Event co-sponsored with CeSeR, Edinburgh. From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, from Sri Lanka to Iraq and from Yemen to the United States, human beings have been used as shields for protection, coercion, or deterrence. Over […]

In this paper presentation, Professor David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto) will argue that Kelsen’s account of the nature of international law and of the logical and normative necessity of monism is not refuted by Hart, and that Hart distorted Kelsen in order to refute him. Dyzenhaus claims that, properly understood, […]

Pre-read, virtual seminar with Paulina Tambakaki (Westminster University). To receive the paper and link to the event, please email us at critique_centre@ed.ac.uk. Event co-sponsored with the Political Theory Research Group at the University of Edinburgh.

A virtual roundtable discussion on Toby Kelly’s book manuscript entitled Battles of Conscience: The Lives of British Pacifists in the Second World War. Is conscience always a virtue? What if it is too fervent and uncompromising? What if it becomes a form of moral vanity? What if it is simply […]

Pre-read, virtual seminar with Philip Cook, Co-Director of CRITIQUE. To receive the paper and link to the event, please sign up to our mailing list. Event co-sponsored with the Political Theory Research Group at the University of Edinburgh.

Pre-read, virtual seminar with Katharine Jenkins, (Glasgow University). To receive the paper and link to the event, please sign up to the PTRG mailing list. Event co-sponsored with the Political Theory Research Group at the University of Edinburgh.

June 12, 2 pm, via Collaborate No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World Mathias Thaler, PIR Edinburgh Comments by Neil Walker (Law), Elizabeth Bomberg (PIR) and Andy Hom (PIR) Brief description This book contributes to the recovery of utopian thinking and acting by analysing a major global challenge: climate change. Its key assumption is […]