POLEMO SYMPOSIUM is the name of our annual conference, devoted to political, legal and moral philosophy. We want it to be an opportunity for integration and debate between scholars from different approaches and schools of thought as well as the window of the CEU political theory community.
We welcome submission related to political, legal, and moral philosophy broadly understood. Papers dealing with topics that are original and surprising or that propose new approaches to old debates, as well as fostering interdisciplinarity will be especially valued.
Our symposia last from one to two days and are held at the CEU premises in Vienna, Austria.
Please find below our lastest program:
Central European University, Vienna, Austria
All the conference sessions will be held in room C-419
| Day 1/ Thursday, June 1 | |
| 9:00 | Registration + Welcome |
| 9:30 | Marta Giuna Martino (University of Geneva) - Moral Disagreement and Contestation within Institutions |
| 10:15 | Vittorio Gerosa (University of Manchester) - Freedom versus Equality: On the Contested Grounds of Democracy's Non-Instrumental Value |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | María-José Pietrini-Sánchez (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) - The Moral Justification to Parent One’s Non-biological Child |
| 12:00 | Christopher Perrett (University of Warwick) - Legitimate Partiality in Unjust Circumstances |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Moritz A. Schulz (University of Bamberg & FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) - What's Wrong With Contacting Uncontacted Peoples? |
| 14:30 | Virginia De Biasio (University of York) - Not Just "Sinking Islands": Natural Resources and Climate Adaptation in Kiribati |
| 15:15 | Break |
| 15:30 | Dmitry Sereda (Central European University) - When Can Stupid Decisions Give Rise to Just Inequality? |
| 16:15 | Ilkin Huseynli (University of Milan) - Moral Answerability for Unintentional Actions |
| 17:00 | Break |
| 17:15 | Leonardo Menezes (Sciences Po & University of Minho) - Why is Gratitude Epistemically Harmful to Refugees? |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
| Day 2/ Friday, June 2 | |
| 9:30 | Keynote Lecture by Prof. Eszter Kollár (KU Leuven) - Reconciling Self-determination and Global Equality of Opportunity: The Case of Immigration |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | Clemens Loidl (Central European University) - The Problem of Equal Social Status |
| 12:00 | Giacomo Floris (University of Hamburg) - Relational Equality and Vulnerability to Social Disrespect |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Kangyu Wang (London School of Economics) - What is the Point of Relational Equality? |
| 14:30 | Cristina Astier (Pompeu Fabra University & Central European University) - The Participation of Landlocked Developing Countries in International Trade: A Claim to Regain Control |
| 15:15 | Break |
| 15:30 | Dušan Rebolj (University College London) - Democratic Rather than Virtue-Ethical: How an Act-Based Account of Courage Intersects with Contemporary Republicanism |
| 16:15 | Lars Moen (University of Vienna) - Corporate Persons and Public Reason |
| 17:00 | Break |
| 17:15 | Matej Cíbik (Czech Academy of Sciences) - Political Legitimacy, Insurgence and International Interventions |
| 18:30 | Finish & Farewell Drinks |
Past Editions:
- June 16th-17th 2021: POLEMO Symposium
- September 17th-18th 2020: 3rd POLEMO Symposium. CfP:
poster_polemo_symposium_2020_cfp.pdf - September 20th-21st 2019: 2nd POLEMO Symposium. CfP: polemosympcfp.pdf
- September 28th - September 29th 2018 : First inaugural POLEMO Symposium. cfp.pdf * Program: panel_list_1st_symposium.pdf