Conference: “Comparative Ancient and Medieval Political Thought”

Event time: 
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 8:45am to 6:30pm
Location: 
Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208 See map
100 Wall Street
New Haven, CO 06520
Event description: 

The International Conference for the Study of Political Thought and the Whitney Humanities Center present a workshop: \

Comparative Ancient and Medieval Political Thought”.

This day-long workshop brings together experts on the Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Greek traditions to discuss the theme of universalism and particularism, and the benefits and pitfalls of cross-cultural comparison. To RSVP and download the readings for the workshop, visit icspt.org/events.

8:45AM – Opening Remarks
Loubna El Amine (Yale University)

9AM to 10:30AM – The Indian Tradition
David Brick (Yale University, Chair)
Parimal Patil (Harvard University)
Phyllis Granoff (Yale University)

10:30AM to 11AM – Coffee Break

11AM to 12:30PM – The Chinese Tradition
Mick Hunter (Yale University, Chair)
Michael Nylan (University of California Berkeley)
David Wong (Duke University)

12:30PM to 2PM – Lunch

2PM to 3:30PM – The Greek Tradition
Steven Smith (Yale University, Chair)
Jill Frank (University of South Carolina)
Demetra Kasimis (California State University)

3:30PM to 4PM – Coffee Break

4PM to 5:30PM – The Islamic Tradition
Frank Griffel (Yale University, Chair)
Michael Nafi (John Abott College)
Ovamir Anjum (University of Toledo)

5:30PM to 6:30PM – Concluding Panel
Karuna Mantena (Yale University, Chair)
Emily Greenwood (Yale University)
Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University)
Dimitri Gutas (Yale University)

Admission: 
Free but register in advance
Open to: 
General Public