October 8
First Session — Introductory Meeting, Lunch
October 15
“The Anti-Trinitarian Origins of Liberalism”
Michael Gillespie, Duke University
October 22
“The Paradoxical Decision: Carl Schmitt and Saint Paul”
Daniel Nichanian, University of Chicago
October 29
“Obama, Du Bois, Autobiography”
Robert Gooding-Williams, University of Chicago
November 5
The International Politics of Religious Freedom”
Elizabeth Hurd, Northwestern University
November 12
“How Greek are the Platonic Cities? Ethnic Identity in the Republic and the Laws”
Alexander Orwin, University of Chicago
November 20
“The Political Problem of Oppression: No Appearance, No Public Space, No Plurality, Just Abundant Isolation”
Ainsley LeSure, University of Chicago
Co-sponsored with the Gender & Sexuality Studies Workshop
November 27
NO SESSION
December 3
“Democracy and Equality of Political Status”
James Wilson, University of Chicago