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Renewing the Social Contract

The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory听

International Conference

Center for Critical Democracy Studies, The American University of Paris

December 17-19, 2024

December 17

CO3 Horizon听Europe Consortium:听Resilient Social Contracts for Democratic Societies

* Participants in the International Conference on December 18-19, are also welcome to attend the Consortium presentations

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December 18-19

International Conference:听Renewing the Social Contract: The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory

Keynotes | Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL), Albert Weale (UCL)

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Organizers

• Stephen Sawyer | ssawyeraup.edu
• Roman Zinigrad | rzinigradaup.edu
• Nathana毛l Colin-Jaeger | ncolinjaegeraup.edu
• Emilia Palonen | emilia.palonenhelsinki.fi
• Anna Bj枚rk | anna.bjorkdemoshelsinki.fi

Tuesday, December 17

CO3 Horizon听Europe Consortium:听Resilient Social Contracts for Democratic Societies

* Participants in the International Conference on December 18-19, are also welcome to attend the Consortium presentations

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9h00-9h30听-听Welcome & Coffee

09h30-10h45听- T2.1

• Nathana毛l Colin-Jaeger 吃瓜tv | Overview of Social Contract Theories
• Stephen Sawyer 吃瓜tv | Sociological Social Contracts
• Other proposals for T2.1

10h45-11h00听- Break

11h00-12h15听- T2.4

• Cristiano Gianolla University of Coimbra | States, Empires, Post-colonialism and the Social Contract
• Other proposals for T2.4

12h15-13h30听- Lunch

13h30-14h45听- T2.3听Polarization and the Social Contract

• Emilia Palonen听University of Helsinki
• Szilvia Horv谩th听University of Helsinki
• Alexander Alekseev听University of Helsinki
• P谋nar Uyan Semerci听Bilgi University
• Emre Erdo臒an听Bilgi University

14h45-15h00听- Break

15h00-16h15听- T2.2

• Claudia Wiesner听Fulda University听&听Ana Matan听University of Zagreb听| Social Contract in the European Union

16h15-17h30听- Discussion of WP2 // Links with WP3

17h30-19h00听- Break

19h00 -听Dinner

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December 18-19

International Conference:听Renewing the Social Contract: The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory

Keynotes |听Myriam Hunter-Henin听UCL,听Albert Weale听UCL

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Wednesday, December 18

9h00-9h30听- Coffee

9h15-9h30听- Welcome remarks

09h30-11h00听- Parallel Sessions听1听& 2

• Session听1. Social Contracts Revisited
• Session听2. Post-colonial Perspectives on the Social Contract

11h00-11h15听- Break

11h15-12h45听- Parallel Sessions 3听& 4

• Session听3. Social Contract in Non-ideal Conditions
• Session听4. Alternative Social Contracts

12h45-14h00 - Lunch

14h00-15h30听- Parallel Sessions 5听& 6

• Session听5.听Les fondements du contrat social听(in French)
• Session听6.听Social Contract in Crisis

15h30-16h30听- Coffee & discussion break

16h30-17h30 - Keynote

• Albert Weale听UCL听| Political Contracts and Democratic Values: What Can Constitution Making Tell Us?

17h30-19h00听- Reception at 吃瓜tv

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Thursday, December 19

9h00-9h30听- Coffee

9h30-11h00听- Parallel Sessions 7听& 8

• Session听7.听Critiques des th茅ories traditionnelles du Contrat Social听(in French)
• Session听8. Capitalism, Public Reason and the Social Contract

11h00-11h15听- Break

11h15-12h45听- Keynote

• Myriam Hunter-Henin UCL | The Regulation of Religious Interests: A Test for the Resilience of Social Contract Theory

12h45-14h00听-听Lunch

14h00-15h30听- Parallel Sessions 9听& 10

• Session听9. Constitutional Norms and The Social Contract
• Session听10. Capitalism, Democracy, and the Social Contract

15h30-15h45听-听Break

15h45-17h30听- Session 11. Extending the Social Contract

17h30-17h45听- Break

17h45-18h30听- Concluding round table discussion:

• Anna Bj枚rk Demos Helsinki
• Nathana毛l Colin-Jaeger 吃瓜tv
• Emilia Palonen University of Helsinki
• Stephen Sawyer 吃瓜tv
• Roman Zinigrad 吃瓜tv

Session 1.听Social Contracts Revisited

• Chair | Annabelle Lever SciencesPo
• Zachary Swirski McMaster University | Hegel鈥檚 Rabble and Nomadic Becomings
• Fabien Lechevalier Universit茅 Paris-Saclay | Crafting the Future: A New Social Contract for the Digital Age
• Olivia Custer 吃瓜tv | Consent to the Social Contract in the Wake of #metoo

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Session 2. Post-colonial Perspectives on the Social Contract

