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Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop

Research Workshop on Not In Their Name, by Holly Lawford-Smith

McGill University
Arts 160
2018-05-24

The Groupe de recherche en philosophie politique de Montréal (GRIPP) is pleased to announce a one-day workshop dedicated to the 2018 winner of the Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award, “Not In Their Name” by Holly Lawford-Smith of University of Melbourne.

Format: To maximize the quality of discussion, participants are expected to have read the manuscript beforehand. The workshop comprises four sessions dedicated to the manuscript. Each session will begin with brief critiques of chapters of the manuscript, followed by a brief response by the author and general discussion.

Registration: The workshop is open to all, but attendance is by registration and limited in number. RSVP the workshop coordinator Nina Ahrendt: [email protected]

Manuscript: Click here for access to manuscript. Access requires a password, which all participants will receive upon registration.

Programme

9:30 Welcome / accueil

9:45 – 11:30 Présidente: Dominique Leydet (philosophie, UQAM)

Ch. 2: What is The State? Amandine Catala (philosophie, UQAM)

Ch. 3: Is the Citizen-Inclusive State an Agent? Pablo Gilabert (philosophy, Concordia)

11:30 – 13:00 Lunch / Dîner

13:00 – 14:45 Chair: Hasana Sharp (philosophy, McGill)

Ch. 4: Is the Citizen-Exclusive State an Agent? Victor Muniz-Fraticelli (politics & law, McGill)

Ch. 5: Are Citizens Responsible Nonetheless for What the State Does? Catherine Lu (politics, McGill)

14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break / pause café

15:00 – 16:45 Chair: Kristin Voigt (philosophy, McGill)

Ch. 6: Culpability in Hierarchical Groups: Daniel Weinstock (law, McGill)

Ch. 7: Cooperation Between States: Peter Dietsch (philosophie, Montréal)

19:00 Dinner / Souper

(le français suit)

Call for applications: The Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en philosophie politique de Montréal (GRIPP), spanning the departments of political science and philosophy at McGill University, l’Université de Montréal, Concordia University, and l’Université du Québec à Montréal, invites applications for its 2018 manuscript workshop award. The recipient of the award will be invited to Montreal  for a day-long workshop in May 2018 dedicated to his or her book manuscript. This “author meets critics” workshop will comprise four to five sessions dedicated to critical discussion of the manuscript; each session will begin with a critical commentary on a section of the manuscript by a political theorist or philosopher who is part of Montreal’s GRIPP community. The format is designed to maximize feedback for a book-in-progress. The award covers the costs of travel, accommodation, and meals.

Eligibility:

A. Topic: The manuscript topic is open within political theory and political philosophy.

B. Manuscript: Book manuscripts in English or French, not yet in a version accepted for publication, by applicants with PhD in hand by 1 August 2017, are eligible. Applicants must have a complete or nearly complete draft (at least 4/5 of final draft) ready to present at the workshop. In the case of co-authored manuscripts, only one of the co-authors is eligible to apply. (Only works in progress by the workshop date are eligible; authors with a preliminary book contract are eligible only if the deadline for submitting the manuscript’s final, revised version to the publisher is well enough after the workshop date to allow for revisions after the workshop.)

C. Application: Please submit the following materials electronically, compiled as a single PDF file, in the following order: 1) a curriculum vitae; 2) a table of contents; 3) a short abstract of the book project, up to 200 words; 4) a longer book abstract up to 2500 words; and, in the case of applicants with previous book publication(s), (5) three reviews, from established journals in the field, of the applicant’s most recently published monograph. Candidates are not required, but may if they wish, to have two letters of recommendation speaking to the merits of the book project submitted (either separately or appended to the PDF) as well. Please do not send writing samples. The PDF file name should be your last name followed by a space and your first name. Send materials by email, with the subject heading “2018 GRIPP Manuscript Workshop Award” to Arash Abizadeh <arash.abizadeh at mcgill.ca>. Review of applications begins 15 January 2018. Contact Arash Abizadeh <arash.abizadeh at mcgill.ca> with questions.

