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A conversation with Bonnie Honig on the defence of democracy
- Date
- Thursday 6 February 2025
- Time
- Location
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Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden - Room
- Grotius Lecture Hall
In its special anniversary year, Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates. One of the three recipients is democratic theorist and legal philosopher Bonnie Honig. She was nominated to receive the honorary doctorate by Leiden Law School. The honorary supervisor is Bastiaan Rijpkema. On the occasion of the presentation of her honorary doctorate and the 450th anniversary of our university and faculty, Honig will visit Leiden on 6 and 7 February. On 6 February, Leiden Law School will organise a conversation between Honig and three Leiden researchers, entitled: Opposing autocratization: sources of democratic resistance. A conversation with Bonnie Honig.
Speakers:
- Bonnie Honig, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media (MCM) and Political Science, Brown University
- Ineke Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Leiden University
- Matthew Longo, Senior Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
- Jeroen ten Voorde, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Leiden University
Moderator: Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, Leiden University
Programme:
- 13.30 – Word of welcome from Dean Suzan Stoter & induction by Bastiaan Rijpkema
- 13.40 – Contributions from Ineke Sluiter, Matthew Longo, Jeroen ten Voorde and response from Bonnie Honig
- 14.55 – Audience Q&A
- 15.10 – End
Bonnie Honig
Bonnie Honig is a renowned Canadian-American political philosopher, who combines political, legal and humanities perspectives in her research on democracy. Bonnie Honig will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University in the science field, for her exceptional contributions to democratic theory over the past thirty years. She has given further interdisciplinary impetus to research on law and politics by combining disciplines such as philosophy, law, political science and cultural studies. She is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media (MCM) and Political Science at Brown University (United States).