THOM BROOKS
Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy
Newcastle University
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Speaking engagements
2011-12
§ February 2012
Invited speaker, Edinburgh University Philosophy Society, UK.
§ 13 January 2012
Invited speaker, ‘Editor’s Cut: A View of Philosophical Research from Journal Editors’, Institute of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.
§ 5 December 2011
Invited speaker, The Politicisation of Higher Education conference, The House of Commons, Westminster, UK.
§ 29 November 2011
Invited speaker, Punishment - Should We Lock ‘Em Up?, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
§ 16 November 2011
‘The Capabilities Approach and Political Liberalism”
Invited speaker, Faculty of Philosophy, Groningen University, the Netherlands.
§ 15 November 2011
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Ethics Colloquium, Groningen University, the Netherlands.
§ 12 October 2011
‘The Community and Me: The Importance of Recognition’
Invited speaker, Festival of Philosophy, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
§ 3 October 2011
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Café Philosophique, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
§ 23 September 2011
Invited speaker, British Postgraduate Philosophy Association, University of Reading, UK.
§ 20 September 2011
Invited speaker, Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
§ 6-8 September 2011
‘Capabilities and Contractarian Theories of Justice’
Human Development and Capability Association, the Hague, the Netherlands.
2010-11
§ 30 August 2011
Invited speaker, Punishment Workshop, Cardiff University, UK.
§ 9 June 2011
‘Reciprocity and Recognition’
Invited speaker, Rawls and Property Owning Democracy workshop, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
§ 23 May 2011
Invited speaker, Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), University of Birmingham, UK.
§ 19 April 2011
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Yale Working Group in Moral Philosophy, Yale University, USA.
§ 27-30 December 2010
‘Comments on Sharon Hoff’s “On Law, Transgression, and Forgiveness: Hegel and the Politics of Liberalism”’
Invited commentator, American Philosophical Association–Eastern Division, Boston, USA.
§ 8-9 November 2010
‘Reflections on Wolff’s Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Policy: Lessons from Sentencing’
Invited speaker; Workshop on Jonathan Wolff’s Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Policy; University of Oslo; Norway.
§ 2 November 2010
‘Retribution and Capital Punishment’
Invited speaker, Department of Politics, University of Warwick, UK.
§ 6 October 2010
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
§ 23 September 2010
‘Is the Death Penalty Justifiable?’
Invited speaker, Edinburgh University Philosophy Society, UK.
§ 19-20 August 2010
‘Just War and Excused War’
Invited speaker, Ethics of War conference, Carlsberg Akademi, Copenhagen, Denmark.
§ 9-11 July 2010
‘A New Problem with the Capabilities Approach’
Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, University College Dublin, Ireland.
§ 2 June 2010
‘Hegel and the State’
Invited speaker, Newcastle Law School, UK.
§ 19-20 May 2010
Invited speaker, Justice at a Distance workshop, Georgia State University, USA.
§ 29 March-1 April 2010
‘Putting the Shoe on the Other Foot: A Critique of Environmental Footprints’
Political Studies Association annual conference, Edinburgh, UK.
§ 29 March-1 April 2010
‘A New Problem with Human Rights’
Political Studies Association annual conference, Edinburgh, UK.
§ 11 March 2010
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Edinburgh University Philosophy Society, UK.
§ 4-6 March 2010
Invited panellist, ‘The Moral Foundations of a Free Society’ conference, Cambridge, UK.
§ 27-30 December 2009
Invited roundtable commentator, Association of Philosophy Journal Editors, American Philosophical Association–Eastern Division, New York City, USA.
§ 27-30 December 2009
Invited roundtable commentator, Committee on the Status of Women, American Philosophical Association–Eastern Division, New York City, USA.
§ 18 December 2009
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Boston University Ethics Group, USA.
§ 19-20 November 2009
‘Rights in Context’
Invited speaker, Recognition Theory of Rights Workshop, Cardiff University, UK.
2008-09
§ 27-29 August 2009
‘Moral Sentiments and the Justification of Punishment’
Invited speaker, Adam Smith on the Conditions of a Moral Society, Interdisciplinary Adam Smith Conference Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), University of Oslo, Norway.
§ 2-3 July 2009
‘Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities’
Justice and International Wrongdoing Workshop, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
§ 7-9 April 2009
‘Nationalism without Nations’
Political Studies Association, University of Manchester, UK.
§ 7-9 April 2009
‘A New Defence of “My Station and Its Duties”’
Political Studies Association, University of Manchester, UK.
§ 6 April 2009
‘How to Write an Article’
Postgraduate Conference, Political Studies Association, University of Manchester, UK.
§ 26-28 March 2009
Invited panellist, ‘James Wilson: Politics, Liberty and Law’ conference, St Andrews, UK.
§ 25 March 2009
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Political Philosophy Group, University of Stirling, UK.
§ 14 March 2009
‘Moral and Political Freedom’
Invited speaker, Pettit and His Critics, University of Newcastle, UK. My respondent was Philip Pettit.
