Machiavelli’s Modern Legacy, Mar. 28-29

Jan 212013
 
 January 21, 2013

KIE Graduate student William Wittels is organizing a conference March 28-29, “Machiavelli’s Modern Legacy: Machiavelli’s Principle Political Works at 500.”

Schedule

All panels are in Breedlove room, which is in the Rubenstein Library.

Thursday, March 28th

10am-Noon: Panel 1 – Machiavelli and Radical Thought
Benedetto Fontana – CUNY Baruch
Rethinking the Relation between Gramsci and Machiavelli 
Cary Nederman – Texas A&M
Machiavelli, the “Sciences” of Politics, and the Politics of Science

1pm-3pm: Panel 2 – The Unexpected Machiavelli
Catherine Zuckert – Notre Dame
Machiavelli’s Popular Prince.
Erica Benner – Yale University
Machiavelli’s Ironies: the language of praise and blame in the Prince

3.30pm-5.30pm: Keynote Presentation
John McCormick – University of Chicago
Machiavelli on Misawarded Glory: Agathocles, Scipio and ‘the Writers’

 

Friday, March 29th

10am-Noon: Panel 3 – Machiavelli and Empire
Vickie Sullivan – Tufts University
Alexander the Great as ‘Lord of Asia’ and Rome as His Successor in Machiavelli’s Prince.
William Wittels – Duke University
Machiavelli’s Citizen Militia

1pm-3pm: Panel 4 – Machiavelli and Class Conflict
Diego Von Vacano – Texas A&M
Liberty Loves Struggle: The Class Basis of Machiavelli’s Republicanism
Robyn Marasco – Hunter College
Passion and the Play of Politics: Reading Machiavelli at the Extremes

3.30 pm-5.30pm: Panel 5 – Politics and the Art of Compromise
A Q&A with professors and practitioners of politics on the tension between moralism and pragmatism in the political world.

This event is co-sponsored by KIE, Duke Political Science, the Duke Program in American Values and Institutions, the Center for European Studies at Duke, the Duke University American Grand Strategy, the Duke Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Team Kenan Do Lunch with Marc Dreyfors, Mar. 27

Jan 202013
 
 January 20, 2013

Team Kenan’s Do Lunch series provides an opportunity for students to engage in ethics-based discussions and to learn more about how they might apply what they have learned at Duke in this community and communities around the world.

Come join a lively discussion on the increasing dilemma of biofuels vs. food production in a resource-constraining world. Drought, flood, heat and fires caused by greenhouse gases are affecting land-use and global climate. How will we feed ourselves, much less fuel our growth-dependent economies? Can we lift the 2 billion developing country poor out of poverty while the impacts of climate disruption unfold? We are facing fewer and harder choices, but the answers may lie within the choices we make daily.

Marc Dreyfors is a graduate from the School of Foresty and Environmental Studies at Duke. He has tested all aspects of our market economy, willingness-to-pay and decision-making processes through the operations of several green businesses, including fair trade handicrafts focusing on areas of high biodiversity, the construction of a biodiesel plant and fuel distribution company and a green transportation business.

When: Wednesday, March 27th at noon
Where: 101 West Duke Building
RSVP: Here.

Religions and Public Life Speaker: Peter van der Veer, Mar. 26

Jan 202013
 
 January 20, 2013

“The Spiritual, the Secular, and the Poor in India and China”

Peter van der Veer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity at Göttingen, will be speaking March 26th at 5:30 pm as part of the Religions and Public Life speaker series.

Van der Veer works on religion and nationalism in Asia and Europe. He has just finished a monograph on the comparative study of religion and nationalism in India and China. He taught previously at the Free University in Amsterdam, at Utrecht University and at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1992 he was appointed as Professor of Comparative Religion and Founding Director of the Research Center in Religion and Society in the Social Science Faculty of the University of Amsterdam. He served as Dean of the Social Science Faculty and as Dean of the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research at Amsterdam, and as Director of the International Institute for the Study of Islam and Chairman of the Board of the International Institute for Asian Studies, both in Leiden. In 1994 he was appointed as University Professor at Large at Utrecht University, a position he continues to hold. He has held visiting positions at the London School of Economics, the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the New School in New York, and the National University of Singapore.

The Religions and Public Life initiative is sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Divinity School, and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

March 26, 5:30 pm
Westbrook Building room 0014

James Scott: On Not Being Governed, Mar. 25

Jan 192013
 
 January 19, 2013

James Scott will present an extension of his 2009 book The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia on Monday, March 25. Scott is the Sterling Professor of Political Science, Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University.

