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Republicanism in Theory and Practice: 500 years after the Agnadello battle (1509) Thursday, May 14, 2009, 16-20:00 European University at St Petersburg Keynote Address: Philip Pettit (Princeton), Republicanism, Law and Democracy: The Tradition Today The address will reflect on the seminal book, Pettit, "Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government" (1997) Presentations: Edward Muir (Northwestern University), 500 Years after Agnadello (May 14, 1509): The Significance of Venice in the History of Republicanism Dmitrii Kozlov (Irkutsk University), Harrington and the Tradition of Classical Republicanism: the Problem of Translation and Development in Republican Discourse. Oleg Kharkhordin (EUSP), Stoic Grammar and Cicero's Theory of Res Publica: Why Res Publica is not a State? Friday, May 15, 2009 9:00, Departure with the minibus to Novgorod the Great 12:00 - 14:00: excursion around the Novgorod Kremlin Presentations, 14:00 - 16:00: Sergei Troianovsky (Novgorod Archeological Center), "Northern Venice" in 1136-1478: Comparing History and Political Economy of the Rialto Bridge in Venice and of the Great Bridge in Medieval Novgorod (Underwater excavations and archival research, 2005-9) Paul D. McLean (Rutgers University), Citizen or Denizen: The Counterpoint Between Republican Participation and Private Interest in Renaissance Florence 16:00-17:00, Visit to see the restored Byzantine frescoes in the Church of the Savior on Ilyina street and to the Novgorod archeological expedition HQ 17:00-19:00 Mikhail Krom (EUSP), Was Muscovite Annexation of Pskov in January 1510 the Collapse of the "Last Russian Republic"?: Some Comments on the Pskov Judiciary Charter. Mikhail Sokolov (EUSP) Then and Now: Self-Governing Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe and Republican Principles in Contemporary Academic Authority Systems 19:00-20:00 Final Discussion Republicanism: Does Political Theory Survive a Meeting with History, Archeology and Sociology? Conference dinner at the fortress restaurant 22:00, Departure to St. Petersburg with the minibus <http://slavic.princeton.edu/people/faculty/SergueiOushakine>