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

DatePresenterTitle/PaperDiscussant(s)
9/14/2026 Organizational meeting 
9/21/2026 No Meeting 
9/28/2026Eli Scharlatt Davey  N/A
10/5/2026Aemann Lin-McCornackOf Bounds and Bonds: An Aristotelian Typology of Ruling AloneN/A
10/12/2026Simon Vöhringer Normative/contemporary (culturalism, self-determination) 
10/19/2026 No Meeting - Fall Recess 
10/26/2026Chelsea Guo Ideology critique 
11/2/2026Atticus Carnell  N/A
11/9/2026Claudia Cervantes Perez  
11/16/2026Meredith Gehrlich   
11/23/2026 Thanksgiving week (Remote if preffered) 
11/30/2026Helen LeeHPT, late 19C/early20C (to mid-20C), science-related 
12/7/2026Daniel Lyngfreedom of speech/law 

 

SPRING 2027

 

DatePresenterTitle/PaperDiscussant(s)
1/25/2027Mollie Eisner The biblical figure Eve in the history of political thought 
2/1/2027Wanzhen Zhou Contemporary normative theory 
2/8/2027Cole SmithDemocratic theory/territorial jurisdiction  
2/15/2027Gülin Ustabas Indigenous political thought 
2/22/2027Eli PallrandCold War-era American legal thought 
3/1/2027Kritika Vohra HPT, Hindu nationalism 
3/16/2027 (Note date change)Jocelyn Wilson Free speech 
3/22/2027Benjamin Gross-Loh Political economy/economic thought 
3/29/2027Keaten Wright  
4/5/2027Suzie Zhang  
4/12/2027Madhav Kacker /
4/19/2027Sofia Piolanti