Workshops and Seminars
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Below please find the series of Workshops and Seminars organized since 2012
Forthcoming Events
2024
On the Joint Practice of Conceptual History and the Study of Political Thought, co-organised with Concepta: Research Seminars in Conceptual History and Political Thought. Convened by José María Rosales and Rosario López, the seminar, online, was held on 8-9 January 2024.
With the participation of Francisco J. Bellido, Gustavo H. Dalaqua, Luis de la Peña, Mikkel Flohr, Arthur Ghins, Matías X. González, Allan Dreyer Hansen, Jussi Kurunmäki, Rosario López, Asia Marcantoni, Juan Martín Galeano, Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt, Kari Palonen, Carlos Pérez Crespo, Francisco Quijano, José María Rosales, Martino Tognocchi, Rieke Trimçev, Zizhu Wang, Baihao Zhang
2022
Populist Challenges to Constitutional Democracies – Contemporary Themes in Ethics and Political Philosophy VII, Civic Constellation III – Workshop 5, co-organised with the Pluralism, Democracy and Justice Research Group of UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Convened by Jan Harald Alnes, Rosario López and Manuel Toscano, the workshop took place on 20-21 September 2022, Norwegian Institute at Athens.
With the participation of Jan Harald Alnes, Francisco J. Bellido, Konstantinos Bizas, Rafael Cejudo, Melina Duarte, Javier Gil, Taru Haapala, Jonas Jakobsen, Rosario López, Marta Postigo, José María Rosales, Just Serrano, Manuel Toscano
Beyond Anti-liberalism? Lessons from Experience, Civic Constellation III – Workshop 4, co-organised with the Department of Philosophy of the University of Milan, and the project PRIN 2020 ‘Nuovi paradigmi di non libertà. Genealogie storiche e strategie critiche’ (cod. 2020BYPAP4, MUR). Convened by Gabriella Silvestrini, Mauro Simonazzi and Marta Postigo, the workshop was held on 13-14 June 2022 at the University of Milan.
Papers presented by Francisco J. Bellido, Javier Gil, Filippo Greggi, Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt, Damiano Palano, Carlos Pérez-Crespo, José María Rosales, Luca Timponelli, Manuel Toscano, Carlotta Voß, Marco Zolli
Other participants in the debate: Alberto Castelli, Annalisa Ceron, Matilde Ciolli, Mattia Di Pierro, Giunia Gatta, Marco Geuna, Gabriella Silvestrini, Mauro Simonazzi
2021
Populism and Anti-liberalism: Practices, Challenges and Counteractions, Civic Constellation III – Workshop 3. Convened by Javier Gil and Asunción Herrera, both of the University of Oviedo, and held online on 24-25 June 2021.
Papers presented by Maura Ceci, Christopher Donohue, Taru Haapala, María Isabel Holgado, Mikhail Mykhailo Minakov, Sabrina Morán, Juan Carlos Mougan, Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt, Marta Postigo, Mark R. Reiff, David Sánchez Piñeiro, Ruzha Smilova, Jorge Suárez Muñoz, and Aviezer Tucker
Other participants in the debate: Francisco J. Bellido, Rafael Cejudo, Javier Gil, Asunción Herrera, Hanna-Mari Kivistö, Valentina Lukin, José María Rosales, Gabriella Silvestrini and Manuel Toscano
Liberalism and Conservatism as Ideological Counterparts, in cooperation with COST Action 16211 RECAST's Working Group 2: Languages and Ideologies's third workshop, convened by Rosario López, Lenka Strnadová, Martin Beckstein and Eno Trimçev, held online on 21-22 June 2021.
Papers presented by Claudia Franziska Brühwiler, Tobias Adler-Bartels, Rosario López, José María Rosales, Benjamin Schwarcz, Eno Trimçev, and Rieke Trimçev
Further participants in the debate: Martin Beckstein and Lenka Strnadová
2020
Consequences of Emergency Rule: Legal, Moral and Political Perspectives, Civic Constellation III – Workshop 2, an online workshop convened by José María Rosales and Manuel Toscano from the University of Málaga on 25 June 2020.
