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Renewing the Social Contract

The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory 

International Conference

Center for Critical Democracy Studies, The American University of Paris

December 17-19, 2024

December 17

CO3 Horizon��Europe Consortium:��Resilient Social Contracts for Democratic Societies

* Participants in the International Conference on December 18-19, are also welcome to attend the Consortium presentations

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December 18-19

International Conference:��Renewing the Social Contract: The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory

Keynotes | Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL), Albert Weale (UCL)

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Organizers

• Stephen Sawyer | ssawyer [at] aup.edu (ssawyer[at]aup[dot]edu)
• Roman Zinigrad | rzinigrad [at] aup.edu (rzinigrad[at]aup[dot]edu)
• Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger | ncolinjaeger [at] aup.edu (ncolinjaeger[at]aup[dot]edu)
• Emilia Palonen | emilia.palonen [at] helsinki.fi (emilia[dot]palonen[at]helsinki[dot]fi)
• Anna Björk | anna.bjork [at] demoshelsinki.fi (anna[dot]bjork[at]demoshelsinki[dot]fi)

Tuesday, December 17

CO3 Horizon Europe Consortium: Resilient Social Contracts for Democratic Societies

* Participants in the International Conference on December 18-19, are also welcome to attend the Consortium presentations

9h00-9h30 - Welcome & Coffee

09h30-10h45 - T2.1

• Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger ������ | Overview of Social Contract Theories
• Stephen Sawyer ������ | Sociological Social Contracts
• Other proposals for T2.1

10h45-11h00 - Break

11h00-12h15 - T2.4

• Cristiano Gianolla University of Coimbra | States, Empires, Post-colonialism and the Social Contract
• Other proposals for T2.4

12h15-13h30 - Lunch

13h30-14h45 - T2.3 Polarization and the Social Contract

• Emilia Palonen University of Helsinki
• Szilvia Horváth University of Helsinki
• Alexander Alekseev University of Helsinki
• Pınar Uyan Semerci Bilgi University
• Emre Erdoğan Bilgi University

14h45-15h00 - Break

15h00-16h15 - T2.2

• Claudia Wiesner Fulda University & Ana Matan University of Zagreb | Social Contract in the European Union

16h15-17h30 - Discussion of WP2 // Links with WP3

17h30-19h00 - Break

19h00 - Dinner

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December 18-19

International Conference: Renewing the Social Contract: The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory

Keynotes | Myriam Hunter-Henin UCL, Albert Weale UCL

Wednesday, December 18

9h00-9h30 - Coffee

9h15-9h30 - Welcome remarks

09h30-11h00 - Parallel Sessions 1 & 2

• Session 1. Social Contracts Revisited
• Session 2. Post-colonial Perspectives on the Social Contract

11h00-11h15 - Break

11h15-12h45 - Parallel Sessions 3 & 4

• Session 3. Social Contract in Non-ideal Conditions
• Session 4. Alternative Social Contracts

12h45-14h00 - Lunch

14h00-15h30 - Parallel Sessions 5 & 6

• Session 5. Les fondements du contrat social (in French)
• Session 6. Social Contract in Crisis

15h30-16h30 - Coffee & discussion break

16h30-17h30 - Keynote

• Albert Weale UCL | Political Contracts and Democratic Values: What Can Constitution Making Tell Us?

17h30-19h00 - Reception at ������

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Thursday, December 19

9h00-9h30 - Coffee

9h30-11h00 - Parallel Sessions 7 & 8

• Session 7. Critiques des théories traditionnelles du Contrat Social (in French)
• Session 8. Capitalism, Public Reason and the Social Contract

11h00-11h15 - Break

11h15-12h45 - Keynote

• Myriam Hunter-Henin UCL | The Regulation of Religious Interests: A Test for the Resilience of Social Contract Theory

12h45-14h00 - Lunch

14h00-15h30 - Parallel Sessions 9 & 10

• Session 9. Constitutional Norms and The Social Contract
• Session 10. Capitalism, Democracy, and the Social Contract

15h30-15h45 - Break

15h45-17h30 - Session 11. Extending the Social Contract

17h30-17h45 - Break

17h45-18h30 - Concluding round table discussion:

• Anna Björk Demos Helsinki
• Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger ������
• Emilia Palonen University of Helsinki
• Stephen Sawyer ������
• Roman Zinigrad ������

Session 1. Social Contracts Revisited

• Chair | Annabelle Lever SciencesPo
• Zachary Swirski McMaster University | Hegel’s Rabble and Nomadic Becomings
• Fabien Lechevalier Université Paris-Saclay | Crafting the Future: A New Social Contract for the Digital Age
• Olivia Custer ������ | Consent to the Social Contract in the Wake of #metoo

