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Program
Demcon 2005 Conference:
Supranational Political Community: Substance? Conditions? Pitfalls?
September 30 to October 2, 2005
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Friday, September 30
2:30-4:30 pm
Victoria
Colloquium on Political, Social, and Legal Theory session, coordinated
with the theme of the conference, featuring Jim Tully (Political
Science, Law, Philosophy and Indigenous Governance, UVic) speaking on
the topic, "On the Nature of the 'New' Imperialism."
The papers linked immediately below will serve as the readings for the
seminar, although Jim Tully's presentation will be a substantial development
of their argument, especially focusing on the issue of supranational
political community. You will find Jim Tully's papers here
and here.
Jim Tully has also provided speaking notes
for his Colloquium talk. They can be found here.
6:00 pm
The Demcon conference begins with dinner, followed by a set of informal
remarks and then conversation on indigenous perspectives on political
collaboration/political incorporation at a supranational level led by
Val Napoleon, Dawnis Kennedy
and Paul Chartrand.
Saturday, October 1
9-10:45 am
Session 1: Visions of Supranational Community
- Richard Bellamy (Political Science, University
College London)
- Ruth Buchanan (Law, UBC)
- Achim Hurrelmann (Political Science, Bremen)
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11 am-12:45 pm
Session 2: A Community of Rights?: Constitutional Patriotism and
its Cousins
- Lisa Conant (Political Science, Denver)
- Cindy Holder (Philosophy, UVic)
- Omid Payrow Shabani (Philosophy, Guelph)
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12:45-2:00 pm
Lunch |
2-3:45 pm
Session 3: A Community of Shared Activity?: Democracy, Deficits,
and Social Action
- Hans Lindahl (Philosophy, Tilburg)
- Willem Maas (Politics and European Studies,
New York)
- Jo Shaw (Law, Edinburgh)
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4-5:45 pm
Session 4: A Community of Shared Values?: Culture, Enlargement,
Change
- Riva Kastoryano (Sociology and Political Science,
CRNS/CERI)
- Kerry Rittich (Law, Toronto)
- Stephen Tierney (Law, Edinburgh)
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Sunday, October 2
8:30-10:15 am
Session 5: Unity/Diversity Community/Treaty
- Tom Campbell (Law and Ethics, Australia)
- Emilios Christodoulidis (Law, Edinburgh)
- Glyn Morgan (Government, Harvard)
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10:30-12:00 pm
Session 6: Reflections on the Conditions/Substance/Possibilities
of Supranational Community
- Amy Verdun (European Studies, UVic)
- Rob Walker (Political Science, UVic)
- Antje Wiener (Politics and International Studies, Queen's University
Belfast)
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12:00 noon
Workshop Closing
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12:15 pm
Lunch |
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