3001, 2018

Living Learning Community Accepting New Members

Nora Hanagan/ January 30, 2018/ LLC News, Uncategorized

We are proud to sponsor the Visions of Freedom Living Learning Community, a group of Duke students with a passion for politics, philosophy, and economics who have decided to create a “space for not-too-serious intellectual conversations outside of the classroom and traditional extracurricular settings.” Students live in Edens 1A. In addition to a house course, the LLC organizes numerous field trips and social events. The community is currently recruiting up to 28 new members. Applications are due on February 12,

3001, 2018

The Ridiculous and the Ridiculed: Humor and Politics Workshop – February 6, 2018

Nora Hanagan/ January 30, 2018/ Uncategorized

The Humor & Politics Working Group held its first meeting of the spring semester on February 16. The workshop’s theme was “The Ridiculous and the Ridiculed.” Participants watched selections from South Park, John Oliver, Samantha Bee, and Tomi Lahren, and completed a few short readings from Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft in advance of the meeting. The conversation explored the use of ridicule by both liberals and conservatives, and considered whether ridicule has dangerous political consequences. The Humor and Politics

2001, 2018

The Future of Political Theory

Nora Hanagan/ January 20, 2018/ Uncategorized

Five of the essays presented at last year’s Graduate Conference in Political Theory have been published online by the Franklin Humanities Institute as part of their Humanities Futures initiative. All five essays discuss “The Future of Political Theory.”

0412, 2017

Nancy Rosenblum: Political Theory Workshop – November 30, 2017

Nora Hanagan/ December 4, 2017/ Political Theory Workshop

On November 20 at 4:00 in Gross Hall 230E, Nancy Rosenblum spoke about her latest book, Good Neighbors: the Democracy of Everyday Life in America (Princeton, 2016). Nancy Rosenblum is the Harvard University Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government emerita. She is the author of numerous books, including On the Side of the Angels: An Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship (Princeton, 2008), and Membership and Morals: The Personal Uses of Pluralism in America (Princeton, 1998).