Politics

Free Society International Workshops
Mar 6, 2023

Location Each of the Workshops will be held in:
Seminar Rooms 1 and 2, Nidd Building, Cottingham Road campus, HU6 7RX

Both of the Public Lectures will be held in:
TBC, Cottingham Road campus, HU6 7RX

Description The Free Society International Workshops
Institute of Applied Ethics
University of Hull, 6–7th March 2023

Convenors: Prof. Colin Tyler, C.Tyler@hull.ac.uk
Dr Christopher Fear, C.Fear@hull.ac.uk

Day 1: Monday 6th March

9:45am Opening address:
Prof. Colin Tyler (Director, IAE), “Applied Ethics: What it is and why it matters”

10am Workshop 1 Chair: Prof. Colin Tyler
1. Dr Christopher Fear (University of Hull, UK), Polarization, Partisanship, and Dialectical Politics
2. Dr Alessandro Dividus (University of Pisa, Italy), The Enslavement of the Free Individual: Chiaromonte’s Remarks on the Nature of Contemporary Tyranny

11:45am Workshop 2 Chair: Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson
1. Prof. Patricia Chiantera-Stutte (University of Bari, Italy), Persuasion and Non-Violence at the Scuola Normale di Pisa under the Fascist Regime (1928–1933)
2. Prof. Stéphane Guy (IDEA, University of Lorraine, France), Freedom without the State: Romanticism and the Politics of William Morris’s Utopia

11.15am Tea/coffee break

1pm Lunch

2pm Workshop 3 Chair: Prof. Glenn Burgess
1. Dr Hanno Terao (Waseda University, Japan), Republican Liberalism Revisited: A Historical Case in Late Victorian Britain
2. Prof. Colin Tyler (University of Hull, UK), When Protesting is a Duty, Not a Right

3:15pm Tea/coffee break

3:30pm Workshop 4 Chair: Prof. Janusz Grygieńć
1. Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson (Durham University, UK), Positive Freedom During and After the Cold War
2. Prof. Glenn Burgess (University of Hull, UK), Is the Liberal Idea of Free Speech any longer Fit for Purpose?

5pm Tea/coffee break

5:30pm to 7pm Public lecture 1 Chair: Dr Christopher Fear
Dr Edward Skidelsky (University of Exeter, UK), Academic Freedom: What is it and Why Does it Matter?

Day 2: Tuesday 7th March

9:15am Opening address: Professor Colin Tyler, Director of the Institute of Applied Ethics

9:30am to 11am Public lecture 2 Chair: Dr Christopher Fear
Rev. Canon Dr Dominic Black (Vicar and Lecturer of Hull Minster), Freedom of Worship

11am Tea/coffee break

11:15am Workshop 5 Chair: Prof. Stephane Guy
1. Dr Ecem Okan (IDEA, University of Lorraine, France), Adam Smith on Freedom
2. Prof. Janusz Grygieńć (Nicolas Copernicus University, Poland), Political Debate under Epistemic Asymmetries

12:45pm Lunch break

2pm Roundtable discussion Chair: Prof. Colin Tyler
1. Prof. Patricia Chiantera-Stutte (University of Bari, Italy); 2. Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson (Durham University, UK); 3. Prof. Janusz Grygieńć (Nicolas Copernicus University, Poland); 4. Prof. Stéphane Guy (University of Lorraine, France); 5. Dr Edward Skidelsky (University of Exeter); 6. Dr Hanno Terao (Waseda University, Japan)

4pm Closing remarks: Professor Colin Tyler, Director of the Institute of Applied Ethics

4:30pm Network meeting for academic participants.

Funded by

The Research and Impact Funding Office, The University of Hull

Organised by

The Institute of Applied Ethics,
The Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, The University of Hull

People Christopher Fear
Colin Tyler

Themes Social Justice and Responsibility

Research Centres/Groups Centre for Idealism and the New Liberalism
Institute of Applied Ethics

