WORKSHOP IN LAW, PHILOSOPHY, AND POLITICAL THEORY (Law 210.2)
Fall Semester 2019
All classes meet in 141 Law Building (unless otherwise noted*), Fridays from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm. Papers for upcoming talks are available to download in the table below. Alternatively, copies of papers may be requested by contacting Adele Perera at adele.perera@law.berkeley.edu. A downloadable copy of the Fall 2019 schedule is available here.
Course description:
This course is a workshop for discussing work-in-progress in moral, political, and legal theory. The central aim is to enable students to engage directly with philosophers, political theorists, and legal scholars working on important normative questions. Another aim is to bring together scholars from different disciplines and perspectives, such as economics, history, sociology, and political science, who have strong normative interests. In Fall 2019, the workshop will focus on the theme of “identity.” A list of confirmed presenters is below.
The format of the course will be as follows. For the sessions with guest presenters, lunch will be served starting at 12:00. We’ll begin at 12:15. A designated student commentator will lead off with a 15-minute comment on the paper. The presenter will have 5-10 minutes to respond and then we will open up the discussion to the group. The first part of the course will be open to non-enrolled students, faculty, and visitors who wish to participate in the workshop discussion. We’ll stop for a break around 2:00 and those not enrolled in the course will leave. Enrolled students will continue the discussion with the guest from 2:00 to 3:00.
This is a cross-listed/room-shared course with the Philosophy and Political Science Departments. Students may enroll through Law (Law 210.2), Philosophy (Philosophy 290-6), or Political Science (PS 211). The first class will meet on Friday, August 30.
| Aug. 30 |
First session (for enrolled students only) |
Instructors: Prof. Sarah Song ssong@law.berkeley.edu |
| Sept. 6 | Brandon Terry, African & African American Studies and Social Studies, Harvard University | Irony and the Politics of Pessimism in African American History and Philosophy |
| Sept. 13 |
Robert Gooding-Williams, Philosophy and African American & African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University |
Du Bois’s Political Aesthetics and the Moral Psychology of White Supremacy Paper Abstract: Du Bois’s Political Aesthetics |
| Sept. 20 |
Julie Suk, Dean for Masters Programs and Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center |
We the Women: The Forgotten Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment Chapter 7: Equal Rights and Reproductive Justice Chapter 8: Why It’s Not Too Late |
| Sept. 27 | Paula Moya, English, Stanford University | American Identity Politics and the 2015 Law of Spanish Return |
| Oct. 4 |
Kathryn Abrams, Law, UC Berkeley |
Practices of Authorization and Legitimation in the Undocumented Immigrants Movement Open Hand, Closed Fist: Undocumented Immigrants Mobilize in the Valley of the Sun (Optional Summary Reading) |
| Oct. 11 |
Taeku Lee, Law and Political Science, UC Berkeley *Canceled Due to Campus Closure* |
Power, Identity, Method |
| Oct. 18 |
Rachel Kranton, Economics, Duke University |
Deconstructing Group Bias: Groupy vs Not Groupy Social Preferences |
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Oct. 25 |
Francis Fukuyama, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University |
Populism and Identity |
| Nov. 1 |
Elizabeth Barnes, Philosophy, University of Virginia |
Why Gender is not (Merely) Gender Identity |
| Nov. 8 |
Desmond Jagmohan, Political Science, UC Berkeley |
Booker T. Washington and the Ethics of Dissimulation |
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Nov. 15 |
Lisa Garcia Bedolla, School of Education, UC Berkeley |
Epistemological Bias in U.S Political Behavior Research |
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Nov. 22 |
Will Kymlicka, Philosophy, Queen’s University |
The Ethics of Membership in Multicultural Societies |