• Chair |听Delphine Dogot听Universit茅 Catholique de Lille
• Alnusf Marzouq Kuwait University | The Global Aspect in the Racial Critique of Social Contract Theory
• Vanda Amaro Dias & Cristiano Gianolla University of Coimbra | The Articulation of Mythologies Through the Social Contract in Empires, Nation-States and Europe: Challenges to Democratisation听in Modern Liberal Polities
• Andrew Stewart Chapman University | Counterstories and the Social Contract

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Session 3. Social Contract in Non-ideal Conditions

• Chair |听Emilia Palonen,听University of Helsinki
• Daniel Smilov Sofia University | The Concept of Social Contract in the Theories of European Integration
• Ana Matan University of Zagreb | Realist Utopia for a Compound Democratic Community of States
• Th茅ophile P茅nigaud Yale University | Engaging with the Non-ideal Behind the Veil of Ignorance

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Session 4. Alternative Social Contracts

• Chair | Zach Freig UC Berkeley
• David Peters 吃瓜tv | James Wilson鈥檚 Revolutionary Critique of and Alternative to Contract Theory
• Kevin Leportier Universit茅 de Caen Normandie | Freedom, Crises, and Liberal Social Contracts
• Cl茅mence Pellissier Trinity College Dublin | The Social Contract versus Autonomy? A Study on Arendt鈥檚 Critique of Rousseau鈥檚 Theory

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Session 5. Les fondements du contrat social (in French)

• Chair |听Mona El听Khoury听吃瓜tv
• Clara Lucas Centre 脡mile Durkheim, ScPo Bordeaux | Le Contrat social jaune : Rousseau et les Gilets听jaunes
• Simone Leotta LIER-FYT/EHESS | Du nouveau sous l鈥檃ncien ? Le statut de la 芦 religion civile 禄 dans le Contrat social
• Maude Vidal EHESS | Contrat social et norme fondamentale, Kelsen lecteur de Vaihinger

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Session听6.听Social Contract in Crisis

• Chair |听Stephen Sawyer听吃瓜tv
• Emilia Palonen听University of Helsinki听| Hegemony,听Radical听Democracy and the听Social听Contract
• P谋nar Uyan Semerci听&听Emre Erdo臒an听Bilgi University听| Rethinking 鈥淪ocial Contract鈥� in the Times of Polycrisis
• Aviezer Tucker听University of Ostrava听| Panarchy: Non-territorial Contractarianism

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Session 7. Critiques des th茅ories traditionnelles du Contrat Social (in French)

• Chair |听Zona Zari膰听吃瓜tv
• L茅a Antonicelli SciencesPo | Une critique f茅ministe intersectionnelle de l鈥檜tilit茅 publique pour refonder un contrat social inclusif
• Djamel Chikh UMMTO听听| Le contrat social, une ambition universaliste et des 茅cueils historicistes
• Valentin Avenard Universit茅 de Nantes | L鈥櫭塼at et les anarchistes : un contrat social impossible

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Session 8. Capitalism, Public Reason and the Social Contract

• Chair | Leora Dahan Katz Hebrew U
• Tonci Kursar University of Zagreb | How to Restore Democratic Capitalism as a Social Contract? Controversies of Streeck鈥檚 Understanding of 鈥業nterregnum鈥�
• Ruzha Smilova听University of Sofia and Centre for Liberal Strategies听|听Resilience, Social Contract and Democracy: Conceptual and Substantive Dilemmas
• Cyril H茅doin Universit茅 de Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Living in Disagreement: Public Reason and Jurisdictional Rights

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Session 9. Constitutional Norms and The Social Contract

• Chair | Roman Zinigrad 吃瓜tv
• Mohsin Bhat QMUL School of Law | Adjudicating Belonging: Citizenship and the Identity of the Constitutional Compact
• Vandana Singh USLLS | Jurisprudential Foundation of Rule of Law through Prism of Social Contract Theory
• Tamar Hostovsky Brandes Ono Academic College | Is solidarity necessary for democracy?

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Session 10. Capitalism, Democracy, and the Social Contract

• Chair |听Mirjam听Dagef枚rde听吃瓜tv
• Peter H盲gel 吃瓜tv | Customizing Social Contracts for Consumer Society?
• Anja Thomas Hochschule Fulda/University of Lille/EUI | A Question of the Underlying Social Contract? About the Differentiated Impact of Populism on Policy-Making in Proportional and in Majoritarian Democracies
• Elijah Okpanachi Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria | Democracy in the 21st Century: Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Democratic Governance

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Session 11.听Extending the Social Contract

• Chair |听Nathana毛l Colin-Jaeger听吃瓜tv
• Nefeli Lefkopoulou Sciences Po | Renewing the听Social听Contract听Through听City听Empowerment
• Xhejn Xhindi Universit茅 libre de Bruxelles | Influences of Social Contract Theory in Bruno Latour: From Early Works to Politics of Nature
• Oliver Feltham 吃瓜tv | Locke鈥檚 state of nature as colonial practice: social contract and ecology