke University School of Law, Harvard University's Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, New York University's College of Arts & Science-Social Sciences, Princeton University's Center for Human Values, and Stanford University's School of Humanities and Sciences.
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