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IPSA RC31 Conference, Decolonizing Western Political Philosophy

Date
Friday 10 June 2022
Time
Location
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)
 


09:15- 10:00


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)
 

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)
 

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)
 

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)
 

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)
 
   

 

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