An online lecture series

Co-organized by Elizabeth Brake and Kimberley Brownlee

Funded by Rice University Creative Ventures Fund in 2022

Spring, 2022

January 19: Kimberley Brownlee, University of British Columbia – The Right to Participate in the Life of the Society
January 26: Adam Etinson, University of St. Andrews – Anger and Remorse
March 2: George Tsai, University of Hawaii – Gratitude and Debt in Western and Confucian Ethics
March 9: Asha Bhandary, University of Iowa – Caring for whom? Racial practices of care and liberal constructivism
March 23: Daniel Engster, University of Houston – The Relational Contract: Personal Relationship Goods and Liberal-Democratic State Legitimacy

Fall, 2022

September 21: Elizabeth Brake, Rice University – Relationship Wrongs.
October 5: Pablo Gilabert, Concordia University – Self-Esteem and Social Competition
October 12: Karen Stohr, Georgetown University – Social Space and Moral World-Building
October 19: Samantha Besson, Collège de France, Paris – The Human Right to Science qua Participatory Right
October 26: Justin Clardy, Santa Clara University – Polyamory in Black: A Companion Justification for Minimal Marriage
November 9: Julie Rose, Dartmouth College – Synchronizing Time For Social Connection And Civic Participation
November 16: Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling – What’s the point of democratic deliberation?
November 30: Anca Gheaus, Central European University – Taking responsibility for the goods and bads of personal relationships

This lecture series ended in 2022; feel free to reach out to the organizers about these topics.