For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them—slavery, conscription, taxes, corvée labor, epidemics, and warfare. Among the strategies employed by the people of Zomia to remain stateless are physical dispersion in rugged terrain; agricultural practices that enhance mobility; pliable ethnic identities; devotion to prophetic, millenarian leaders; and maintenance of a largely oral culture that allows them to reinvent their histories and genealogies as they move between and around states.

Monday, March 25
5:30 – 6:30 pm (Reception to follow)
101 West Duke Building, East Campus
Free admission and parking, open to the public

Monday Seminar: James Scott, Mar. 25

Jan 192013
 
 January 19, 2013

Two Cheers for Anarchism: On Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play

Jim Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at Yale University, will be speaking March 25th as part of the Monday Seminar Series from 12:0-1:30 in room 101 West Duke Building.

Inspired by the core anarchist faith in the possibilities of voluntary cooperation without hierarchy, Scott will provide a unique and powerful perspective on everything from everyday social and political interactions to mass protests and revolutions. The anarchist confidence in the inventiveness and judgment of people who are free to exercise their creative and moral capacities has influences on issues such as public disorder and riots, desertion, poaching, vernacular knowledge, assembly-line production, globalization, the petty bourgeoisie, school testing, playgrounds, and the practice of historical explanation.

Scott’s research concerns political economy, comparative agrarian societies, theories of hegemony and resistance, peasant politics, revolution, Southeast Asia, theories of class relations and anarchism. He is currently teaching Agrarian Studies and Rebellion, Resistance and Repression.

Theorizing Human Rights: A Conference in Honor of James Nickel, March 22-23

Jan 182013
 
 January 18, 2013

For more than 30 years, James Nickel has provided a clear voice on human rights and mentored students in human rights law and theory, jurisprudence, and political philosophy. In honor of his distinguished career and work, KIE will be hosting a conference on March 22-23. Panel topics include Morality to Law, Human Rights and Democracy, Global Justice and the Resource Curse, Justifying Human Rights with Linkage Arguments, and Human Rights and Dignity.

The conference is free and open to the public. Panel sessions will be held in room 101 of the West Duke Building. For more information, contact Kelly Lipford, kelly.lipford@duke.edu.

Sponsored by Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke, Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Center for International and Comparative Law at Duke Law School, University of Miami Law School, the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke Philosophy, and University of Miami Philosophy

Conference Schedule

Friday, March 22


9:45-10:00 am: Welcome, Allen Buchanan

10:00 am- 12:30 pm: From Morality to Law
John Tasioulas, University College London, Law
Allen Buchanan, Duke, Philosophy and Law
Pablo Gilabert, Concordia University of Montreal, Philosophy (Commentator)
Adam Etinson, CUNY, Philosophy (Commentator)
Gerald Postema, UNC, Philosophy (Moderator)

12:30-2:00 pm: Lunch break

2:00 pm-3:40 pm: Human Rights and Democracy
Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona, Philosophy and Law
Kristen Hessler, SUNY-Albany, Philosophy (Commentator)
Julian Culp, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Philosophy (Moderator)

4:20 pm-6:00 pm: Global Justice and the Resource Curse
Leif Wenar, King’s College London, Law
Erika Weinthal, Duke, Nicholas School of the Environment and Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (Commentator)
Andreas Follesdal, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Law (Moderator)

6:30pm-7:30 pm: Reception

Saturday, March 23


9:00 am-10:40: Justifying Human Rights with Linkage Arguments
Jim Nickel, University of Miami Law and Philosophy
Elizabeth Ashford, St. Andrew’s University, Philosophy (Commentator)
Gopal Sreenivasan, Duke, Philosophy (Moderator)

11:00 am-12:30 pm: Human Rights and Dignity
Charles Beitz, Princeton, Political Science Theory
Bas Van der Vossen, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Philosophy (Commentator)
David Wong, Duke, Philosophy (Moderator)

12:45-2:30 pm: Lunch with Panel Discussion on Future Directions for Human Rights Theory
Robin Kirk, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute
Monica Hakimi, University of Michigan Law School, Philosophy
Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling, Philosophy
Kit Wellman, Washington University in St. Louis, Philosophy (Moderator and panelist)

Multiculturalism: Success, Failure, Future: Mar. 21

Jan 172013
 
 January 17, 2013

Visiting Human Rights Fellow Will Kymlicka will be giving a lunch seminar on Thursday. Kymlicka is the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queens’s University, Kingston, Canada and Co-Director of the Multiculturalism Policy Index.

