The aim of this conference is to situate Machiavelli within the history of political thought and examine the tragic view of politics and conflict in the The Prince. Discussion will focus on the relation between The Prince and the Discourses and the foundation of good orders, and the assessment of the meaning of political liberty and power in the study of Machiavelli’s ideas.
December 6, 2013 Friday
8:30am - 9:00am EDT
9:00am - 9:30am EDT
David Freedberg
Pierre Matisse Professor of the History of Art and Director of The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
Columbia University
Giuliano Amato
Emeritus Professor or Law
European University Institute
David Johnston
Professor of Political Science
Columbia University
9:30am - 11:15am EDT
Nadia Urbinati
Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory and Hellenic Studies
Columbia University
Quentin Skinner
Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities
Queen Mary, University of London
Giovanni Giorgini
Professor of Political Philosophy
University of Bologna
Bernard Manin
Professor of Politics
New York University
11:15am - 11:30am EDT
11:30am - 1:15pm EDT
Riccardo Viale
Professor of Methodology of Social Sciences
University of Milano-Bicocca
Thierry Ménissier
Professeur des Universités, Philosophie et Innovation
Université de Grenoble
Erica Benner
Fellow in Political Philosophy
Yale University
1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
2:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
Jean Cohen
Nell and Herbert M. Singer Professor of Political Theory and Contemporary Civilization
Columbia University
Jérémie Barthas
Researcher
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Benedetto Fontana
Associate Professor of Political Science
Baruch College
Michele Battini
Professor at the Department of Civilization Forms of Knowledge and Scientific Field Contemporary History
University of Pisa
4:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
4:30pm - 6:15pm EDT
Karuna Mantena
Associate Professor of Political Science
Yale University
Thomas Berns
Professor of Philosophy
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Marie Gaille
Head of Research (CR1) and Doctor of Philosophy - CNRS
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
Alexander Bodini Research Fellow in Culture and Religion
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University
6:15pm - 7:30pm EDT
December 7, 2013 Saturday
8:30am - 9:00pm EDT
9:15am - 11:00am EDT
Barbara Carnevali
Researcher in Philosophy
Institut d’études avancées de Paris
Philip C. Bobbit
Herbert Wechsler Prof. of Federal Jurisprudence; Dir. Center for National Security Law
Columbia University
Marco Geuna
Associate Professor of History of Political Philosophy
University of Milan
Andreas Kalyvas
Associate Professor of Political Science
New School for Social Research
11:00am - 11:15am EDT
11:15am - 1:00pm EDT
Helena Rosenblatt
Professor of History
City University of New York
Pasquale Pasquino
Global Distinguished Professor of Politics
New York University
Paul A. Rahe
Professor of History
Hillsdale College
Michael A. Mosher
Professor of Political Science
The University of Tulsa
1:15am - 2:30pm EDT
2:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
Bryan Garsten
Professor of Political Science
Yale University
Jo Ann Cavallo
Professor of Italian
aculty
Filippo Del Lucchese
Lecturer in Politics and History
Brunel University, London
Camila Vergara
PhD candidate in Political Theory
Columbia University
4:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
4:30pm - 6:15pm EDT
David Johnston
Professor of Political Science
Columbia University
Harvey C. Mansfield
William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government
Harvard university
John P. McCormick
Professor of Political Science
University of Chicago
Gloria Origgi
Postdoctoral Fellow at The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies
Columbia University
6:30am - 7:00pm EDT
Nadia Urbinati
Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory and Hellenic Studies
Columbia University