Program
Welcome, Elebash Recital Hall (1st floor), 10:00 a.m.
Helena Rosenblatt, Professor of History and French, The Graduate School, CUNY
James Miller, Professor of Liberal Studies and Politics and Faculty Director of Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism, The New School
Panel 1. Liberalism and Universal Norms, Elebash Recital Hall (1st floor), 10:30-11:45 a.m.
Edward Luce, Financial Times chief US Commentator
Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and Professor of History, Yale University
Charles Mills, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Eric Weitz, Distinguished Professor of History at City College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
Moderator: Lynn Hunt, Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA
View the video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zC4dMV2JS8
Panel 2. Religious Freedom as a Liberal Right, Elebash Recital Hall (1st floor), 12-1:15 p.m.
Akeel Bilgrami, Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Lecturer, Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Winnifred Sullivan, Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Affiliate Professor of Law, Indiana University at Bloomington
Moderator: Robert Boyers, Professor of English, Skidmore College and Editor of Salmagundi
View the video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8S7g4XcOk
LUNCH BREAK 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Keynote, Liberalism and ‘the arc of history’, Elebash Recital Hall (1st floor), 2:30-3:00 p.m.
Edward Luce, Financial Times chief US Commentator
View the video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_pzitJoXLo
Panel 3. Individualism & Moral Values, Elebash Recital Hall (1st floor), 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Patrick Deneen, Professor of Political Science, David A. Potenziani Memorial College Chair, University of Notre Dame
William Galston, Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
Lynn Hunt, Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA
Helena Rosenblatt, Professor of History and French, The Graduate School, CUNY
Moderator: Robert Boyers, Professor of English, Skidmore College and Editor of Salmagundi
View the video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsQSp1x6no
Panel 4. Liberalism v. Democracy, Elebash Recital Hall (1st floor), 4:30-5:45 p.m.
Michael Kazin, Professor of History, Georgetown University and Co-Editor of Dissent
James Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor of American History, Harvard University
Nadia Urbinati, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory and Hellenic Studies, Columbia University
Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
Moderators: James Miller, Professor of Liberal Studies and Politics and Faculty Director of Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism, The New School and Helena Rosenblatt, Professor of History and French, The Graduate School, CUNY
View the video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfenlnD6rPc
Panel 5. Big government v. Free markets, Proshansky Auditorium (C level), 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Heather Boushey, Executive Director and Chief Economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Richard Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and Director of Classical Liberal Institute
Paul Krugman, Distinguished Professor of Economics, The Graduate Center, CUNY and op-ed columnist for the New York Times
Moderator: Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
View the video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsGRTGF8oKg
The two-part conference Liberalism and Democracy: Past, Present, Prospects is presented with the Ph.D. Program in History and The New School.