Lunch is free to all participants who register; to register contact Kelly Lipford at kelly.lipford@duke.edu.

Thursday, March 21
12:45 – 1:45 pm
101 West Duke Building, East Campus
Free and Open to the Public

Human Rights & The Humanities Conference, March 21-22

Jan 172013
 
 January 17, 2013

The National Humanities Center is hosting the second annual conference on “Human Rights & The Humanities” March 21-22. Speakers at this year’s conference will focus on the state and its role in human rights discourse, action, and intervention.

Schedule

Thursday, March 21, 2013

7:00 p.m.        Keynote Address

Michael Ignatieff, University of Toronto and Harvard Kennedy School
Response: Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago and Georgetown University

Friday, March 22, 2013

8:00 a.m.       Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.      “Is Democracy a Human Right?”

Panelists: Catherine Gallagher, University of California, Berkeley; Anat Biletzki, Quinnipiac University and Tel Aviv University; Daniel Bell, Tsinghua University
Moderator: James Dawes, Macalester College

10:45 a.m.    “The History and Challenges of Accountability for Genocide and War Crimes”

Panelists: Ben Kiernan, Yale University; Christopher Browning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Richard Wilson, University of Connecticut

12:15 p.m.     Lunch

1:30 p.m.     “Tracing the Genealogy of Human Rights”

Panelists: Hans Joas, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and University of Chicago; Tom Laqueur, University of California, Berkeley; Robert Post, Yale University
Moderator: Susan Wolf, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:15 p.m.      Concluding Talk: “Rethinking Equality”

Wang Hui, Tsinghua University
Response: David Wong, Duke University
Moderator: Jonathan Ocko, North Carolina State University

5:00 p.m.         Closing Reception

To register for the full conference, including the Thursday, March 21 opening event, please follow this link. Please note: conference registration fee of $20 ($10 for students with valid ID and senior citizens) includes all meals and sessions on Friday, March 22.

To reserve space for the Thurs., March 21 opening keynote address ONLY, please follow this link. This event is free and open to the public.

Human Rights and the Humanities is made possible through the generous support of the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies Inc., Duke University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights, Mar. 20

Jan 162013
 
 January 16, 2013

Authors Will Kymlicka and Sue Donaldson will give a talk related to their 2011 book Zoopolis. Zoopolis examines the obligations that human societies have to animals by using political theory models of citizenship. Kymlicka and Donaldson offer a vision of how to ground the complex web of human and animal relations on the principles of justice and compassion.

Will Kymlicka is the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. Sue Donaldson is an independent researcher and author.

Wednesday, March 20
5:30 – 6:30, Reception to follow
101 West Duke Building, East Campus
Free admission and parking; open to the public

DNA, Human Rights & Human Trafficking, Mar. 20

Jan 162013
 
 January 16, 2013

The first workshop of the  DNA Applications in Human Rights and Human Trafficking initiative will be held Wednesday, March 20. This workshop will discuss the potential role of DNA in human trafficking victim identification and the historic uses of DNA for human rights and explore the ethical, privacy, political, and social implications of DNA collection of victims and family members.

This initiative represents a partnership of KIE, the Franklin Humanities Institute, and the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, with funding from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

Click to see full schedule


9:00-9:15
Welcome, Goals of Workshop | Sara H. Katsanis, IGSP

9:15-10:00
Overview of DNA, Human Rights & Human Trafficking | Sara H. Katsanis, IGSP

10:00-10:30
Definitions of Human Trafficking | Anna Lind-Guzik, Slavic and Eurasian Studies

10:30-10:45
Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Work from the Ground Up | Gunther Peck, Sanford School for Public Policy

10:45-11:00
Duke Human Rights Center at FHI – Focus on Trafficking | Robin Kirk, DHRC@FHI

11:00-11:15
Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics – Focus on Trafficking | Suzanne Shanahan, KIE

11:15-11:30 | Break

11:30-12:20
Breakout Workshops: Adoption Fraud | Joyce Kim; Sex Trafficking | Anna Lind-Guzik; Migrant Workers | Jennifer Wagner

12:20-1:00
Reconvene and Coalesce

March 20, 2013
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Smith Warehouse, Garage C105 Bay 4
Lunch provided

Registration is free; please do so here.

Event flier available for download.

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