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.