30.05–31.05.2017
Roundtable discussion
Civil Society
Roundtable discussion "Civil Society in the 21st Century" in the framework of "Critique of the Social Sciences and Humanities" Seminar and "Human Rights" Seminar (58–60 Galernaya Street).
Program
May 30
10:30am Registration
11:00am Opening
11:15am Plenary Session
- Jean Cohen (Columbia University, USA) "Populism, Civil Society and Religion"
- Andrew Arato (New School, USA) "The US Constitution, Civil Society and Federalism after Trump"
2:00pm Lunch
3:00pm Session 1
- Carine Clement (SPbU) "Is the Concept of Civil Society Helpful to Understand Russian Politics?"
- Oleg Kharkhordin (EUSP) "Civil Society and Orthodox Christianity: The Fate of a Hypothesis 20 Years Later"
- Elena Belokurova (SPbU) "Neo-liberal and Conservative Challenges for Civil Society: Perspective of Civil Society Organizations"
5:00pm Coffee break
5:30pm Session 2. Greg Yudin (Higher School of Economics) "Respect and Despise: Hegel's Theory of Public Opinion"
May 31
10:30am Session 1
- Artemy Magun (SPbU) "The Relevance of Sovereignty"
- Fyodor Lukianov (Higher School of Economics) "Regain Сontrol: New Fashion in International Politics and Future of the World Order"
12:00pm Coffee break
12:30pm Session 2
- Evgeny Roshchin (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) "Sovereignty and Friendship"
- Olga Bashkina (University of Leuven, Belgium) "Two Sides of Sovereignty: Popular vs National"
- Bas Leijssenaar (University of Leuven, Belgium) "Democratic Legitimacy: Constituent Power Beyond the State"
2:30 Lunch
3:30pm Roundtable discussion "How to Conceive a Non-repressive Sovereignty?"