Evaluation Process: The final decision for choosing the winner of the GRIPP manuscript award lies with the GRIPP Jury. The Jury will seek to meet within the first two weeks of the rolling deadline for submissions. All bilingual regular faculty members of GRIPP have the right to participate as members of the Jury. Each regular faculty member of GRIPP has the right to suggest a short-list of up to five proposals for consideration by the Jury, but the final decision rests with the Jury itself. All elements of the Jury’s deliberations are confidential; unfortunately it is not possible for the Jury or its members to provide any feedback to applicants concerning the merits of their proposal. A full list of the regular GRIPP faculty membership is available at <https://grippmontreal.org>

Previous GRIPP Manuscript Workshops:

April 2017: William Selinger (Harvard), Philosophers of Parliament: The Promise and Perils of the Legislature and the Origins of Liberalism
May 2016: Katrina Forrester (QMUL), Reinventing Morality: A History of American Political Thought since the 1950s
August 2015: Lea Ypi (LSE) [with co-author Jonathan White (LSE)], The Meaning of Partisanship
May 2015: Magali Bessone (Rennes 1), Réparer les injustices coloniales : Perspective transitionnelle sur la justice réparatrice
May 2014: Paul Gowder (Iowa), A Commitment to Equality: The Rule of Law in the Real World
May 2013: Alex Gourevitch (McMaster), Something of Slavery Still Remains: Labor and the Cooperative Commonwealth
May 2012: Daniel Viehoff (Sheffield), The Authority of Democracy
May 2011: James Ingram (McMaster), Radical Cosmopolitics: The Ethics and Politics of Democratic Universalism
April 2010: Hélène Landemore (Yale), Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many
April 2009: Alan Patten (Princeton), Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Cultural Rights
March 2009: Kinch Hoekstra (UC Berkeley), Thomas Hobbes and the Creation of Order

<https://grippmontreal.org>

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LE PRIX ANNUEL DE L’ATELIER DE MANUSCRIT DE PHILOSOPHIE POLITIQUE DE MONTRÉAL 2018

Appel à candidature: Le groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en philosophie politique de Montréal (GRIPP), qui réunit des chercheurs des départements de science politique et de philosophie de l’Université McGill, de l’Université de Montréal, de l’Université Concordia et de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, fait un appel à candidature pour son prix 2018 de l’atelier de manuscrit. Le lauréat sera invité à Montréal en mai 2018 pour un atelier d’une journée complète consacré au manuscrit de son livre. Cet atelier du type « l’auteur rencontre ses critiques » comprendra quatre ou cinq séances de discussions critiques sur le manuscrit ; pour chacune d’entre elles, un spécialiste de théorie politique ou un philosophe membre de la communauté montréalaise du GRIPP lancera la discussion par un commentaire critique d’une des sections du manuscrit.  Ceci a pour but de faciliter les échanges sur un livre en chantier. Le prix couvre les dépenses de voyage, d’hébergement et de repas.

Éligibilité :

A- Sujet : Tout sujet relatif à la philosophie politique ou à la théorie politique.

B- Manuscrit : Sont éligibles tous les manuscrits de livres en français ou en anglais non encore publiés dont l’auteur est détenteur d’un doctorat au 1er août 2017. Les candidats devront avoir une version complète ou presque de leur manuscrit (au moins 4/5e de la version finale) pour présentation à l’atelier. Dans le cas de manuscrits ayant plus d’un auteur, seul l’un des coauteurs est éligible. (Seuls les manuscrits non encore terminés à la date prévue de l’atelier seront considérés ; les auteurs disposant d’un contrat préliminaire de publication ne sont éligibles que si la date limite pour soumettre la version révisée finale du manuscrit à l’éditeur est suffisamment éloigné de la date de l’atelier pour permettre des révisions après l’atelier.)

