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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