Conference announcement

Cross posted at Political Arguments.

"Principles of Association in British History"

Presented by The Nicholson Center for British Studies at the University of Chicago.

Friday, April 8, 2005, 8:30am - 6pm
Classics Building (1010 E. 59th Street), Room 10

This conference will explore the links, contrasts, and similarities between the principles that are thought to guide human association in different areas of social life. Several renowned scholars will head the discussion, among them Mary Lyndon Shanley (Vassar), Samuel Fleischacker (UIC), and Avigail Eisenberg (British Columbia). Several U of C faculty will also take part: Mary-Anne Case (Law School), Jacob Levy (Political Science), Patricia Nordeen (College) and Thomas Weber (History).

An inter-disciplinary event, of interest to students and scholars of Political Science, Philosophy, History, English, Economics, Sociology, Religious Studies, and related fields, the conference will encourage discussions in a broad scholarly context, drawing connections between disciplines and areas of study that are often isolated from each other. For more information please contact Mara G. Marin at or Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli at .

Co-sponsors: The Chicago Center for Democracy, the Committee on Social Thought, the Center for Gender Studies, and the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Conference schedule after the jump...

Conference Schedule:

8:30 - 8:45: Opening Remarks

8:45 - 10:30: Panel 1. Politics and Association

• Samuel Fleischacker (U. of Illinois at Chicago) "Face-to-face Relationships in Adam Smith: Some Political Implications"


• Michael Goode (U. of Illinois at Chicago) "Peace Shall Move Mountains: An Examination of Seventeenth Century Quaker Pacifism and the 1660 Declaration"


• Thomas Weber (U. of Chicago) "Principles of Association in Oxford Colleges between c. 1880 and 1914"

10:45 - 12:30: Panel 2. Identity and Pluralism

• Avigail Eisenberg (U. of British Columbia) "Mindful Neglect: Identity Politics in Liberal and Democratic Traditions"


• Jacob Levy (U. of Chicago) "British Pluralism, Liberalism, and Medievalism"


• Jane Silloway (Northwestern) "Rewriting the Reformation"

(Lunch Break)

2:00 - 3:45: Panel 3. Marriage, Sexuality, and the Family

• Mary Anne Case (U. of Chicago Law School) "The Role of the State in Marriage and in the Business Corporation"


• Mary L. Shanley (Vassar) "'Marriage Contract and Social Contract' Revisited: Persistent Dilemmas for Liberal Theory"


• Hristomir Stanev (U. of Chicago) "Wayward Sexuality and Domestic Instability in Thomas Dekker's City Comedies"

4:00 - 5:45: Panel 4. The Sovereign and its Subjects

• Robert McJimsey (Colorado College) "Founding the Stuart Monarchy: Honor and Virtue at the Court of James I"


• Victor M. Muniz-Fraticelli (U. of Chicago) "'On Obedience and Rebellion in Shakespeare"


• Dana Rovang (U. of Chicago) "The Head of the King: Madness, Passion and Sovereignty in Late-Eighteenth Century England"

5:45 - 6:00: Closing Remarks