Workshops in Political Theory - 6th Annual Conference - MMU - Sept. 2-4

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WORKSHOPS IN POLITICAL THEORY,
SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, SEPT  2-4, 2009.
 
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
 
 
Following the successful fifth annual series of Workshops held in Manchester, September 2008, at which a hundred and eighty papers were given by participants from over twenty countries, another conference is being held this year. These workshops reflect the wide diversity of interests and idioms within the discipline and give delegates plenty of time to discuss their papers in a relaxed setting as well as to attend other panels.  Information about the panels from the last series can be obtained from Googling “Workshops in Political Theory -   Fifth Annual Conference”. 
 
 
If you are interested in giving a paper, please contact the appropriate workshop convenor as indicated below.
 
The workshops and convenors are as follows:
 
  
1 Politics, Morals and Economics in Adam Smith.  Fotini Vaki (Ionian University, Corfu,  fvaki@ionio.gr ) and  Raquel Lázaro (University of Navarre, Spain, :rlazaro@unav.es )
 
2   Ethics in environmental health research and public health applications. Birgit Dumez (Center for Human Genetics,  Leuven, Belgium, Birgit.Dumez@med.kuleuven.be ) and Casteleyn Ludwine, Center for Human Genetics,  Leuven, Belgium, Ludwine.Casteleyn@health.fgov.be),
 
3 Conflict and compromise.  Peter Jones (NewcastleUniversityp.n.jones@newcastle.ac.uk ) and Ian O’Flynn  (Newcastle University, i.j.o’flynn@ncl.ac.uk)
 
4 Political Theory and the Darwinian Revolution. Graeme Garrard (Cardiff University, garrardg@hotmail.com )
 
'Age Discrimination'?    Geoffrey Cupit (University of Waikato, New Zealand, CUPIT@waikato.ac.nz )
 
6    International Political Theory  Peter Sutch (Cardiff University,
SutchP@cardiff.ac.uk )
 
7 Liberal Realism: Political Theory in an Age of Insecurity. Derek Edyvane (Leeds University, d.j.edyvane@leeds.ac.uk ) and  Matt Sleat (SheffieldUniversity, m.sleat@sheffield.ac.uk )
 
8 Beyond Borders: Drawing New Lines around Political Order.  Noel Parker (University of Copenhagen, NP@ifs.ku.dk ) and Nick Vaughen-Williams, Exeter University,  N.Vaughan-Williams@exeter.ac.uk )
 
9 Roundtable on Julia Kristeva and Political Thought. Birgit Schippers (St. Mary’s University College, Belfast, b.schippers@smucb.ac.uk )
 
10 Children, families, and justice.   Philip Cook (LSE, P.A.Cook@lse.ac.uk )
 
11 Hobbes.  Michael P. Krom    (St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania, michael.krom@stvincent.edu )
 
12 Feminist Theory. Janice Richardson (Exeter University, Janice.Richardson@exeter.ac.uk ) and Annelies Decat,   University of Leuven Annelies.Decat@hiw.kuleuven.be).
 
13 Eurocentrism in Political Theory.  Efe Can Gurgan (Koç University, egurcan@ku.edu.tr)
 
14 When Should Philosophy be Practical: On Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory. Robert Jubb (University of Oxford Robert, robert.jubb@stcatz.ox.ac.uk) and
James Gledhill,. (LondonSchool of Economics.
 
15 Marxism. Mark Cowling (University of Teesside, c.m.cowling@tees.ac.uk )
 
16 Anarchism. Ruth Kinna (LoughboroughUniversity, r.e.kinna@lboro.ac.uk )
 
17 Green Political Theory.  Stijn Neuteleers (Leuven University, Stijn.Neuteleers@econ.kuleuven.be ) and Corey Maciver, Oxford University, corey.maciver@nuffield.ox.ac.uk )
 
18 Human Enhancement and Justicet.  David Hunter (University of Keele, d.hunter@peak.keele.ac.uk), Michael Selgelid (Australian National University, Michael.Selgelid@anu.edu.au) and  Anthony Mark Cutter (amcutter@uclan.ac.uk ).
 
 
19   Democracy: Theory and Practice. Stephen Elstub (University of the West of Scotland, stephen.elstub@uws.ac.uk )
 
 20 Contesting Recognition.    Atnre Alleyne (University of Delaware, atnreakn@UDel.Edu ) and W.A. Rivera (University of Delaware, warivera@udel.edu
 
 
21   Vilfredo Pareto. Joe Femia (University of Liverpool, femia@liverpool.ac.uk) and Alasdair Marshall, (University of Southampton,  A.Marshall@soton.ac.uk).
 
22 Justice in Work and Production. Keith Breen (Queen’s University Belfast, ) and Russell Keat (University of Edinburgh, )
 
23    The Problem of Dirty hands. Stephen de Wijze (University of Manchester, dewijze@manchester.ac.uk )
 
24 British idealism. Davaid Boucher (Cardiff University, boucherde@cardiff.ac.uk )
 
 
25 Art and Politics: Towards a Culture of Solidarity? (Larry Wilde, Nottingham Trent University, ) and Ian Fraser (NottinghamTrentUniversity, ).
 
 
 The Conference fee is £170, this includes dinner on the evening of the 2nd. September and lunches on arrival and 3rd of September. Should you require accommodation, the total fee is £ 228 for two nights B&B in Halls of Residence, and £ 327 B&B ensuite in   local hotel. Post Graduate fee is £125 (£180   B&B in Hall of Residence). There will also be a wine reception.
 
The organisers are: Professor Joe Femia (School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool, femia@liv.ac.uk ) and Professor Jules Townshend (Department of Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University, j.townshend@mmu.ac.uk )
 
Conference Registration:  
 
Conference and Events Coordinator,
Manchester Metropolitan University,
Venues for Events,
Cavendish Building,
Cavendish Street,
Manchester,
 M15 6BG
 
Tel: 0161 247 1565
Fax: 0161 247 6887
 
Registrations after 30th July 2009 will be subject to a late fee of £10 (please include this with your payment)
 
Registrations will not be accepted after 14th August 2009