Dublin Political Theory Workshop
In the Dublin Political Theory Workshop, we discuss work in progress in the area of political theory (widely understood) including debates on applied ethics and social and legal philosophy.
For further information and to sign up to the mailing list, please go to (opens in a new window)https://dublinptworkshop.wordpress.com.
2024 Events
F301, Newman Building - Fridays at 12.00pm
For more information, or to join virtually, please contact alexa.zellentin@ucd.ie.
13 Sep: Discussing Singer 1972: Famine, affluence, and morality
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20 Sep: Discussing Anderson 1999: What is the point of equality?
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27 Sep: The epistemic dimension of populism
Lucas Dijker (UCD Philosophy)
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4 Oct: With and against Habermas: The genealogical project of
postmetaphysical thinking in contemporary political theory
Antonio Pio De Mattia (UCD Philosophy)
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25 Oct: Distribution of what? An interrelated typology of social
inequalities based on valued attributes of distribution
Lucas de Melo Prado (UCD SPIRe)
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8 Nov: The political representation of animals: Keeping it simple
Pablo Magaña (TCD Philosophy)
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15 Nov: Discussing Nancy Fraser 1999: Social Justice in the Age of
Identity Politics
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22 Nov: Sexual Cultures and 'Cultural Imperialism' as a Face of
Oppression
Louise Richardson-Self (Philosophy & Gender Studies University of
Tasmania)
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29 Nov: A Republic of Housing: Freedom and Domination in the
Housing Market
Michael Coleman (UCD SPIRe)
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Past Events
Friday 24. February 2023. 3pm – 4pm
online
Martin O’Neill (University of York)
Public Provision, Public Ownership and the Sense of Justice
Friday, 3. March 2023, 2pm-3pm
Newman Building F301, UCD Belfield
Benjamin Swift (UCD)
A Case for Reasonableness over Epistemic Competence as a Democratic Legitimation Criterion
Friday, 21. April 2023, 2pm-3pm
Newman Building F301, UCD Belfield
Joanna Podgorskarykala (European University Institute)
Deliberative innovation in the public policy planning process
Friday 26. May 2023. 3pm – 4pm
online (please get in touch for the zoom-link)
Maeve McKeown (University of Groningen)
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