Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Martha Nussbaum in Tübingen June 22-25

Professor Martha Nussbaum (Chicago) will hold this year's Unseld lecture at the University of Tübingen, Germany:

Programme:

June 22, Unseld lecture
Martha C. Nussbaum: "Liberty of Conscience"

June 24, Public discussion
"Religious Liberty: Sources and Constraints".
Participants: Martha C. Nussbaum, Ute Sacksofsky (Frankfurt) and Heiner Bielefeldt (Erlangen)

June 21-25, Master class
"The Capability Approach on Social Order"

Further information here [pdf].

Martha Nussbaum is Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. On May 26, 2010, Martha Nussbaum was honored with Harvard's Centennial Medal.

1 comment:

Tom said...

Nussbaum's attempt to directly apply her American perspective to Europe lacked understanding of our different circumstances and history. I blogged on her lecture here: http://thephilosophersbeard.blogspot.com/2010/06/equal-liberty-of-conscience-american.html