Debate
IPSA RC31 Conference, Decolonizing Western Political Philosophy
- Date
- Friday 10 June 2022
- Time
- Location
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Room
- 2.07
The conference will be hybrid. The virtual online space can be joined via:
https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/62569308701?pwd=KzEvT3hyM052TU9rSjJoQ3YzdjdyQT09
(Meeting ID: 625 6930 8701 Passcode: WmbD%8yX).
Times are CEST
Hosted by the RC31 IPSA Political Philosophy and the Leiden Centre for Political Philosophy
Programme
09:00-09:15 |
Welcome Speech by Michael Eze (Leiden University, Netherlands) |
PANEL 1 Chair: Andrei Poama (Leiden University, Netherlands) |
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Raewyn Connell (University of Sydney, Australia), Process and Practice in Decolonizing Political Philosophy |
10:00-10:45 |
Aditya Nigam (CSDS, India), Decolonizing Political Theory: Some Questions of Method |
PANEL 2 Chair: Jingjing Li (Leiden University, Netherlands) |
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10:45-11:30 |
Mathias Kramm (Wageningen, Netherlands), How to Use Conceptions of ‘Western Philosophy’ While Preventing Epistemic Marginalization |
11:30-12:15 |
Andreas Sorger (LSE, UK), A Philosophical Colour Line: Racism as a Problem for Philosophical Thinking |
12:15-13:30 |
Lunch break |
PANEL 3 Chair: Hayden Weaver (Leiden University, Netherlands) |
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13:30-14:15 |
Thierry Ngosso (Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon/University of St. Gallen, Switzerland), The EthicsLab Experience: The Case for Decolonizing Political Theory in Africa |
14:15-15:00 |
Simon Choat (Kingston, UK), Decolonizing the Political Philosophy Curriculum |
ROUNDTABLE Chair: Humeira Iqtidar (King’s College London, UK) |
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15:00-15:45 |
Decolonizing Political Philosophy: Philosophical & Institutional Perspectives. This roundtable will focus on ideas, suggestions and experiences relevant for decolonizing political philosophy in the way it is studied and taught in (higher) education institutions around the world, as well as read and written in the context of current editorial practices (books, as well as journals and other publication venues). Conference speakers and participants are warmly invited to share and engage with each other’s perspectives. |
15:45-16:00 |
Coffee break |
PANEL 4 Chair: Juliana Acosta López de Mesa (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia) |
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16:00-16:45 |
Laura Ines Catelli (UNR, Argentina), Postcoloniality, Latin American Contexts and the Humanities. Situating and Territorializing Critical Thought |
16:45-17:30 |
Elena Ziliotti (TU Delft, Netherlands), Why Should We Decolonize Democratic Theory? The Case of Confucian Political Theory |
17:30-17:45 |
General discussion – Chair: Tim Meijers (Leiden University, Netherlands) |