Historical, Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on Political Violence
March 31-April 2, 2022
The Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives (EuroStorie)
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Helsinki
The conference provides a multidisciplinary venue for critical appraisal of the central questions concerning political violence and aggression. The conference’s aim is to scrutinize and delineate the current discussion (academic and non-academic) on political violence by discussing its contemporary forms, character and modes justification, especially within context of development of the idea of Europe and modern European identity. What is meant by political violence and aggression? When and under which conditions is it justified? Who has the right to exercise it and against whom?
The keynote address will be given by professor Samuel Moyn (Yale University). Professor Moyn is a leading scholar of the intellectual history of human rights and European intellectual history.
The EuroStorie Centre of Excellence (University of Helsinki) is inviting abstracts for the conference. Please see the full call for papers on the conference website.
The deadline for the abstracts is October 31, 2021. Abstracts should be sent to eurostorie@gmail.com. For general enquiries, please contact Panu-Matti Pöykkö (panu-matti.poykko@helsinki.fi)