Session 2. Post-colonial Perspectives on the Social Contract

• Chair | Delphine Dogot Université Catholique de Lille
• Alnusf Marzouq Kuwait University | The Global Aspect in the Racial Critique of Social Contract Theory
• Vanda Amaro Dias & Cristiano Gianolla University of Coimbra | The Articulation of Mythologies Through the Social Contract in Empires, Nation-States and Europe: Challenges to Democratisation in Modern Liberal Polities
• Andrew Stewart Chapman University | Counterstories and the Social Contract

Session 3. Social Contract in Non-ideal Conditions

• Chair | Emilia Palonen, University of Helsinki
• Daniel Smilov Sofia University | The Concept of Social Contract in the Theories of European Integration
• Ana Matan University of Zagreb | Realist Utopia for a Compound Democratic Community of States
• Théophile Pénigaud Yale University | Engaging with the Non-ideal Behind the Veil of Ignorance

Session 4. Alternative Social Contracts

• Chair | Zach Freig UC Berkeley
• David Peters ������ | James Wilson’s Revolutionary Critique of and Alternative to Contract Theory
• Kevin Leportier Université de Caen Normandie | Freedom, Crises, and Liberal Social Contracts
• Clémence Pellissier Trinity College Dublin | The Social Contract versus Autonomy? A Study on Arendt’s Critique of Rousseau’s Theory

Session 5. Les fondements du contrat social (in French)

• Chair | Mona El Khoury ������
• Clara Lucas Centre Émile Durkheim, ScPo Bordeaux | Le Contrat social jaune : Rousseau et les Gilets jaunes
• Simone Leotta LIER-FYT/EHESS | Du nouveau sous l’ancien ? Le statut de la « religion civile » dans le Contrat social
• Maude Vidal EHESS | Contrat social et norme fondamentale, Kelsen lecteur de Vaihinger

Session 6. Social Contract in Crisis

• Chair | Stephen Sawyer ������
• Emilia Palonen University of Helsinki | Hegemony, Radical Democracy and the Social Contract
• Pınar Uyan Semerci & Emre Erdoğan Bilgi University | Rethinking “Social Contract” in the Times of Polycrisis
• Aviezer Tucker University of Ostrava | Panarchy: Non-territorial Contractarianism

Session 7. Critiques des théories traditionnelles du Contrat Social (in French)

• Chair | Zona Zarić ������
• Léa Antonicelli SciencesPo | Une critique féministe intersectionnelle de l’utilité publique pour refonder un contrat social inclusif
• Djamel Chikh UMMTO  | Le contrat social, une ambition universaliste et des écueils historicistes
• Valentin Avenard Université de Nantes | L’État et les anarchistes : un contrat social impossible

Session 8. Capitalism, Public Reason and the Social Contract

• Chair | Leora Dahan Katz Hebrew U
• Tonci Kursar University of Zagreb | How to Restore Democratic Capitalism as a Social Contract? Controversies of Streeck’s Understanding of ‘Interregnum’
• Ruzha Smilova University of Sofia and Centre for Liberal Strategies | Resilience, Social Contract and Democracy: Conceptual and Substantive Dilemmas
• Cyril Hédoin Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Living in Disagreement: Public Reason and Jurisdictional Rights

Session 9. Constitutional Norms and The Social Contract

• Chair | Roman Zinigrad ������
• Mohsin Bhat QMUL School of Law | Adjudicating Belonging: Citizenship and the Identity of the Constitutional Compact
• Vandana Singh USLLS | Jurisprudential Foundation of Rule of Law through Prism of Social Contract Theory
• Tamar Hostovsky Brandes Ono Academic College | Is solidarity necessary for democracy?

Session 10. Capitalism, Democracy, and the Social Contract

• Chair | Mirjam Dageförde ������
• Peter Hägel ������ | Customizing Social Contracts for Consumer Society?
• Anja Thomas Hochschule Fulda/University of Lille/EUI | A Question of the Underlying Social Contract? ������ the Differentiated Impact of Populism on Policy-Making in Proportional and in Majoritarian Democracies
• Elijah Okpanachi Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria | Democracy in the 21st Century: Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Democratic Governance

Session 11. Extending the Social Contract

• Chair | Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger ������
• Nefeli Lefkopoulou Sciences Po | Renewing the Social Contract Through City Empowerment
• Xhejn Xhindi Université libre de Bruxelles | Influences of Social Contract Theory in Bruno Latour: From Early Works to Politics of Nature
• Oliver Feltham ������ | Locke’s state of nature as colonial practice: social contract and ecology