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Realizing Global Justice: Theory and Practice
The Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice (PDJ) research group of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Tromsø invites you to participate in the conference Realizing Global Justice: Theory and Practice to be held on 19–22 June 2013 at the University of Tromsø, Norway. The conference is intended as a meeting place for friendly discussions and conjoint learning among students, young researchers and internationally renowned researchers such as Professor Philippe Van Parijs (Catholic University of Louvain), Professor Thomas Pogge (Yale University), Professor Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex), Professor Tove Pettersen (University of Oslo), and Associate Professor Eva Erman (Uppsala University). The University of Tromsø, the northernmost university in the world, was included among the world’s top universities by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2010. Moreover, the university was pleased and honored to have Noam Chomsky as a guest lecturer at a meeting held in September 2012 demonstrating our engagement in an open and meaningful debate on global justice issues. The conference will also be a great opportunity to explore the capital city of the Arctic, a place full of culture and history, surrounded by incredibly beautiful fjords and mountains. At the time of the conference, it will be possible to enjoy the midnight sun. During the conference days, you are also invited to admire the photography exhibition “The Claims of Justice”, by the Brazilian photographer, Rodolfo Gil. A very inspiring experience, indeed! Velkommen til Tromsø! The Organizers.
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Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice Research GroupGroup meeting 17 – 18 January 2013Venue: Innsikten UF. 1512University of Tromsø Thursday - 17. 1 11.00 – 11.30: Melina Duarte: Information about the conference on Realizing Global Justice: Theory and Practice 12.00 – 12.45: Tor Ivar Hanstad: Carl Schmitt and the Political (opponent: Melina Duarte) 13.00 - 13.45: Jonas Jakobsen: Religion and (Mis)recognition. Axel Honneth and the Danish Cartoon Controversy (opponent: Øyvind Stokke) 14.00 – 14.45: Øyvind Stokke: Justice without democracy? On the political logic of justice (opponent: Andreas Føllesdal) 15.00 – 15.45: Andreas Føllesdal: Appreciating the Margin of Appreciation (opponent: soon available) Friday- 18. 1 9.15 – 10.00: Erik Lundestad: Amartya Sen: an introduction (opponent, Jonas Jakobsen). 10.15- 11.00: Melina Duarte: Can, in a cosmopolitan perspective, open borders be compatible with territorial rights? (opponent: Hallvard Fossheim) 11.15 – 12.00: Information about PluriCourts: Andreas Føllesdal 12.00 – 12:30: Closing session and Research planning for 2013-2014.
2012
Workshop on "Justice in Conflict" 20-21 October at the University of TromsøPluralism, Democracy, and Justice Saturday
9:15 – 10:00: Erik Christensen : Bioethics committees, consensus and human nature.
Commentator: Melina Duarte
10.15 – 11.00: Thomasz Jarymowicz: Religious Reason Revisited
Commentator: Jonas Jakobsen
11. 15 – 12.00: Andreas Føllesdal: Two Democratic Concepts of European Public Spheres.
Commentator: Øyvind Stokke
12.00 – 13.00: Lunch
13.00 – 14.00: Kjersti Fjørtoft: Rawls on Humans Rights
Commentator: Tomasz Jarymowicz
4.15 – 15.00: Tor Ivar Hanstad: Can Trust Override Fear?
Commentator: Erik Christensen
19. 30: Dinner at 4 roser Restaurant
Sunday
10. 00 – 11.00: Jonas Jakobsen: Between ‘Enlightenment Fundamentalism’ and ‘Radical Multiculturalism’
Commentator: Andreas Føllesdal
11.15 – 12.15: Melina Duarte: Reassessing Human Rights: An Interview with Seyla Benhabib
Commentator: Tor Ivar Hanstad
12.15- 13.00: Lunch
13. 00 – 14.00: Øyvind Stokke: The Rule of Law Reconsidered
Commentator: Kjersti Fjørtoft
14.00 – 15.00: Information and discussion / Kjersti Fjørtoft
Invitation to conference on "Realizing Global Justice: Theory and Practice" to be held in June 2013 at the University of Tromsø.
Further activities.
ForskningsdageneNorwegian Science WeekSpråk, filosofi og litteratur i byen! Language, philosophy and literature in the city Thursday, 27th of September 7 p.m. at Tromsø Public Library and Archive The philosophical debate will be conducted by two members of the PDJ Research Group: Jonas Jakobsen: "Islamofobi" eller "kritikk av religion"? Tor Ivar Hanstad: Responsibility to Protect (R2P) i Libya og Syria - Den moderne versjonen av vestlig imperialisme eller et humanistisk fremskritt? Thank you for your participation!
