3rd Bucharest Conference in Analytical Political Theory

Recent Trends in Democratic Theory: Challenges, Innovations, Paradoxes

PROGRAM

Venue: University of Bucharest, Rectorate Building (Sos. Panduri 90), Sala Senatului

Date: 8-9 June 2023

DAY 1

13:30 – 13:40 Arrival of participants

13:40 – 14:00 Opening Address

Ioan Stanomir, Director of ICUB – Social Sciences Division

Alexandru Volacu, Director of BCEPT

14:00 – 15:30 Panel Session 1

Simeon Goldstraw, University of Oxford

Three Votes Against Democratising Work

Hamid Andishan, Cape Breton University

Participatory Democracy and Headless Revolutions in The Middle East  

Alexandru Volacu, University of Bucharest

The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:45 Panel Session 2

Jonathan Kwan, New York University at Abu Dhabi

Transitional Legitimacy: Non-Ideal Theory in Circumstances of Structural Racism

Adam Cebula, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University

Meta-political Anchoring of Constitutional Regimes? Some Remarks on the Functionality of Foundational Legal Acts Legitimizing Modern Democratic States

16:45 – 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:00 Panel Session 3

Levon Babajanyan, Yerevan State University

The Ethics of Spreading Conspiracy Theories: A Differentiated Approach

Valentin Stoian, National Intelligence Academy “Mihai Viteazul”

Combating Disinformation: A Democratic Theory Approach

 

DAY 2

11:00 – 12:30 Panel session 4

Evrensel Sebep, Bilkent University

The Disfranchisement of the Elderly And Enfranchisement of the Young

Joshua Hobbs, University of Leeds

Political Responsibility for Global Injustice and Ordinary Citizens

Sonia Pavel & Jeremy Cynamon, MIT & University of Georgia

Your Home Is Not a School: The Inconsistency of Homeschooling as a Democratic Practice

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 Panel session 5

Adelin Dumitru, Polytechnic University of Bucharest

Democratic Backsliding and the Late Roman Republic

Arina Cocoru, New York University at Abu Dhabi

How to Respond to Rule Changes in Democratic Backsliding

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 – 16:45 Panel session 6

Andrija Soc, University of Belgrade

Democratic Innovations at a Small Scale: A Bottom-up Approach to Improving Civic Dialogue

Amael Maskens, UC Louvain

Designing a Deliberative Referendum: Triggering Systemic Deliberations, beyond the Coupling of Citizens’ Assemblies to Popular Votes

16:45 – 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:00 Keynote address

Richard Bellamy, University College London & Hertie School

The Rule of Law as the Democratic Rule of Persons

The conference will take place in-person. Participation at the conference is open to all those interested and is free of charge. If you want to join us for the conference please e-mail us at bcept.conference@gmail.com.

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PREVIOUS EDITIONS

The second edition of the Bucharest Conference in Analytical Political Theory took place at the University of Bucharest between 9-10 June 2022 on the topic “Age, Ethics, and Public Policies”. The two keynote speakers were Anca Gheaus (Central European University) & Axel Gosseries (Université catholique de Louvain). The full program is available here: BCAPT 2022 Program.

The first edition of the Bucharest Conference in Analytical Political Theory took place at the University of Bucharest between 13-15 June 2019 on the topic “Thresholds in Justice. Sufficientarianism and Limitarianism Revisited”. The two keynote speakers were Ingrid Robeyns (Utrecht University) & Liam Shields (University of Manchester). The full program is available here: BCAPT 2019 Program.