Today Giovanni Martino, who is visiting from KU Leuven, will present his paper "Reparations for Colonial Legacies' at our Workshop in Political Theory -- we look forward to it!

Great session at our workshop in political theory today, discussing domination and normative orientation in Foucault's thought with Fabian Freyenhagen

Call for papers- Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...

🚨 Just over two weeks left to submit your abstracts!

We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for scholars of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) based in the North of the UK.

🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026.

Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism and the Future of Liberal Democracy

Info below 👇

We look forward to welcoming Fabian
Freyenhagen who will give a talk about “A Minimum of Domination”—The Overt Normative Orientation of Foucault’s Work' tomorrow at our Workshop in Political Theory!

“This book is one of the most important contributions to the literature on political liberalism yet published”

Blain Neufeld @neufeld.bsky.social reviewing “Politicizing Political Liberalism” in Ethics.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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We are delighted to invite nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2026 BIAPT Early-Career and Mid-Career prizes! The deadline for nominations is May 22nd. Full details are below 👇

www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...

An excellent talk by Alex on "Strikes and the Ideological Bind of the Fair Contract"!

We look forward to welcoming Alex Gourevitch tomorrow (Brown University) to talk about "Strikes and the Ideological Bind of the Fair Contract".

The event is hosted by @ycpt.bsky.social and
@uoyphilosophy.bsky.social

We are looking forward to welcoming Alex Gourevitch in York next week for his talk about "Strikes and the Ideological Bind of the Fair Contract".

A great event co-sponsored by our Centre and @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social

MANCEPT Workshop on Theories of Public Reason Theories of Public Reason Panel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 2-4 September 2026  This panel seeks to bring together those working on issues related to public reason, broadly...

CfA: Theories of Public Reason -- 2026 MANCEPT WORKSHOPS

Consider applying to this fantastic workshop convened by Gabriele Badano, Blain Neufeld, and Collis Tahzib

Deadline 12 May 2026

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Great workshop session with Sameer Bajaj who is talking about his new work on containment, illiberal populism and political liberalism!

We look forward to welcoming Sameer Bajaj (University of Warwick) tomorrow at our workshop in political theory. He will discuss his paper "The Limits of Containment: Political Liberalism and Engagement with Illiberal Views”.

We look forward to welcoming Sameer Bajaj (University of Warwick) tomorrow at our workshop in political theory. He will discuss his paper "The Limits of Containment: Political Liberalism and Engagement with Illiberal Views”.

We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year's YCSJD Book Manuscript Workshop Award is Fabio Wolkenstein, with his book "Democratic Regressions: Subversions of Popular Rule and Paths to Recovery".

We look forward to discussing this exciting new work in July!

Crisis and Community York Graduate and Early Careers Conference

Apply to the conference 'From Crisis to the Renewal of Community: Progress, Judgement, and the Return of History', which will take place at the University of York, 20th-21st of July 2026.

You can find all information about when and how to apply here:
crisisandcommunity.wordpress.com

Mackenzie Book Prize 2025-26 Shortlist Announced - Political Studies Association Thank you to all who nominated a book for this esteemed prize which celebrates the distinctive contribution these works have made to advancing Political Studies. From an impressive number of entries, ...

It is such an honour to have our book shortlisted for this amazing prize:

www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...

FEW DAY LEFT to apply to the York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as York Centre for Political Theory) 2026 BOOK MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP (DEADLINE Friday, 19 December 2025)

Information can be found here:

www.york.ac.uk/politics/cpt...

@martinoneill.bsky.social

"It remains rare to find scholarship so firmly rooted in a philosophical tradition while also demonstrating how that very tradition must be revised in order to make practical propositions viable" (3/3)

"The innovation introduced to political liberalism is anything but minor. While it is possible to read the normative arguments as stand-alone proposals, doing so blunts some of the nuances that contribute to this book’s scholarly weight [...]' (2/3)

Politicizing political liberalism: on the containment of illiberal and antidemocratic views - Contemporary Political Theory Contemporary Political Theory -

Corrado Fumagalli reviews Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti's "Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views" at Contemporary Political Theory (1/3)

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We look forward to welcoming Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social at our workshop in political theory tomorrow to discuss his paper "The Wellbeing–Responsibility Theory"

Reminder: York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as York Centre for Political Theory) 2026 BOOK MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP (DEADLINE Friday, 19 December 2025)

Information can be found here:
www.york.ac.uk/politics/cpt...

APPLY and, please, circulate widely! @martinoneill.bsky.social

A fantastic session of our workshop in political theory today, with Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social presenting his thought-provoking work on war for animals.

Excited to host Liam Shields @liamshields.bsky.social tomorrow at our York Workshop in Political Theory, with his paper 'What is Wrong with Severing a Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship?'

There has been a scary increase of racist and xenophobic verbal and physical attacks, racist graffiti and other forms of xenophobic vandalism in York over the last month, in connection with the Operation Raise the Colour.

This must stop! If you are in York, do join the rally on the 4th October!

We have an amazing line-up of speakers for our Workshop in Political Theory this semester!

York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as York Centre for Political Theory) 2026 BOOK MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP (DEADLINE Friday, 19 December 2025)

Information can be found here:

www.york.ac.uk/politics/cpt...

APPLY and, please, circulate widely!

@martinoneill.bsky.social

Creating populist martyrs is a dangerous game | Alasia Nuti, Gabriele Badano

Shall we rely on the state in the fight against right-wing populism and the far-right?

Gabriele Badano and I answer this question in our just published articles at IAI TV

iai.tv/articles/cre...

Check out the new fantastic paper on 'ecological personhood' co-authored by Mónica Brito-Vieira and Sean Fleming, in early view at APSR!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Discussing Tom O’Shea’s book manuscript

It was a pleasure to discuss @tomoshea.org’s Socialist Republicanism at our annual political theory book manuscript workshop.