The role of the public political theorist in good political judgement
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Venue
- Senate House, Paul Webley Wing
- Room
- S120
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
The Centre for Comparative Political Thought is pleased to host a talk by Professor Lawrence Hamilton exploring the importance of the public political theorist in fostering good political judgement.
About the speaker
Lawrence Hamilton holds the SA UK Bilateral Research Chair in Political Theory, Witwatersrand and Cambridge, where he teaches and researches on various topics in political theory, the history of political and economic thought, and South African politics. He has held visiting positions in Salvador, Caracas, Cape Town and São Paulo, is an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and author or editor of eight books. He is currently working on a book on the future of democracy and political judgement. He directs APTA, the Witwatersrand-Cambridge Exchange Programme and Critical South, a blog and podcast.
Discussant
Dr George Boss is a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
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