POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP

(FALL 2008)

September 26: Uday Mehta (Amherst College), "The Language of Peace and the Practice of Non-Violence." 3:30-5:00, A.D. White 201.

October 17: Sofia Näsström (Stockholm University/Columbia University), "Constituting the People: On the Limits of Communicative Action." 3:30-5:00, White Hall 104.

November 21: Michelle-Renée Smith (Cornell University), "Re-reading the Agonal: Difference in the Political Theory of Alain Locke."

(SPRING 2009)

February 27: Alison McQueen (Cornell University), "Between Fear and Longing:
Machiavelli and the Apocalyptic Imaginary." 3:30-5:00, A.D. White 201.

March 27: Patchen Markell (University of Chicago), "Arendt, Aesthetics, and 'The
Crisis in Culture.'" 3:30-5:00, A.D. White 201.

For further information contact Jason Frank at jf273@cornell.edu

Conference on "Homogeneity and Heterogeneity in Public Opinion",
October 3-5, 2008

Events sponsored by the Cornell Courts Colloquium:

September 2nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
165 McGraw Hall
Harold Spaeth of Michigan State University and Carolyn Shapiro of Kent College of Law in Chicago will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the United States Supreme Court Database in the fields of Political Science and Law.

September 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
106 White Hall
The Cornell Courts Colloquium presents a public lecture where Professor Jeffrey Lax will examine the relationship between public opinion and US senators' votes on Supreme Court nominees.