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A Kind of Madness: Jean-Jacques Rousseau on International Relations

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:52:01 +0100

Start: 21/05/2012 - 18:00

End: 21/05/2012 - 19:30

Sir Adam Roberts

Continuing our ongoing Oxford-Geneva Links programme, which brings scholars from Oxford to Geneva, and Geneva to Oxford, the Europaeum is organising another special lecture hosted by our partner The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. This year Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for International Studies, Oxford, Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, and President of the British Academy, will lecture on A Kind of Madness: Jean-Jacques Rousseau on International Relations on May 21st. Sir Adam is a long-time supporter of the Europaeum, having delivered the published Europaeum Lecture on International Law and the Use of Military Force : The United Nations, the United States and Iraq at the Universiteit Leiden on June 6th, 2003. Click here to download the event poster.

This event will be open to the public. Interested students and scholars should contact the Europaeum Office for more information.

Rousseau and Republican Traditions in Europe

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:33:45 +0100

Start: 25/05/2012 - 00:00

End: 27/05/2012 - 23:59

Event

Rousseau’s work gave rise to a wealth of new ideas – progressive, romantic, democratic, even child-centred education and learning. June 28th marks 300 years since his birth, a timely moment to reappraise his many and varied influences – ranging from support for a more inclusive and democratic polity through the idea of a social contract, to his notions of power and his implicit support for Jacobin-style leadership This three day workshop aims to revisit some of these ideas and test strands that have unfolded in different parts of Europe, perhaps to assess which side of the fences he fell down on, and to distil what might be laid at Rousseau’s door and what attributed to other forces and thinkers. The workshop as usual, will bring together 20 selected Europaeum graduates, with a range of academic experts including Professor David Marquand, Professor Peter Pulzer and Professor Sir John Elliot, Dr David Rundle and others. Click here to download the event poster.