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Dear list members, This is a reminder that the Political Thought Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom will be holding a conference on the theme of "Democracy and Its Critics: Ancient and Modern" at St. Hugh's College, Oxford University on 22nd October 2011. Keynote speakers include: Prof. Richard Bellamy (University College London), Dr. Ricardo Blaug (University of Westminster) and Prof. Joseph Femia (University of Liverpool). The conference programme is as follows: DEMOCRACY AND ITS CRITICS: ANCIENT AND MODERN 22 October 2011at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford 09:30 –10:00: Arrival / Registration 10:00 – 10:10: Welcoming talk by Dr. Evangelia Sembou (Convenor, Political Thought Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association) 10:10 – 10:50: Keynote Address by Prof. Richard Bellamy (University College London, U.K. / Chair, Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought) Title to be confirmed 10:50 –11:30: Mr. Matthew Landauer (Harvard University, USA) Wagging the Demos? Demagoguery and Popular Decision-Making in Democratic Athens 11:30 –12:10: Dr. Jaroslav Danes (University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)Origins of Classical Political Theory as a Criticism of the Ideals, Values and Operation of the Athenian Democracy 12:10 –12.50: Dr. Andros Loizou (University of Central Lancashire, UK)Democracy, Polity and Aristotle’s Middle Constitution 13:00 –14:00: LUNCH 14:00 –14:40: Mr. Barry Macleod-Cullinane (Councillor, London Borough of Harrow) The Agora, the Ballot Box & the Politician: Bertrand de Jouvenel on Democracy & The Enterprise of Politics 14:40 –15:20: Dr. Ricardo Blaug (University of Westminster, UK) Information Processing in Public: The Assembly and Its Council 15:20– 16:00: Ms. Ana Rita Ferreira (Portuguese Catholic University/University of Minho, Portugal)Social-democratic Ideology: Liberal Democracy’s Best Friend? 16:00 –16:20: COFFEE / TEA BREAK 16:20 –17:00: Professor Joseph Femia (University of Liverpool, UK) The Classical Elitist Critique of Democracy: a Re-evaluation 17:00 – 17: 40: Ms. Anthoula Malkopoulou (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)Against Elections: The Political Thought of Abstention 17:40 –18:20: Dr. Yossi Nehushtan (The College of Management, Law School, Israel) Is Democracy Possible? 18:20 –19:00: Dr. Marta Nunes da Costa (CEHUM, Portugal) Democracy and Democracies – Between Theory and Facts There is a participatory fee of £37.00, which will cover mid-morning tea/coffee and biscuits, a sandwich lunch and mid-afternoon tea/coffee and cake. It would greatly facilitate our planning and logistics if interested persons would send a cheque made payable to "Political Thought Specialist Group of the PSA" to Dr. Zenon Stavrinides, Research Fellow, School of Law, The Liberty Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K. by 15th September 2011. For details about the conference please also visit http://www.psa.ac.uk/spgrp/39/PolThought11.pdf. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Dr. Zenon Stavrinides ([log in to unmask]), should you have any queries. Best Wishes, Evangelia Sembou -- Dr. Evangelia Sembou Convenor, Political Thought Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom http://www.psa.ac.uk/spgrp/39/polthought.aspx