Tuesday 12 June 

Research events 2011-2012

There is more information about departmental research events on the websites for the Morrell Centre for Toleration and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit. For further research events in the interdisciplinary centres in which members of department participate please see the websites for the Centre for Applied Human Rights; Centre for Ecology, Law and Politics; Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies; and the School of Politics, Economics and Philosophy.

Autumn term 2011

Wednesday 19 October

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
'Policy Competence: How Voters Judge and Decide'
Dr Jane Green (University of Manchester)
12:15 in D/104, Derwent College

Monday 24 October MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'Towards a theory of cultural evaluation'
Matthew Johnson 
12:15 in Derwent D/104
Thursday 27 October MORRELL MEMORIAL ADDRESS
'Toleration and Criminal Justice'
Nicola Lacey 
18:00 in RCH/037, The Ron Cooke Hub
Monday 7 November MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
 Luis Rodrigues 
12:15 in Derwent D/104
Thursday 10 November CENTRE FOR APPLIED HUMAN RIGHTS
 'Conference on Forced Disappearances'
in partnership with Amnesty International
Tuesday 15 November POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT 
El Hassan bin Talal Annual Lecture in Post-war Reconstruction and Development
Further details available at: http://www.york.ac.uk/politics/centres/prdu/news/
Tickets available from: www.york.ac.uk/tickets
Wednesday 16 November GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN POLITICAL THEORY
'Realism in Political Theory'
*Call for Papers* (further details)
Wednesday 16 November

DEPARMENTAL SEMINAR
2in1: 'Crime and Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict'
Led by PhD students - Katie Bishop and Alexandra Lewis
All staff and students welcome
12:15 in D/104, Derwent College

Wednesday 16 November CENTRE FOR APPLIED HUMAN RIGHTS
 'Duch the Confessor: Cambodia's Killing Fields on Trial'
Monday 21 November MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'The Right to Rule'
Daniel Viehoff (Philosophy, Sheffield) 
12:15 in Derwent D/104
Friday 2 December DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WORKSHOP
‘The Changing Landscape of Power in Global Economic Governance’
Dr Liam Clegg, Dr. André Broome, Dr. Lena Rethel and Michael Fini, and Dr Chris Rogers
14:00-17:00 in D/056, Derwent College
Monday 12 December

MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'Proportionate Sentencing and the Rule of Law'
Malcolm Thorburn (Law, Queen's University, Canada) 
12:15 in Derwent D/104

Wednesday 14 December DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
'Rethinking Financial Regulation: The Financial System as a Public Good?'
Professor Phil Cerny, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, New Jersey
12:15 in Derwent D/104

Spring term 2012

Wednesday 18 January

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
'Talking to Priorities'
Dr. Jonathan Ensor, Prof. Matthew Festenstein, Dr. Chris Rogers and Dr. Nick Worsfold
12:15 in Derwent D/104

Tuesday 24 January

MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'Approaches to Global Economic Injustice and Responsibilities of the Affluent'
Beth Khan (University of York)
12:15 in Derwent D/104

Monday 6 February CENTRE FOR APPLIED HUMAN RIGHTS
'Representing Palestinian refugee lives: Art, narrative and nostalgia'
John Nassari (University of East London)
17:30 in RCH/204, Ron Cooke Hub 
Tuesday 7 February MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'Political Liberalism, Science and the Asymmetry objection: The case of Intelligent Design'
Tim Fowler (Politics, Warwick)
12:15 in Derwent D/104
Wednesday 15 February DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
'And then came the Financial Crisis - the economy as an important valence issue in the 2010 British general election' & 'Case Studies: Thick or Thin? The Curious Case of Rod Hills CBE'
Elena Gergen-Constantine & Dr Roger Pierce (University of York)
12:15 in Derwent D/104
Monday 20 February CENTRE FOR APPLIED HUMAN RIGHTS
'The struggle against impunity in Uruguay for past Human Rights violations'
Felipe Michelini (House of Representatives of Uruguay)
18:00 in RCH/204, Ron Cooke Hub 
Tuesday 21 February MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'War, Individualism, and a Reasonable Prospect of Success'
Helen Frowe (Philosophy, Kent)
12:15 in Derwent D/104
Tuesday 6 March CENTRE FOR APPLIED HUMAN RIGHTS
'Avoiding the dictatorship vs democracy debate: Alternatives to the Good Governance Agenda'
David Booth (Overseas Development Institute)
17:30 in Lakehouse room, Ron Cooke Hub
Tuesday 13 March

MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP jointly with PEP
'The Rule of Rescue versus Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A False Dichotomy'
Shepley Orr
12:15 in Derwent D/104

 Summer term 2012

Wednesday 2 May DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
 'Culture in Post-conflict Settings'
Professor S Barakat, Professor P Gready, and Dr Z Norridge
12:15-14:15 in Derwent College, D/104

Tuesday 8 May 

MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'Abraham, Aristotle and Alinsky: On the Reconciliation of Citizenship and Faith'
Dr Maurice Glasman
12:15 in Derwent D/104 

Tuesday 22 May 

MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
'The American Headscarf Affair: Liberalism and Republicanism in the French and American Public Spheres'
John Tate (Newcastle, Australia)
12:15 in Derwent D/104

Tuesday 19 June 

 MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
 Juliana Bidandure (PEP, York)
12:15 in Derwent D/104

Tuesday 26 June 

MORRELL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
 Matthew Festenstein
12:15 in Derwent D/104

Wednesday 27 June DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
 'After the Great Complacence: Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform'
Professor Michael Moran
12:15-14:15 in Derwent College, D/104