§ 18 February 2009
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, University of Newcastle, UK.
§ 5 February 2009
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Department of Philosophy, Durham University, UK.
§ 8-10 January 2009
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Oxford Political Thought Conference, University of Oxford, UK.
§ 20 November 2008
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Invited speaker, Cardiff University, UK.
§ 6-7 November 2008
‘Nationalism Without Nations’
Invited speaker, Ethical Responsibility in Relations Between Communities and States Seminar, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), University of Oslo, Norway.
§ 6-7 November 2008
‘Climate Change and Negative Duties’
Invited speaker, Global Justice and Human Rights workshop, University of Oxford, UK.
2007-08
§ 29-31 May 2008
‘The Capabilities Approach, Religious Practices, and the Importance of Recognition’
Invited speaker, Global Gender Justice conference, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), University of Oslo, Norway
§ 22 May 2008
‘Is the Death Penalty Justifiable?’
Invited speaker, Department of Policy Studies, University of Lincoln, UK
§ 4 April 2008
‘Is Plato’s Political Philosophy Anti-Democratic?’
Invited speaker, Deliberative Democracy Workshop, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 1-3 April 2008
‘A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy’
Political Studies Association, Swansea University, UK
§ 1-3 April 2008
‘Why Save the Planet?’
Political Studies Association, Swansea University, UK
§ 10 March 2008
‘How to Write an Article’
Graduate seminar, Department of Politics, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 29 November 2007
‘Problems with Expressivist Theories of Punishment’
Invited speaker, Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group, University of Oxford, UK
§ 14 November 2007
‘Problems with Expressivist Theories of Punishment’
Invited speaker, Applied Philosophy—Ideas Section, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
§ 12 November 2007
‘How to Write an Article’
Invited speaker, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 26 October 2007
‘Hegel on the Family of Nations’
Invited speaker, International Politics Research Seminar, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 10-12 September 2007
‘On the Importance of the Phenomenology’s Preface’
Invited speaker; Hegel Society of Great Britain; St Edmund Hall, Oxford; UK. My respondent was Yirmiyahu Yovel.
2006-07
§ 4 May 2007
‘Is Global Poverty a Crime?’
Invited speaker, Northern Political Theory Association, Adam Smith Research Foundation, University of Glasgow, UK
§ 11-13 April 2007
‘Is Bradley a Retributivist?’
Political Studies Association, University of Bath, UK
§ 4 April 2007
‘Hegel’s Theory of Punishment’
Invited speaker, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, Ireland
§ 15 March 2007
‘A Unified Theory of Punishment’
Invited speaker, Departments of Philosophy, University of St Andrews, UK
§ 19 February 2007
‘In Defence of Positive Freedom’
Invited speaker, Cafe Culture, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The event was a debate n the merits of negative and positive freedom between Peter Jones and myself.
§ 20-21 November 2006
‘Is Global Poverty a Crime?’
Invited speaker, Pogge and His Critics, University of Newcastle, UK. My respondent was Thomas Pogge.
§ 7 November 2006
‘Shame on You, Shame on Me? Nussbaum on Shame and Punishment’
Invited speaker, Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow, UK
§ 18 October 2006
‘An Idealist Theory of Punishment’
Invited speaker, Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK
2005-06
§ 11-12 August 2006
‘Comment on Joel Rickard’s “Hegel, Rights, and Recognition: Why We Shouldn’t Be Suspicious of Talk about Natural Rights”’
Invited speaker, Problems and Prospects for Ethical Naturalism, University of Durham, UK
§ 8 June 2006
‘How to Write an Article’
Publishing and Conferences Roundtable, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 14 May 2006
‘On Retributivism’
Online Philosophy Conference. My respondent was Michael Davis.
§ 14 May 2006
‘Reply to Michael Davis’
Online Philosophy Conference
§ 11-13 April 2006
‘Starting an Academic Career’
Invited speaker, Graduate conference, Political Studies Association, University of Bath, UK
§ 6-9 April 2006
‘Plato, Hegel, and Democracy’
Classical Association, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 3 April 2006
‘Shame on You, Shame on Me? Nussbaum on Shame and Punishment’
Invited speaker, Nussbaum’s Hiding from Humanity: Author Meets Critics, University of Newcastle, UK. My respondent was Martha Nussbaum.
