Workshop Programme

50 Years Since Isaiah Berlin's Lecture ‘Two Concepts of Liberty'

14-15 November 2008

Durham University

Programme

Friday 14 November

1: 00 - 1: 45 Registration and buffet lunch

1: 45 - 3: 30 Session one: Diana Coole (University of London, Birkbeck) ‘From Rationalism to Micro-power: Freedom and its enemies'. Discussant: Monica Mookherjee (Keele University)

3: 30 - 4: 00 tea/coffee break

4: 00 - 5: 45 Session two: George Crowder (Flinders University) ‘The Two concepts now'. Discussant: Duncan Kelly (University of Cambridge)

7: 00 dinner

Saturday 15 November

9: 30 - 11: 15 Session three: Katrin Flikschuh (LSE) ‘Choice without reason? Berlin's incomplete account of negative freedom'. Discussant: Susan Mendus (University of York).

11: 15 - 11: 30 coffee break

11: 30 - 1: 15 Session four: Jonathan Seglow (Royal Holloway, University of London) 'Personal Liberty and National Identity: exploring the tensions'. Discussant: John Horton (University of Keele)

1: 15 - 2: 00 buffet lunch

The workshop will take place at

SGIA (School of Government and International Affairs)

Room 102, Al-Qasimi Building

Elvet Hill Road, Durham DH1 3TU