Interdisciplinary Conference: Choosing Directions in a Republic
Choosing Directions in a Republic
A one-day interdisciplinary conference
at Dublin City University
with keynote by Jonathan Israel
Thursday June 28th 2018
All Hallows Campus, Purcell House G10 & Woodlock Hall
Hosted by the School of Theology, Philosophy and Music
10:30-10:50 – Welcome & Introduction (Purcell House G10)
10:55-11:40 – Andreas Hess (Sociology, UCD) The Republican Origins of the Liberalism of Fear
11:45-12:30 – Eoin Daly (Law, Galway) Contingency and Providence in Corsica: Rousseau on Freedom without Politics.
12:30-1:40 – Lunch
1:40-2:25 – Colin Reid (History, Sheffield) Political suicide: revisiting the 'death' of the Irish Parliament, c. 1798-1801
2:30-3:15 – Úna ní Bhroméil (History, Limerick) Which Republic? John Quinn, Irish America and dissonant allegiances during WW1
3:25-4:10 – Bartholomew Begley (Philosophy, DCU) Walter Lippmann and elite rule
4:15-5:00 – Ian Leask (Philosophy, DCU): John Toland’s women
5:00 – 7.00 Break
7:00-8:00 – Jonathan Israel (History, Princeton IAS): Radical Enlightenment versus Montesquieu: the 70 year Battle over L’Esprit des Lois
(Woodlock Hall, All Hallows Campus)
All are welcome.
For further information and free registration please contact: bartholomew.begley@dcu.ie