2025 PTPS Junior Scholars Workshop

Political theory in/ and/ as political science junior scholars workshop

April 25-26, 2025

Research Group on Constitutional Studies of the Lin Centre,

PTPS is an ongoing collaboration among partners at Duke, , New York University, and Stanford

The 2025 workshop is supported in part by a Connection Grant from the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada, # 611-2024-0780

Friday April 25

3-3:10 pm: Introduction

3:10-4:15: session 1

Justin Pottle, "Party Competition, Partisan Bias, and Epistemic Inequality." Discussant: Melissa Schwartzberg. Chair: Arash Abizadeh.

4:20-5:25 pm: session 2

Sam Bagg & Maxime Lepoutre, "Mobilizing Political Identity." Discussant: Alison McQueen. Chair: Jacob Levy.

5:35- 6:30 pm: Keynote lecture

Bernardo Zacka. "Embracing the non-place: On the architectural effacement of the American welfare state"


Saturday April 26

9:30-10:35 am: session 3.

Daniel Sherwin & Daniel Ferris, "Decolonizing Democratic Theory: A Democratic Case for Unelected Indigenous Governments." Discussant: : Jack Knight. Chair: Alison McQueen.

10:55 am- 12:00 pm: session 4

Valerie Soon, "Social Control By The City." Discussant: Bernardo Zacka. Chair: Melissa Schwartzberg.

1:15-2:20 pm session 5

Jacob Abolafia, "Criminal Accountability for Politicians Between Normative Theory and Empirical Research.” Discussant: : Jacob Levy. Chair: Bernardo Zacka.

2:25-3:30 pm: session 6

Alexandra Oprea & Daniel Stephens, "The Risks of Being A Voter." Discussant: Arash Abizadeh. Chair: Jack Knight.

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