Location	Each of the Workshops will be held in: Seminar Rooms 1 and 2, Nidd Building, Cottingham Road campus, HU6 7RX Both of the Public Lectures will be held in: TBC, Cottingham Road campus, HU6 7RX
Description	The Free Society International Workshops Institute of Applied Ethics University of Hull, 6–7th March 2023 Convenors: Prof. Colin Tyler, C.Tyler@hull.ac.uk Dr Christopher Fear, C.Fear@hull.ac.uk Day 1: Monday 6th March 9:45am Opening address: Prof. Colin Tyler (Director, IAE), “Applied Ethics: What it is and why it matters” 10am Workshop 1 Chair: Prof. Colin Tyler 1. Dr Christopher Fear (University of Hull, UK), Polarization, Partisanship, and Dialectical Politics 2. Dr Alessandro Dividus (University of Pisa, Italy), The Enslavement of the Free Individual: Chiaromonte’s Remarks on the Nature of Contemporary Tyranny 11:45am Workshop 2 Chair: Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson 1. Prof. Patricia Chiantera-Stutte (University of Bari, Italy), Persuasion and Non-Violence at the Scuola Normale di Pisa under the Fascist Regime (1928–1933) 2. Prof. Stéphane Guy (IDEA, University of Lorraine, France), Freedom without the State: Romanticism and the Politics of William Morris’s Utopia 11.15am Tea/coffee break 1pm Lunch 2pm Workshop 3 Chair: Prof. Glenn Burgess 1. Dr Hanno Terao (Waseda University, Japan), Republican Liberalism Revisited: A Historical Case in Late Victorian Britain 2. Prof. Colin Tyler (University of Hull, UK), When Protesting is a Duty, Not a Right 3:15pm Tea/coffee break 3:30pm Workshop 4 Chair: Prof. Janusz Grygieńć 1. Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson (Durham University, UK), Positive Freedom During and After the Cold War 2. Prof. Glenn Burgess (University of Hull, UK), Is the Liberal Idea of Free Speech any longer Fit for Purpose? 5pm Tea/coffee break 5:30pm to 7pm Public lecture 1 Chair: Dr Christopher Fear Dr Edward Skidelsky (University of Exeter, UK), Academic Freedom: What is it and Why Does it Matter? Day 2: Tuesday 7th March 9:15am Opening address: Professor Colin Tyler, Director of the Institute of Applied Ethics 9:30am to 11am Public lecture 2 Chair: Dr Christopher Fear Rev. Canon Dr Dominic Black (Vicar and Lecturer of Hull Minster), Freedom of Worship 11am Tea/coffee break 11:15am Workshop 5 Chair: Prof. Stephane Guy 1. Dr Ecem Okan (IDEA, University of Lorraine, France), Adam Smith on Freedom 2. Prof. Janusz Grygieńć (Nicolas Copernicus University, Poland), Political Debate under Epistemic Asymmetries 12:45pm Lunch break 2pm Roundtable discussion Chair: Prof. Colin Tyler 1. Prof. Patricia Chiantera-Stutte (University of Bari, Italy); 2. Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson (Durham University, UK); 3. Prof. Janusz Grygieńć (Nicolas Copernicus University, Poland); 4. Prof. Stéphane Guy (University of Lorraine, France); 5. Dr Edward Skidelsky (University of Exeter); 6. Dr Hanno Terao (Waseda University, Japan) 4pm Closing remarks: Professor Colin Tyler, Director of the Institute of Applied Ethics 4:30pm Network meeting for academic participants. Funded by The Research and Impact Funding Office, The University of Hull Organised by The Institute of Applied Ethics, The Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, The University of Hull
People	Christopher Fear Colin Tyler
Themes	Social Justice and Responsibility
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Idealism and the New Liberalism Institute of Applied Ethics

Covid-19: Pandemic Politics around the World (FBLP Webinar)
Jun 18, 2020

Description My presentation: ‘Brazil’s situation and response to the Covid-19 pandemic’,
Event: Covid-19: Pandemic Politics around the World, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics Webinar Series, University of Hull, Hull, 18 June 2020

People Mahrukh Doctor

Description	My presentation: ‘Brazil’s situation and response to the Covid-19 pandemic’, Event: Covid-19: Pandemic Politics around the World, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics Webinar Series, University of Hull, Hull, 18 June 2020
People	Mahrukh Doctor

Democracy in the Western Hemisphere (FBLP-Current Affairs Seminars)
Oct 20, 2021

Description The panel will discuss the quality of democracy in the two largest economies and societies in the Western Hemisphere: the United States of America and Brazil. The panel will address three questions: (i) Can democracies afford to take democracy for granted? (ii) Does the ‘quality of democracy’ impact support for democratic political regimes? (iii) Can poor quality democracies survive?

People Mahrukh Doctor

Description	The panel will discuss the quality of democracy in the two largest economies and societies in the Western Hemisphere: the United States of America and Brazil. The panel will address three questions: (i) Can democracies afford to take democracy for granted? (ii) Does the ‘quality of democracy’ impact support for democratic political regimes? (iii) Can poor quality democracies survive?
People	Mahrukh Doctor

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