Center for the Study of Representative Institutions: “The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke”

The Center for the Study of Representative Institutions at Yale presents a symposium:

“The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke.”

Schedule

1:30-2:00 Lunch

2:00-3:30 Human Nature and Politics in an Age of Revolutions

• “Reflections on Burke’s Moral Psychology” - Jeffrey Stout, Princeton University
• “Burke and the Wildest Democratic Ideas of Freedom” - Yiftah Elazar, Yale University
• David Bromwich, Yale University, Respondent
• Bryan Garsten, Yale University, Chair

3:30-4:00 Coffee Break

4:00-5:45 Empire and the Fate of Liberty

• “Sic Eat, O Superi! How Can I Defend the Present Order of Things?” - Regina Janes, Skidmore College
• “Burke andd the Challenge of Imperial Self-Knowledge” - Uday Mehta, The Graduate Center, CUNY
• David Bromwich, Yale University, Respondent
• Karuna Mantena, Yale University, Chair

5:45-6:15 Reception

For inquiries related to the conference, contact Yiftah Elazar at yiftah.elazar@yale.edu.