C- Soumission : Vous voudrez bien fournir les documents suivants, en format électronique, dans un seul fichier PDF, dans l’ordre suivant : 1) un curriculum vitae; 2) une table des matières; 3) un court résumé du projet du livre de moins de 200 mots; 4) un résumé plus long, de moins de 2 500 mots; et, dans le cas de candidats ayant déjà publié, 5) trois recensions parues dans des revues spécialisées et reconnues dans le domaine de la plus récente monographie publiée. Les candidats peuvent, s’ils le souhaitent, nous faire envoyer deux lettres de recommandation présentant l’intérêt de leur projet de livre (soit envoyées séparément, soit jointe à la fin du fichier PDF). Le nom du fichier PDF doit être votre nom suivi d’une espace et de votre prénom. Nous vous prions de ne pas envoyer d’extraits de manuscrit. Envoyez ces documents par courriel, avec le sujet « 2018 GRIPP Prix Atelier Manuscrit » à Arash Abizadeh <arash.abizadeh à mcgill.ca>. L’examen des candidatures commencera le 15 janvier 2018. Pour toute information supplémentaire, veuillez contacter Dominique Leydet <leydet.dominique à uqam.ca>

Processus d’évaluation : La décision finale pour la sélection du lauréat du prix du manuscrit du GRIPP est prise par le jury du GRIPP. Le jury tentera de se rencontrer dans les premières deux semaines suivant la date limite de soumission des manuscrits. Tous les professeurs qui sont bilingues et membres réguliers du GRIPP ont le droit de participer au processus de sélection à titre de membres du jury. Tout professeur membre régulier du GRIPP a le droit de suggérer une liste courte de cinq titres au maximum pour considération par le jury. La décision finale demeure du seul ressort du jury lui-même. Les délibérations du jury sont confidentielles ; il n’est malheureusement pas possible pour le jury ou ses membres de donner aux candidats des informations concernant l’évaluation qui a été faite de leur proposition. Une liste complète des professeurs membres réguliers du GRIPP est disponible au <https://grippmontreal.org>

Ateliers de manuscrit précédents :

Avril 2017: William Selinger (Harvard), Philosophers of Parliament: The Promise and Perils of the Legislature and the Origins of Liberalism
Mai 2016: Katrina Forrester (QMUL), Reinventing Morality: A History of American Political Thought since the 1950s
Août 2015: Lea Ypi (LSE) [avec co-auteur Jonathan White (LSE)], The Meaning of Partisanship
Mai 2015: Magali Bessone (Rennes 1), Réparer les injustices coloniales : Perspective transitionnelle sur la justice réparatrice
Mai 2014: Paul Gowder (Iowa), A Commitment to Equality: The Rule of Law in the Real World
Mai 2013 : Alex Gourevitch (McMaster), Something of Slavery Still Remains : Labor and the Cooperative Commonwealth
Mai 2012: Daniel Viehoff (Sheffield), The Authority of Democracy
Mai 2011: James Ingram (McMaster), Radical Cosmopolitics: The Ethics and Politics of Democratic Universalism
Avril 2010: Hélène Landemore (Yale), Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many
Avril 2009: Alan Patten (Princeton), Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Cultural Rights
Mars 2009: Kinch Hoekstra (UC Berkeley), Thomas Hobbes and the Creation of Order

<https://grippmontreal.org>

Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop

William Selinger, Philosophers of Parliament: The Promise and Perils of the Legislature and the Origins of Liberalism

McGill University, New Chancellor Day Hall Room 316

April 28, 2017

The Groupe de recherche en philosophie politique de Montréal (GRIPP) is pleased to announce a one-day workshop dedicated to the 2017 winner of the Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award, “Philosophers of Parliament: The Promise and Perils of the Legislature and the Origins of Liberalism,” by William Selinger of Harvard University.

Format: To maximize the quality of discussion, participants are expected to have read the manuscript beforehand. The workshop comprises four sessions dedicated to the manuscript. Each session will begin with brief critiques of chapters of the manuscript, followed by a brief response by the author and general discussion.