§ 1 March 2006
‘Plato, Hegel, and Democracy’
Invited speaker, Politics Staff Seminar, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 14 December 2005
‘An Idealist Theory of Punishment’
Invited speaker, IPPE Seminar, Lancaster University, UK
§ 25 October 2005
‘On Retributivism’
Invited speaker, Political Theory Workshop, University of York, UK
§ 19 October 2005
‘An Idealist Theory of Punishment’
Invited speaker, Political Philosophy Workshop, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 11 October 2005
‘Starting an Academic Career’
Graduate seminar, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 4 October 2005
‘How to Write an Article’
Postgraduate seminar, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 7-9 September 2005
‘Plato, Hegel, and Democracy’
Global Studies Association, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 1-2 September 2005
‘Plato, Hegel, and Democracy’
Invited speaker; Hegel Society of Great Britain; St Edmund Hall, Oxford; UK
2004-05
§ 18-22 July 2005
‘An Idealist Theory of Punishment’
Idealism Today conference; Harris Manchester, Oxford; UK
§ 1-3 July 2005
‘An Idealist Theory of Punishment’
Society for Applied Philosophy; St Anne’s College, Oxford; UK. My respondent was Gordon Graham.
§ 1-3 July 2005
‘Comment on Chris Megone, “Plato on Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, and Meta-ethics”’
Invited speaker; Society for Applied Philosophy; St Anne’s College, Oxford; UK
§ 4-6 April 2005
‘An Idealist Theory of Punishment’
Political Studies Association, University of Leeds, UK
§ 4-6 April 2005
‘A Problem of Principle: Dworkin’s Constructive Interpretivism’
Political Studies Association, University of Leeds, UK
§ 2 April 2005
‘Comment on Sharon Cowan, “Consent and Criminalization in Offences against the Person”’
Invited speaker, Workshop on Criminalization, University of Stirling, UK
§ 2 February 2005
‘Knowledge and Power in Plato’s Political Thought’
Invited speaker, Political Philosophy Workshop, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 13 October 2004
‘On Retributivism’
Invited speaker, Political Philosophy Workshop, University of Newcastle, UK
2003-04 (graduate student)
§ 9-12 July 2004
‘On Retributivism’
Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
§ 6 May 2004
‘Kant’s Theory of Punishment’
Invited speaker, Department of Politics, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 5-8 April 2004
‘How to Write an Article’
Invited speaker, Postgraduate Conference, Political Studies Association, University of Lincoln, UK
§ 6 March 2004
‘Is Hegel a Retributivist?’
Inaugural Wales and South-West England Postgraduate Conference in Politics and International Relations; University of Wales, Swansea; UK
§ 11 February 2004
‘Is Hegel a Retributivist?’
Invited speaker, Political Theory Workshop, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK
§ 27-30 December 2003
‘Is Hegel a Retributivist?’
American Philosophical Association—Eastern Division; Washington, DC; USA. My respondent was Dean Moyar.
§ 5 December 2003
‘What is the Future of the Right to Trial by Jury?’
Society for Applied Philosophy Friday Workshop, Senate House, University of London, UK
§ 6 November 2003
‘Is the Death Penalty Justifiable?’
Invited speaker, Philosophy Society, University of Sheffield, UK
§ 21 October 2003
‘A Defence of Jury Nullification’
Invited speaker, Ockham Society, University of Oxford, UK
§ 8 October 2003
‘A Defence of Jury Nullification’
Senior Postgraduate Seminar, University of Sheffield, UK
§ 20-25 August 2003
‘Was T. H. Green a Utilitarian in Practice? Green and Mill on Crime and Punishment’
International Conference on Anglo-American Idealism, Olympic Centre for Philosophy and Culture, Pyrgos of Elia, Greece
§ 12-18 August 2003
‘A Defence of Jury Nullification’
Law and Social Theory Workshop, Internationalen Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 21st World Congress, Lund University, Sweden
§ 12-18 August 2003
‘Dworkin’s Debt to Hegel’
Internationalen Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 21st World Congress, Lund University, Sweden
2002-03 (graduate student)
§ 15-17 April 2003
‘Does Bevir’s Logic improve our understanding of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right?’
Political Studies Association, University of Leicester, UK
§ 3-5 April 2003
‘A Defence of Jury Nullification’
Association for Legal and Social Philosophy, University of Newcastle, UK
§ 12 March 2003
‘Is Hegel a Retributivist?’
Senior Postgraduate Seminar, University of Sheffield, UK
§ 20 February 2003
‘The Right to Trial by Jury’
Invited speaker, Philosophy Society, University of Sheffield, UK
§ 4 September 2002
‘T. H. Green’s Theory of Punishment’
T. H. Green and Contemporary Philosophy conference; Harris Manchester, Oxford; UK
§ 29-30 August 2002
‘The Right to Trial by Jury’
European Ethics Network Summit, European Union Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2001-02 (graduate student)
§ 14-18 June 2002
‘Kant’s Theory of Punishment’
Fourth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy, Lund University, Sweden
§ 27-31 March 2002
‘Plato’s Sceptical Authoritarianism’
Society for the Contemporary Assessment of Platonism (SCAP), American Philosophical Association—Pacific Division, Seattle, USA
§ 13 February 2002
‘Kant’s Tempered Consequentialism’
Senior Postgraduate Seminar, University of Sheffield, UK
§ 26 January 2002
‘Kant’s Tempered Consequentialism’
Scottish Postgraduate Philosophy Association, University of Stirling, UK
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