21st Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy 6th and 7th September 2023
Wednesday 6th September
Venue: Aula Grande, Department of Political
and Social Sciences, University of Pavia
09.00 – 09.30: Registration
09.30 – 11.00: Keynote Opening Session
Roberta Sala (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan)
Taking vulnerability seriously. Case studies on aged care
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee-Break
11.30 – 12.45: Graduate Session
Backward-looking and Forward-looking Responsibility
Ilkin Huseynli (University of Milan)
Answerability for Actions
Felix Westeren (London School of Economics)
Option value and the preservation of diversity
12.45 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.45: Graduate Session
Kant and Modern Philosophy
Patryk Trzcionka (University of Silesia)
Should we leave the state of nature? A Critique of Kant’s Argumentation
Hatice Kaya (University of Cologne)
Reconciling Kantian Autonomy and Epistemic Authority
Marco Zolli (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
Contesting Race: The Case of Constant’s and de Staël Liberalism
16.15 – 16.45: Coffee-Break
16.15 – 17.30: Graduate Session
New Political Agents
Francesca Pennacchini (La Sapienza University of Rome)
Are Reproduction Workers the New Core of the Proletarian Class?
Laura Corona (University of Macerata)
New agents for justice theorization
19.30: Conference Dinner, Ristorante Regisole, Piazza del Duomo 4
Thursday 7th September
Venue: Aula Magna, Collegio Cairoli
9.30 – 11.15: Graduate Session
Freedom and Theories of Rights
Matteo Boccacci (FINo-Consortium-University of Pavia)
The Baseline Value of Freedom
Eileen Friederichs (Pompeu Fabra University)
Older Nozick versus younger Nozick – did he renounce the entitlement theory?
Chris Bousquet (Syracuse University)
Interests on Stilts
11.15 – 11.45: Coffee-Break
11.45 – 13.00: Graduate Session
Democracy
Matthieu Debief (University of Geneva)
Nonprofit and Democracy
Kristina Vasic (Central European University)
Political Equality in Representative Democracy: Equal Power or Equal Respect?
13.00-14.30: Lunch
14.30-16.00: Keynote Closing Session
Daniel Weinstock (McGill University, Montreal)
Compromise and Trust