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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
Panel II: 2:00-3:30 EDT
Panel III: 4:00-5:30 EDT
ASPLP members and registrants will have access to copies of the papers ahead of the conference.
Based on a vote of the members, the theme of our 2022 meeting will be Policing. The details of the meeting are yet to be determined. Stay tuned!
Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehoff edited and introduce
Here is the table of contents.
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The 2020 conference, Reconciliation and Repair: Mending Frayed Civic Bonds, was held virtually as a Zoom webinar on September 25, 2020. Stephen Macedo of Princeton's University Center for Human Values was the host. Editors Melissa Schwartzberg and Eric Beerbohm assembled an excellent slate of speakers. Here is a link to the recording of the conference.
Join us for our 2020 virtual conference, Reconciliation and Repair: Mending Frayed Civic Bonds, on September 25. You can learn more about the conference and register here. There is no registration fee.
The terrific lineup was assembled by Melissa Schwartzberg and Eric Beerbohm. The principal papers will be given by Roy Brooks (author of Atonement and Forgiveness: A New Model for Black Reparations), Catherine Lu (author of Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics), and Linda Radzik (author of Making Amends: Atonement in Morality, Law, and Politics), with comments by six distinguished scholars.
All members as well as all who register will have access to papers in advance. Shortly before the conference, we will provide the Zoom link to registrants.
Melissa Schwartzberg edited and introduces
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The 2020 conference, to be held on September 25, will be on “Reconciliation and Repair: Mending Frayed Civic Bonds." Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to hold the conference remotely, via Zoom meeting. More details about registration will follow.
Editors Melissa Schwartzberg and Eric Beerbohm have assembled the following excellent slate of speakers:
Law
Political Science
Philosophy
ASPLP members will have access to copies of the papers ahead of the conference.
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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