Empire and Revolution: The Political Life of Edmund Burke
The Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions would like to announce its upcoming symposium:
Empire and Revolution: The Political Thought of Edmund Burke
Thursday, September 10th, 2015
1:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St., Room 208
For related inquires, please contact the organizer, Yiftah Elazar (yiftah.elazar@mail.huji.ac.il)
Schedule
1:45-2:00 Opening Remarks
STEVEN SMITH, Yale University
2:00-4:00 Political Thought and Public Life
“Political Theory in Political Life”
DAVID BROMWICH, Yale University
“Bourke’s Burke: Philosophical History Versus Quotidian Politics”
J.C.D. CLARK, University of Kansas
RICHARD BOURKE, Queen Mary, University of London Respondent
KARUNA MANTENA, Yale University Chair
4:00-4:30 Coffee Break
4:30-6:30 Empire, Revolution, and International Competition
“Empires of Revolution and of Law: Burke’s Britain in the World”
JENNIFER PITTS, University of Chicago
“Burke, Political Economy, and the Future of Europe”
ISAAC NAKHIMOVSKY, Yale University
RICHARD BOURKE, Queen Mary, University of London Respondent
STEVEN PINCUS, Yale University Chair
6:30-7:00 Reception