Papers presented by Francisco J. Bellido, Kari Palonen, and José María Rosales
Debate: Francisco J. Bellido, Rafael Cejudo, Javier Gil, Hanna-Mari Kivistö, Rosario López, Juan Carlos Mougan, Kari Palonen, José María Rosales, Gabriella Silvestrini, Manuel Toscano
2019
Pluralism and Populism: Challenges for Normative Philosophy – Contemporary Themes in Ethics and Political Philosophy VI, Civic Constellation III - Workshop 1, convened by Jan Harald Alnes, Juan Carlos Mougan and Manuel Toscano at the University of Cádiz, 11-12 June 2019, in cooperation with the Research Group Pluralism, Democracy and Justice (PDJ).
Papers presented by Jan Harald Alnes, Roar Anfinsen, Francisco Bellido, Melina Duarte, Kjersti Fjørtoft, Mabel Holgado, Juan Carlos Mougan, Tomás E. Pacheco, Marta Postigo, Attila Tanyi, Manuel Toscano, Annamari Vitikainen
2018
Democracy, Rights, and Populism: Contested Concepts and Rhetorical Uses, Civic Constellation II – Workshop 3, in cooperation with the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università del Piemonte Orientale. Convened by Gabriella Silvestrini and Manuel Toscano, it has taken place at Vercelli on 22-23 November 2018.
Keynote Lectures: Damiano Palano, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan; Maria Teresa Matos Ferreira Marques, University of Barcelona
Contributions: Jan Harald Alnes, Giuseppe Ballacci, Francisco J. Bellido, Enrico Biale, Giunia Valeria Gatta, Simone Ghelli, Javier Gil, Taru Haapala, Saila Heinikoski, María Isabel Holgado, Hanna-Mari Kivistö, Rosario López, Giacomo Marossi, Marta Postigo, José María Rosales, Mira Söderman, Thomás Zicman de Barros
Discussants: Giulia Bistagnino, Carlotta Cossutta, Elisabetta Galeotti, Federica Liveriero, Cristina Meini, Kari Palonen, Pier Paolo Portinaro, Edoardo Tortarolo
2017
Democracy, Human Rights and Peace: Contested and Reclaimed, Civic Constellation II – Workshop 2, in cooperation with the Academy of Finland FIDIPro Project Transformations of Concepts and Institutions in the European Polity (TRACE), the Åland Islands Peace Institute, and the KONE Foundation & Åland Culture Foundation research project Demilitarisation in an Increasingly Militarised World. Convened by Taru Haapala and Hanna-Mari Kivistö at the University of Jyväskylä, 23-24 August 2017.
Keynote Lectures: Elina Pirjatanniemi, Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University; Gabriella Silvestrini, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli
Contributions by Francisco J. Bellido, Marie-Christine Boilard, Eyassu Gayim, Saila Heinikoski, Hanna-Mari Kivistö and Taru Haapala, Jeremy Kleidosty, Peter Langford, Jaana Palander and Saara Pellander, Tuija Parvikko, José María Rosales, Yannick Poullie, Sia Spiliopoulou-Åkermark, Manuel Toscano
Democracy in Context: Contemporary Themes in Ethics and Political Philosophy V, a workshop convened by Melina Duarte and Jan Harald Alnes at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 10-11 June 2017, in cooperation with the Research Group Pluralism, Democracy and Justice (PDJ) and Environmental Philosophy Research Group, both at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and the project Globalizing Minority Rights: Cosmopolitanism, Global Institutions, and Cultural Justice, The Research Council of Norway.
Papers presented by Jan Harald Alnes, Roar Anfinsen, Rafael Cejudo, Melina Duarte, Magnus Egan, Kjersti Fjørtoft, Tor Ivar Hanstad, María Isabel Holgado, Jonas Jakobsen, Tomasz Jarymowicz, Sune Laegaard, Rosario López, Kristoffer Mällberg, Marta Postigo, José María Rosales, Øyvind Stokke, Manuel Toscano, Annamari Vitikainen
2016
Comparing the Concepts of Representation, Concepta Research Seminar, organized in cooperation with Concepta: International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought; co-sponsored by the CLAIMS project (ANR-DFG) and the Research Group Histoire Sociale des Idées Politiques (HiSoPo), Association Française de Science Politique. Convened by Samuel Hayat and José María Rosales at SciencesPo and Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne University, Paris, 18-19 November 2016.
