CADI and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung welcome you to the September School of Social Sciences and Political Philosophy between 10 and 13 September, 2011.
The decades of suppression of critical thinking in social thought in this country suffocated civic culture and social scientific knowledge. We are expanding educational options for the new generations of scholars and try to form networks of people interested in the theoretical and practical aspects of institutional development.
Special Guests
- David Schmidtz, Professor of Philosophy and Economics, University of Arizona
- James Otteson, Professor of Philosophy and Economics at Yeshiva University in New York, and Charles G. Koch Senior Fellow at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC
- Pierre Garello, Director of IES-Europe, Professor of Economics at Paul Cézanne University in Aix-Marseille III
- Tom Palmer, Vice President for International Programs at Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Senior Fellow at Cato Institute, Washington D.C.
Saturday, 10th
1pm: James Otteson, “The Great Mind Fallacy”
3pm: Pierre Garello , “Law and Economics in a Dynamic Perspective”
5pm: David Schmidtz, “Hayek and the Idea of Spontaneous Order”
Sunday, 11th
1pm: Pierre Garello “The Crisis of the Welfare State”
3pm: Tom Palmer, “The Role of Rights in Liberal and Social Democratic Theories”
5pm: James Otteson, “The Marketplace of Life: Adam Smith on Human Social Institutions”
Monday, 12th
1pm: Tom Palmer, “Alternatives to the Welfare State”
3pm: David Schmidtz, “The Elements of Justice”
5pm: Tom Palmer, “Can There Be Order Without the State?”
Tuesday, 13th
1pm: James Otteson, “The End of Socialism”
3pm: David Schmidtz, “The Idea of Property” (Putting the topic of property in the context of procedural justice and legal tradition)
5pm: Holger Dix, Konrad Adenauer Fondation, Closing Speech
6pm: Book launch: Ionut Sterpan si Dragos Aligica (eds.)Dreapta Intelectuala: Teorii si scoli de gandire ale dreptei contemporane occidentale. (The Intellectual Right. Theories and Schools of Thought of Contemporary Western Right), Humanitas, 2011 (Session in Romanian).
Conference room
All sessions are held at the Institute for Popular Studies, 13-19 Alecu Russo. Preview of the room.
Access and registration:
Access is free, but please register first.
There are three conditions for registration:
- Communicative competence in English,
- A commitment and honest willingness to participate in all sessions over the course of the four days, and not just sporadically,
- Most of all, an interest and competence in social science and/or political philosophy. A graduate degree is not a formal requirement, but competence is nonetheless important. Our special guests have been announced that the participants’ level is intermediate to advanced and they are calibrating the discussion accordingly.
Capacity:
50
Buffet:
Dinner for everyone at 7 pm, from Saturday to Tuesday.
Party:
Tuesday night from 7 pm.
More information:
For registration and more information please contact Miss Monica Somandroiu at monica.somandroiu[a]cadi.ro or Miss Catinca Hanganu at catinca.hanganu[a]cadi.ro.
