Faculty Leader
Melissa Lane
Meeting Day/Time
Mondays, 11:50 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Location
301 Wooten Hall
2026-2027 Schedule of Presentations
Fall 2026
| Date | Presenter | Title/Paper | Discussant(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/14/2026 | Organizational meeting | ||
| 9/21/2026 | No Meeting | ||
| 9/28/2026 | Eli Scharlatt Davey | N/A | |
| 10/5/2026 | Aemann Lin-McCornack | Of Bounds and Bonds: An Aristotelian Typology of Ruling Alone | N/A |
| 10/12/2026 | Simon Vöhringer | Normative/contemporary (culturalism, self-determination) | |
| 10/19/2026 | No Meeting - Fall Recess | ||
| 10/26/2026 | Chelsea Guo | Ideology critique | |
| 11/2/2026 | Atticus Carnell | N/A | |
| 11/9/2026 | Claudia Cervantes Perez | ||
| 11/16/2026 | Meredith Gehrlich | ||
| 11/23/2026 | Thanksgiving week (Remote if preffered) | ||
| 11/30/2026 | Helen Lee | HPT, late 19C/early20C (to mid-20C), science-related | |
| 12/7/2026 | Daniel Lyng | freedom of speech/law |
SPRING 2027
| Date | Presenter | Title/Paper | Discussant(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/25/2027 | Mollie Eisner | The biblical figure Eve in the history of political thought | |
| 2/1/2027 | Wanzhen Zhou | Contemporary normative theory | |
| 2/8/2027 | Cole Smith | Democratic theory/territorial jurisdiction | |
| 2/15/2027 | Gülin Ustabas | Indigenous political thought | |
| 2/22/2027 | Eli Pallrand | Cold War-era American legal thought | |
| 3/1/2027 | Kritika Vohra | HPT, Hindu nationalism | |
| 3/16/2027 (Note date change) | Jocelyn Wilson | Free speech | |
| 3/22/2027 | Benjamin Gross-Loh | Political economy/economic thought | |
| 3/29/2027 | Keaten Wright | ||
| 4/5/2027 | Suzie Zhang | ||
| 4/12/2027 | Madhav Kacker | / | |
| 4/19/2027 | Sofia Piolanti |