Lovely hosting by @tmbejan.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social & others yesterday in Oxford, + great turnout/engagement at my 'methodology' talk. Extra thanks though 2 Jill Frank for coming along the day before starting her Carlyle Lectures: www.history.ox.ac.uk/carlyle-lect... (5pm today!)
Christ Church meadow at dawn today. Misty and muddy but still lovely. As always looking for reflective equilibrium @tmbejan.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social @jowolff.bsky.social @edmundhandby.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social
Mere Civility is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Ed this week, in a lovely article by Marie Newhouse. It’s the article I should have written! (Instead I was finishing my equality book which should be out next autumn…)
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Nun geht es zur Abschlusskeynote von Teresa Bejan unter dem Titel Speaking as Equals
Jacob is special to us all
indeed...but I had the impression that there was an unwillingness across the whole event to acknowledge a distinction bw free speech and academic freedom lest the problem become a difficult one
in the way Jacob acknowledges
I got the impression that he had read Jacob’s 2016 essay a long time ago and remembered the appeal to Oakeshott but not the argument.
I was there and raised precisely this point.
From @mchangama.bsky.social:
“Now, as supposed champions of free speech seek to suppress it…it is crucial to reinforce the principle’s real meaning rather than let those who wield it cynically [to] strip the public’s faith in its potential...”
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/who-...
My graduate alma mater is hiring in political theory, specifically American Political Thought. Austin is a great town* -- and it's a lovely theory community.
Congratulations, Jo, so sorry I couldn’t be there!
Definitely going to check out the Panera where TJ wrote his Notes on the State of Virginia when I’m in C-ville next month.
Thank you!
People who expect deference resent mere civility-
On point.
From Mere Civility by @tmbejan.bsky.social whose video I've used for years to frame class culture and discussion but realized I've not read her book. Its a banger already!
In about 15 mins time, @andrew-peach.bsky.social presents a Pick of the sideshow of politics vs the seriousness of the West End - 1815 on R4 feat. @tmbejan.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social @hannahcfrench.bsky.social @helenlewis.bsky.social @aiannucci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Interesting discussion of Civility in this week’s episode of In Our Time, including thoughts on the contribution of Thomas Hobbes from @tmbejan.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Wer so wie wir schon gespannt auf die Keynote von @tmbejan.bsky.social auf unserer Herbsttagung in Erlangen ist, kann sich die Vorfreude eventuell hiermit versüßen! 👇
#poloeff
Thank you!
Would only be fitting in a discussion of ‘Rogues’ Island!
You, too—my belly laugh at the pivot to Rawls gives a sense of the thrill ride we were on!
Tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 9am on BBC Radio 4 — In Our Time discusses civility with Teresa Bejan (@tmbejan.bsky.social), Phil Withington, and me! Listen live or after broadcast at the link below.
An honor and a pleasure to meet @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social at last and to talk about the slipperiest of topics, civility!
I'm also happy to talk to journalists and other stakeholders during while I'm in the #UK area. If you'd like to connect with me for an interview, contact the book's publicist Kate Farquhar-Thomson ASAP: musaalgharbi.com/book-tour-we...
Just finished Musa's excellent, bracing, and self-awarely "epic" book--really looking forward to our discussion!
Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no.
Today we wrapped up our 1st WHPT Conference – a fabulous gathering! Thanks to our wonderful contributors for inspiring papers:
@abbsleblanc.bsky.social @tmbejan.bsky.social @torreyj.bsky.social @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social @sophiecardin.bsky.social @rosscarroll.bsky.social
Stunning statement from NYU confirming they have abandoned academic freedom (after cancelling ex-MSF president Dr Liu): “Guest speakers at our institution are given clear guidelines at the outset. Per our policy we cannot host speakers who don’t comply.”
Michael Oakeshott would like a word.
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Robot Chef? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/b...