Keynote Lectures: Rochana Bajpai, SOAS, University of London, Yves Sintomer, Paris 8 University, IUF, and Kari Palonen, University of Jyväskylä
Contributions by Lindsay Benstead, Udit Bhatia, Florence Di Bonaventura, Bert Drejer, Alaya Forte, Brigitte Geissel, Petra Guasti, Taru Haapala, Chulki Hong, Piotr Kuligowski, Ludmilla Lorrain, Christine Ludl, Alessandro Mulieri, Vatsal Naresh, Julia Nordblad, Facundo Rocca, Wang Zhongyuan
2015
Civic Constellation II – Workshop 1, Debating Democracy and Rights: Methodological and Thematic Issues, organized in cooperation with the Research Group Pluralism, Democracy and Justice, convened by José María Rosales and Manuel Toscano. University of Málaga, 18-19 December 2015
Contributions by Rafael Cejudo, Melina Duarte, Javier Gil, Taru Haapala, Tor Ivar Hanstad, Samuel Hayat, M. Isabel Holgado, Paul-Erik Korvela, Jussi Kurunmäki, Rosario López, Carlos Mougan, Marta Postigo, Gabriella Silvestrini, Annamari Vitikainen
Interdisciplinarity and Pluralism: The Practice of Intellectual History and Conceptual History , organized in cooperation with the St Andrews Institute of Intellectual History and Concepta: International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought, convened by Rosario López and José María Rosales. University of St Andrews, 4-5 September 2015
Keynote Speakers: Richard Whatmore, University of St Andrews, and Kari Palonen, University of Jyväskylä
Papers presented by Nathan Alexander, Audrey Borowski, Sinkwan Cheng, Robert Chisholm, Luis de Miranda, Neil Foxlee, Jussi Kurunmäki, Rosario López, Michele Saporiti, Shylashri Shankar, Vasileios Syros
2014
Ethics, Democracy and Rights: Contemporary Themes in Ethics and Political Philosophy IV, organized in cooperation with the University of Córdoba and Research Group Pluralism, Democracy and Justice, convened by Jan Harald Alnes, Rafael Cejudo and Manuel Toscano. University of Córdoba, 7-8 November 2014
Contributions by Fernando Aguiar, Jan Harald Alnes, Roar Anfinsen, Francisco D. Bretones, Rafael Cejudo, Melina Duarte, Pedro Francés, Javier Gil, José María González, Hagen Henrÿ, Mabel Holgado, Kjersti Fjørtoft, Paloma García Díaz, Tomasz Jarymowicz, Anthoula Malkopoulou, Petter Nafstad, Marta Postigo, José María Rosales, Øyvind Stokke, Manuel Toscano, Annamari Vitikainen
Reappraising the Debates in Democratic Politics: Theoretical and Practical Approaches, Fifth Civic Constellation Workshop, convened by Taru Haapala and Rosario López. Organized in cooperation with the Finnish Research Centre in Political Thought and Conceptual Change, it was held at the University of Jyväskylä, 25-26 August 2014
Contributions by Anna Björk, Taru Haapala, Hanna-Mari Kivistö, Rosario López, Kari Palonen, Laura Parkkinen, Marta Postigo, Oili Pulkkinen, José María Rosales, Manuel Toscano
Rhetorical Perspectives on Spatial Civic Concepts: The Politics of the National, the Regional, and the Global, fourth Civic Constellation Workshop, held at Södertörn University, Stockholm, convened by Jussi Kurunmäki and organized in cooperation with the Research Project Spaces of Expectation: Mental Mapping and Historical Imagination in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Region, chaired by Norbert Götz, The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies. Södertörn University, 4-5 April 2014
Keynote Speaker: Pauli Kettunen
