International Conference on ‘Practical, Political, and Institutional Progress’
Research Group on Global Justice
Yan P. Lin Centre
September 24-25, 2024
McGill University
Thomson House Ballroom
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Tuesday, September 24 |
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8:45-9:00 Welcome in-person Welcome: Catherine Lu (Director of the Lin Centre, RGGJ Coordinator)
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9:00-10:15 Panel 1 Chair: Megan Bradley (McGill) Paper presenter: Annie Stilz (University of California Berkeley) Paper title: “Collective Self-Determination and International Authority in Climate Governance”
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10:15-10:45 Break |
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10:45-12:15 Panel 2 Chair: Catherine Lu (McGill) Paper presenter: Agnes Tam (University of Calgary) Paper title: “Social Movements as Agents of Change?” Discussant: Jacob Levy (McGill)
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12:15-1:45 Lunch Break |
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1:45-3:00 Panel 3 Chair: Kelly Gordon (McGill) Paper presenter: Samantha Puzzi (McGill) Paper title: “Deliberative Progress and Victim Testimony: Responsibilities to Speak and Epistemic Injustice” Discussant: Stefan Gosepath (Freie Universität Berlin)
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3:00-3:30 Break |
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3:30-5:30 Panel 4: Joint with GRIPP Colloquium on ‘Structural Injustice, Oppression, and Power’ Chair: Arash Abizadeh (McGill), Ryoa Chung (Université de Montréal), Amandine Catala (UQAM) Paper presenter: Rainer Forst (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) Paper title: “Justice: Procedural and Substantial”
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5:30-6:30 pm Reception in Thomson House Ballroom |
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Wednesday, September 25 |
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9:15-9:30 Welcome |
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9:30-10:45 Panel 5 Chair: Natalie Stoljar (McGill) Paper presenter: Ophelia Vedder (Princeton) Paper title: “Getting Free from Gender: The Case against Compulsory Sex-Marking” Discussant: Natalie Stoljar (McGill) |
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10:45-11:15 Break |
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11:15- 12:30 pm Panel 6 Chair: Yves Winter (McGill) Paper presenter: Martin Armstrong (Murray State University) Paper title: “Looking at the Centipede: The GI Movement’s Lessons for Disalienation” Discussant: Catherine Lu (McGill)
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12:30-1:30 Lunch provided to all conference attendees in Thomson House |
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1:30-2:45 Panel 7 Chair: Stefan Gosepath (Freie Universität Berlin) Paper presenter: Aberdeen Berry (McGill) Paper title: : “Deliberation on Identity” Discussant: Agnes Tam (University of Calgary)
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2:45-3:15 pm Break |
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3:15-4:30 Panel 8 Chair: Catherine Lu (McGill) Paper presenter: Inés Valdez (Johns Hopkins) Paper title: “Capitalism, Imperialism, and the Paradox of Dependent Democratic Founding”
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4:30-5:00 Conference Wrap-up |
Organized by the Research Group on Global Justice (RGGJ) of the Yan P. Lin Centre.
Local co-sponsors: Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉ), Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Philosophie Politique (GRIPP), and Research Group on Constitutional Studies (RGCS) of the Yan P. Lin Centre.
External sponsors: Princeton University Department of Politics, Johns Hopkins University, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, and Freie Universität Berlin.