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Join us for the tenth annual Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Nuffield College!

On the 27th and 28th of April, we will be discussing a range of new papers from across the field of political theory. We will be hosting 5-6 panels. Our excellent keynote speakers will be Chiara Cordelli (University of Chicago) and Eniola Anuoluwapo Soyemi (University of Oxford).

Register here.

Full programme:

Tuesday

09:00 - 09:30 Morning Coffee (Lecture Theatre Lobby)

09:30 - 11:00 Panel 4: Rereading Historical Thinkers (Lecture Theatre)

Nietzsche's "Prometheus": Democratic Representation After the Death of the Re-presentative

Ikhyun Lim

Francis Bacon on Counsel

Tyus Sheriff

Understanding the Musical Rousseau: Reconstructing the Core Principles of Rousseau's 'System' from his Earliest Musical Writings

Fred Larsen

11:00 - 14:30 Intermezzo

Note: Lunch will not be provided on Tuesday, but delegates are invited to join organizers for an informal

meal together—if the weather allows, we might stop by the grocery store and go for a picnic in Port Meadow.

14:30 - 15:40 Panel 5: Challenging State Coercion (Lecture Theatre)

Abolition and the Critique of Liberal Legalism

Daniel Epstein

Freedom, Social Contract, and Utopia Among the “Enemies of Humanity”: On the Pirates’ Revolutionary Praxis

Alexandre Aloy

15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break (Lecture Theatre Lobby)

16:00 - 17:30 KEYNOTE: Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ ́ Ṣóyẹmí

(University of Oxford) (Lecture Theatre)

17:30 - Late PUB