Papers presented by Melina Duarte, Jörg Hackmann, Rosario López, Deborah Paci, Kari Palonen, Marta Postigo, Monica Quirico, José María Rosales, Johan Strang, Manuel Toscano
2013
Ideas and Realities of Democracy, third international workshop of the Civic Constellation project, organized in cooperation with The Åland Islands Peace Institute, and convened by Sia Spiliopoulou-Åkermark, Sarah Stephan, Kari Palonen and José María Rosales. Marienhamn, Åland Islands, Finland, 26-27 September 2013
Keynote Speaker: Jussi Kurunmäki
Papers presented by Jan Harald Alnes, Roar Anfinsen, Anat Ascher, Christophe Barbey, Jennifer Eagleton, Paloma García Díaz, Tor Ivar Hanstad, Samuel Hayat, Jonas Jakobsen, Violetta Khabibulina, Karl Lebeck, Rosario López, Anthoula Malkopoulou, Robert W. T. Martin, Thaddeus Ndukwe, Heidi Öst, Marta Postigo, José María Rosales, Geneviève Souillac, Sia Spiliopoulou-Åkermark, Manuel Toscano
2012
Ethics, Rhetoric and Democracy: Contemporary Themes in Ethics and Political Philosophy III, second international workshop of the Civic Constellation project, organized in cooperation with the Research Group Pluralism, Democracy and Justice, and convened by Jan Harald Alnes and Manuel Toscano. University of Tromsø, Norway, 24-27 August 2012
Contributions by Jan Harald Alnes, Roar Anfinsen, Irene Boragno, Rafael Cejudo, Erik Christensen, Ana Isabel Dapena Sieiro, Melina Duarte, Kjersti Fjørtoft, Sarita Friman-Korpela, Paloma García Díaz, Tore Kristian Haaland, Tor Ivar Hanstad, Samuel Hayat, Jonas Jakobsen, Tomasz Jarymowicz, Rosario López, Marta Postigo, José María Rosales, Fabien Scholze Domingues, Øyvind Stokke, Manuel Toscano, Inger-Elin Øye
Liberals and Liberalisms: Southern-Northern, Western-Eastern Perspectives and Experiences, The 7th Concepta Research Training Seminar, organized in cooperation with Concepta: International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought; co-sponsored by Nordwel, Nordic Centre of Excellence, University of Helsinki, the Research Group Historia Intelectual de la Política Moderna: Lenguajes, Conceptos y Discursos (Basque Government Research Fund, IT-384-07), and The Doctoral Programme in History, Area Studies and Archeology, Institute of History and Civilization, University of Southern Denmark, Odense. Convened by Jussi Kurunmäki, Jeppe Nevers and José María Rosales, it was held at the University of Málaga, 11-12 June 2012
Keynote Speakers: Javier Fernández Sebastián, Michael Freeden, Pauli Kettunen, Helena Rosenblatt
Contributions by Sebastián Escámez, Ana Isabel González Manso, Samuel Hayat, Pelin Helvaci, Ferenc Laczó, Franz Leander Fillafer, Thierry Leterre, Rosario López, Delia Manzanero, Milán Pap, Desirée Söderlund, Erik Tängerstad, Armando Zerolo
History and Politics of Citizenship: The Civic Constellation I, first international workshop of the Civic Constellation project, organized in cooperation with Globernance: The Institute for Democratic Governance and the Research Team Political Thought and Conceptual History of The Finnish Centre in Political Thought and Conceptual Change. Convened by Cristina Lasa, Esteban Anchustegui and José María Rosales, it was held at the University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, 9-10 March 2012
Inaugural Lecture: Sia Spiliopoulou-Åkermark
Papers presented by Esteban Anchustegui, Daniel Innerarity, Jussi Kurunmäki, Cristina Lasa, Rosario López, Kari Palonen, Marta Postigo, Antonio Rivera, José María Rosales, Pablo Sánchez León, Manuel Toscano, Tapani Turkka
