The Contemporary Relevance of Perpetual Peace
Cornell University
The Institute for German Cultural Studies
Guerlac Room, A.D. White House
The Event is organized by Peter Gilgen (Cornell University) & Gregg Lambert (Syracuse University). Generously supported by the CNY Humanities Corridor.
The full program as a PDF is here
The Event is organized by Peter Gilgen (Cornell University) & Gregg Lambert (Syracuse University). Generously supported by the CNY Humanities Corridor.
The full program as a PDF is here
MORNING PROGRAM
9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
9:15 Breakfast
9:30 Opening Remarks
9:40-10:30 — “The Secrets of Perpetual Peace.” Peter Gilgen (German Studies, Cornell University). Moderator: Elke Siegel (German Studies, Cornell University)
10:35-11:20 — “Inevitable Peace? Kant, Postwar.” Patchen Markell (Government, Cornell University) Moderator: Karin Nisenbaum (Philosophy, Syracuse University)
11:35-12:15 — “On the Common Saying, Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.” Neil Saccamano (Literatures in English, Cornell) Moderator: Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson (Philosophy, Syracuse University)
12:15 Lunch
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
2:15 – 4:30PM
2:15-4:30 — Workshop on the Perpetual Peace Project conducted by Gregg Lambert (Humanities, Syracuse University) & Adam Nocek (Arts, Media & Engineering, Arizona State University)
(Participants in the workshop are encouraged to read Immanuel Kant’s seminal essay Zum ewigen Frieden/Towards Perpetual Peace. Copies of the English translation are available at the Department of German Studies, 183 Goldwin Smith Hall)
4:30 Reception