Cambridge Centre for Political Thought

Cambridge Seminars in Political Thought and Intellectual History

Easter Term 2012

All seminars meet on Monday at 5.00pm - 6.45pm in the Beves Room, King’s College (map) and are followed by a reception.

Research Seminar Series 1

Research Seminar Series 2

30 April
James Moore (Concordia University)
'The Scottish critics of Hume and Smith: Maclaine, Reid and Ferguson'
Introduction
7 May
Mikko Tolonen (University of Helsinki)
'Commerce and monarchy in Hume’s History of England'
Comment: Istvan Hont (King's College, Cambridge)
Introduction
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14 May
Malcolm Schofield (St John's College, Cambridge)
'Roman Liberty'
Comment: Valentina Arena (University College, London)
Introduction
Handout
21 May
Daniel Lee (University of Toronto)
'The Rights of Sovereignty and Its Exercise: Civil Law Origins of a Public Law Distinction'
Comment: Magnus Ryan (Peterhouse, Cambridge)
Introduction

Handout
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28 May
Jill Frank (University of South Carolina)
'The power of persuasion in Plato'
Comment: Miriam Leonard (University College, London)
 

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