Registration: The workshop is open to everyone, but attendance is by registration and limited in number. RSVP the workshop coordinator Saleema Nawaz Webster:

[email protected]

Manuscript:  Access to the manuscript requires a password, which all participants will receive upon registration. The protected manuscript is available here. (If you experience difficulty opening the PDF, ensure that your browser opens the file with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

Representation, Bicameralism, and Sortition: With Application to the Canadian Senate

Although representative democracy is today almost universally associated with competitive elections, for the ancient Greeks, elections were associated with aristocracy; democracy was associated with sortition. Some contemporary representative democracies choose juries by lot, but none choose their country’s political representatives in this way. An increasing number of contemporary political scientists and philosophers, however, have argued that elements of sortition would remedy many of the recognized defects afflicting electoral representative governments. In particular, sortition has been hailed as a way to enhance descriptive representation (mirroring the population at large); prevent corruption; mitigate domination by economic elites; mitigate elite-level conflict; ensure fairness and respect for the equality of all citizens in the political process; enhance deliberation; and enhance responsiveness to diverse points of view and interests. But sortition also gives rise to potential worries, concerning accountability; the responsiveness of representatives to societal interests; the proper relation between elected and non-elected assemblies; federalism; the social ontology presupposed by sortition; and differences between Athenian and contemporary society and politics.
This workshop will bring together social scientists and philosophers with two aims: critically to evaluate our theoretical and empirical knowledge of the relative merits and defects of using sortition to select representatives to the second legislative chamber of bicameral representative democracies like Canada; and to contribute to public debate in Canada about Senate reform by evaluating the desirability of reconstituting the Senate as a randomly selected Citizen Assembly. Any overall evaluation must be implicitly comparative, relative to alternatives such as abolishing the second chamber, electing its members, or appointing them (the Canadian status quo). Canada is an ideal setting for this debate: Senate reform is a topic of recurrent debate, and Canada is already a pioneer in experimenting with randomly selected deliberative bodies. (British Columbia and Ontario used randomly selected citizen assemblies to propose an alternative voting system for provincial elections).

Workshop format: The workshop comprises three closed sessions capped by a public forum. Sessions 1 and 2 will each begin with a presentation, based on a pre-circulated paper, making the case for using sortition to select representatives, such as to a second legislative chamber. Each presentation will be followed by two formal critiques emphasizing the problems with sortition. Session 3, “A Randomly Selected Senate?” will begin with a presentation, based on a pre-circulated paper, and in light of the specifically Canadian context of federalism and its history of bicameralism, laying out the case for reconstituting the Senate as a randomly selected Citizen Assembly. Finally, Session 4 will comprise a public forum in the form of a “policy Dragon’s Den” in which a panel of critics will grill two proponents pitching the Senate idea before a large audience.

Registration is required for the workshop (but not the public form). To register, please click here. Please note that registration is limited. You will receive a confirmation of your registration or indication that you have been placed on the wait list via email.

Schedule

Friday December 9, 2016
New Chancellor Day Hall, McGill University

9:00-10:30: Case for Sortition I
Chair: James Kelly (Political Science, Concordia)
Paper: Peter Stone (Political Science, Trinity)
Critiques: Dominique Leydet (Philosophy, UQAM) & Jacob Levy (Political Science, McGill)

11:00-12:30pm: Case for Sortition II
Chair: Christa Scholtz (Political Science, McGill)
Paper: Alex Guerrero (Philosophy, Rutgers)
Critiques: Arthur Lupia (Political Science, Michigan) & John Aldrich (Political Science, Duke)

2:00-3:30pm: Canadian Senate as Randomly Selected Citizen Assembly
Chair: Ruth Dassonneville (Political Science, UdeMontreal)
Paper: Arash Abizadeh (Political Science, McGill)
Critiques: Lori Turnbull (Political Science, Dalhousie) & Peter Loewen (Political Science, Toronto)

4:00-6:00pm: Public Forum on Reconstituting the Canadian Senate as a Randomly Selected Citizen Assembly (no registration required)