Workshop in Sommarøya: 14-15 May 2012
The research group "Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice" invited Professor Beatrix Himmelmann from University of Tromsø to join the group on the Workshop at Sommarøya in Norway. She will present a paper on Perpetual Peace – Does this Idea allow for Necessary or even Desirable Conflict? (See the program below)
We look forward to discussing our projects with her!
Program
Monday - 14.05
10.30: Departure from MIX kiosken, UiT
12.00: Lunch
13.00 - 14.00: Jonas Jakobsen: Secularism, Deliberative Democracy and Islam in Europe.
14.10 - 15.10: Beatrix Himmelmann: Perpetual Peace – Does this Idea allow for Necessary or even Desirable Conflict?
15.20 - 16.20: Melina Duarte: Educating citizens for humanism – Nussbaum and the crisis of education.
16. 30 - 17.30: Thomasz Jarymowicz: Robert Post’s Theory of Freedom of Expression – Coherency Issues
19.00: Dinner
Tuesday - 15.05
Breakfast
9.15- 10.00: Øyvind Stokke: The rule of law reconsidered: In defence of collective property against neoliberal plunder
10.10 – 11.00: Tor Ivar Hanstad: Dude, Don’t Forget the Political – A Critique of Appiah’s Cosmopolitanism
12.00: Lunch
12.45 -13.30: Kjersti Fjørtoft: Public reason as an ideal of democratic citizenship
13.30 - 14.30: General information and discussion about the forthcoming activities. “Justice in Conflict”: Collaboration, workshops and conferences (Kjersti Fjørtoft and Jan Harald Alnes)
14.30: Arrival in Tromsø
* picture from: http://www.botnhamn.com/NO/Sommaroy.htm
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The research group "Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice" invite you to participate on the Symposium:
Secularism, Tolerance, and Religious Minorities
Are Western liberal democracies too secular to include “the religious other”, such as religious minorities and immigrants? Must democratic debate rely on secular arguments, and, if so, does that prevent religious groups from raising their voice and speaking their minds? What are the practical and theoretical forces, limits, blind spots and problems of current conceptions of liberal tolerance? Which normative, political and analytical problems are we facing in a climate of increasing European Islamophobia and fear of Muslims? These and other questions will be discussed at this conference.
PROGRAM - UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ - FROM 24.05 TO 26.05.2012
THURSDAY 24.5
8.45 – 9.00: Coffee, room B1005, SVHUM
9.00 – 9.15: Welcome and general information, room B1005, SVHUM
9.15 – 11.00: Catriona McKinnon (Keynote speaker). Professor of Political Theory, University of Reading: Political Toleration in the Liberal State. Room B1005, SVHUM
Lunch
12.15 – 14.00: Andrew March (Keynote speaker). Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University: Assessing the Inclusivist Case for Religious Reasons in Politics. Room B1005, SVHUM
14.30 – 15.30: Yolande Jansen. Assistant Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, University of Amsterdam: A few points of contact in current debates about postsecularism, civic integration and freedom of speech. Room E0104, SVHUM
Dinner at restaurant Fiskekompaniet
FRIDAY 25.5
9.00 – 10.00: Sindre Bangstad. Post.doc in Anthropology, University of Oslo: What is wrong with freedom of expression? The cul-de-sacs of contemporary Norwegian discourses on freedom of expression and its limits. Room E0104, SVHUM
10.15 – 11.15: Kristian Ekeli. Associate professor of philosophy, University of Stavanger: Freedom of Expression and Advocacy of Terrorism. Room E0104, SVHUM
11.30 – 12.30: Espen Gamlund. Associate professor of Philosophy, University of Bergen: Liberalism, Education and Anti-Liberal-Democratic Groups. Room E0104, SVHUM
Lunch
14.00 – 15.00: Rosemarie Van der Breemer. Research Fellow at the Theological Faculty and the interdisciplinary research network PluRel at the University of Oslo: Why humanists are like Muslims: an institutional comparison of religious governance on the graveyard in Norway and France. Room E0104, SVHUM
SATURDAY 26.5
9.00 – 10.00: May Thorseth. Professor of philosophy, University of Trondheim: Drawing the Limit of Tolerance between Real and Fictitious Publics – the Case of Anders Behring Breivik and July 22, 2011.
10.15 – 11.15: Kjersti Fjørtoft. Associate professor of philosophy, University of Tromsø: Tolerance and public deliberation
Lunch
12.30 – 13.30: Erik Christensen. Associate professor of philosophy, University of Tromsø: Liberalism, Religion, and Equal Opportunity. E0104, SVHUM
13.45 – 14.45: Jonas Jakobsen. Research Fellow in philosophy, University of Tromsø: Is secular deliberation a special problem for Muslims? Some reflections on Habermas’ postsecularism. Room E0104, SVHUM
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Submission deadline: 15 May 2013
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