This event is co-sponsored by: the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, 
Research Group on Constitutional Studies (RGCS) of the Yan P. Lin Centre & Groupe de recherche en philosophie politique de Montréal (Gripp)

Call for applications: The Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en philosophie politique de Montréal (GRIPP), spanning the departments of political science and philosophy at McGill University, l’Université de Montréal, Concordia University, and l’Université du Québec à Montréal, invites applications for its 2017 manuscript workshop award. The recipient of the award will be invited to Montreal  for a day-long workshop in May 2017 dedicated to his or her book manuscript. This “author meets critics” workshop will comprise four to five sessions dedicated to critical discussion of the manuscript; each session will begin with a critical commentary on a section of the manuscript by a political theorist or philosopher who is part of Montreal’s GRIPP community. The format is designed to maximize feedback for a book-in-progress. The award covers the costs of travel, accommodation, and meals.

Eligibility:

1. Topic: The manuscript topic is open within political theory and political philosophy.

1. Manuscript: Book manuscripts in English or French, not yet in a version accepted for publication, by applicants with PhD in hand by 1 August 2016, are eligible. Applicants must have a complete or nearly complete draft (at least 4/5 of final draft) ready to present at the workshop. In the case of co-authored manuscripts, only one of the co-authors is eligible to apply. (Only works in progress by the workshop date are eligible; authors with a preliminary book contract are eligible only if no version has been already accepted for publication).

2017. Application: Please submit the following materials electronically, compiled as a single PDF file, in the following order: 1) a curriculum vitae; 2) a table of contents; 3) a short abstract of the book project, up to 200 words; 4) a longer book abstract up to 2500 words; and, in the case of applicants with previous book publication(s), (5) three reviews, from established journals in the field, of the applicant’s most recently published monograph. Candidates are not required, but may if they wish, to have two letters of recommendation speaking to the merits of the book project submitted (either separately or appended to the PDF) as well. Please do not send writing samples. The PDF file name should be your last name followed by a space and your first name. Send materials by email, with the subject heading “2017 GRIPP Manuscript Workshop Award” to Arash Abizadeh <arash.abizadeh at mcgill.ca>. Review of applications begins 15 January 2017. Contact ArashAbizadeh <arash.abizadeh at mcgill.ca> with questions.

Evaluation Process: The final decision for choosing the winner of the GRIPP manuscript award lies with the GRIPP Jury. The Jury will seek to meet within the first two weeks of the rolling deadline for submissions. All bilingual regular faculty members of GRIPP have the right to participate as members of the Jury. Each regular faculty member of GRIPP has the right to suggest a short-list of up to five proposals for consideration by the Jury, but the final decision rests with the Jury itself. All elements of the Jury’s deliberations are confidential; unfortunately it is not possible for the Jury or its members to provide any feedback to applicants concerning the merits of their proposal. A full list of the regular GRIPP faculty membership is available at <https://grippmontreal.org>

Previous GRIPP Manuscript Workshops:

May 2016: Katrina Forrester (QMUL), Reinventing Morality: A History of American Political Thought since the 1950s

August 2015: Lea Ypi (LSE) [with co-author Jonathan White (LSE)], The Meaning of Partisanship

May 2015: Magali Bessone (Rennes 1), Réparer les injustices coloniales : Perspective transitionnelle sur la justice réparatrice

May 2014: Paul Gowder (Iowa), A Commitment to Equality: The Rule of Law in the Real World

May 2013: Alex Gourevitch (McMaster), Something of Slavery Still Remains: Labor and the Cooperative Commonwealth

May 2012: Daniel Viehoff (Sheffield), The Authority of Democracy

May 2011: James Ingram (McMaster), Radical Cosmopolitics: The Ethics and Politics of Democratic Universalism

April 2010: Hélène Landemore (Yale), Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many

April 2009: Alan Patten (Princeton), Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Cultural Rights

March 2009: Kinch Hoekstra (UC Berkeley), Thomas Hobbes and the Creation of Order

The Groupe de recherche en philosophie politique de Montréal (GRIPP) is pleased to announce the 2016 winner of the Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award: “Reinventing Morality: A History of American Political Thought since the 1950s,” by Katrina Forrester of the Queen Mary University of London. A workshop on the manuscript will be held at McGill University in May 2016 (TBD).

December 15, 2015

Old Chancellor Day Hall Room 16, Law Faculty

Call for applications: The Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en philosophie politique de Montréal (GRIPP), spanning the departments of political science and philosophy at McGill University, l’Université de Montréal, Concordia University, and l’Université du Québec à Montréal, invites applications for its 2016 manuscript workshop award. The recipient of the award will be invited to Montreal  for a day-long workshop in May 2016 dedicated to his or her book manuscript. This “author meets critics” workshop will comprise four to five sessions dedicated to critical discussion of the manuscript; each session will begin with a critical commentary on a section of the manuscript by a political theorist or philosopher who is part of Montreal’s GRIPP community. The format is designed to maximize feedback for a book-in-progress. The award covers the costs of travel, accommodation, and meals.

Eligibility:

1. Topic: The manuscript topic is open within political theory and political philosophy.
2. Manuscript: Book manuscripts in English or French, not yet in a version accepted for publication, by applicants with PhD in hand by 1 August 2015, are eligible. Applicants must have a complete or nearly complete draft (at least 4/5 of final draft) ready to present at the workshop. In the case of co-authored manuscripts, only one of the co-authors is eligible to apply. (Only works in progress by the workshop date are eligible; authors with a preliminary book contract are eligible only if no version has been already accepted for publication).

Application: Please submit the following materials electronically, compiled as a single PDF file, in the following order: 1) a curriculum vitae; 2) a table of contents; 3) a short abstract of the book project, up to 200 words; 4) a longer book abstract up to 2500 words; and, in the case of applicants with previous book publication(s), (5) three reviews, from established journals in the field, of the applicant’s most recently published monograph. Candidates are not required, but may if they wish, to have two letters of recommendation speaking to the merits of the book project submitted as well. Please do not send writing samples. The PDF file name should be your last name followed by a space and your first name. Send materials by email, with the subject heading “2016 GRIPP Manuscript Workshop Award” to Arash Abizadeh <arash.abizadeh at mcgill.ca>. Review of applications begins 15 January 2016. Contact Arash Abizadeh <arash.abizadeh at mcgill.ca> with questions.

Evaluation Process: The final decision for choosing the winner of the GRIPP manuscript award lies with the GRIPP Jury. The Jury will seek to meet within the first two weeks of the rolling deadline for submissions. All bilingual regular faculty members of GRIPP have the right to participate as members of the Jury. Each regular faculty member of GRIPP has the right to suggest a short-list of up to five proposals for consideration by the Jury, but the final decision rests with the Jury itself. All elements of the Jury’s deliberations are confidential; unfortunately it is not possible for the Jury or its members to provide any feedback to applicants concerning the merits of their proposal. A full list of the regular GRIPP faculty membership is available at <https://grippmontreal.org>

Previous GRIPP Manuscript Workshops:

August 2015: Lea Ypi (LSE) [with co-author Jonathan White (LSE)], The Meaning of Partisanship

May 2015: Magali Bessone (Rennes 1), Réparer les injustices coloniales : Perspective transitionnelle sur la justice réparatrice

May 2014: Paul Gowder (Iowa), A Commitment to Equality: The Rule of Law in the Real World

May 2013: Alex Gourevitch (McMaster), Something of Slavery Still Remains: Labor and the Cooperative Commonwealth

May 2012: Daniel Viehoff (Sheffield), The Authority of Democracy

May 2011: James Ingram (McMaster), Radical Cosmopolitics: The Ethics and Politics of Democratic Universalism

April 2010: Hélène Landemore (Yale), Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many

April 2009: Alan Patten (Princeton), Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Cultural Rights

March 2009: Kinch Hoekstra (UC Berkeley), Thomas Hobbes and the Creation of Order