WELCOME TO OUR EVENTS
Rethinking the Commons
The modern democratic vision is rooted fundamentally in the idea of the commons: a shared commitment to the future whose moral and material ownership—and common sense approach to matters of government—rests on the resilience of the human bond. At The Democracy Institute, we curate events that rethink this common purpose—the principle of the commons—that lies at the heart of our social and political universe. In collaboration with institutions and thinkers worldwide — across disciplines and geographies — the Institute fosters dialogue between faculty, students, and the public.
Director's Seminars
On Counter-Revolution
Wednesday, July 29 | India International Centre | Ambedkar, Fanon and the Democracy to Come
Who's Thinking?
Tuesday, Jul 28 | Jindal Global Law School | Law and Judgment in the Age of A.I.
Decolonization
Tuesday, May 26 | Florence Moore Hall, Stanford University | On the Rise and Decline of Global Justice
Empire and Ideology
Thursday, Mar 19 | Building 5-103 |The Ideas that Made Us
Civil War and the Social Contract
Tues, Mar 10 | Andromeda, Bronco Student Center | The Return of an American Idea
On Standing
Tues, Mar 10 | Andromeda, Bronco Student Center | Civil War and the Social Contract
No Nonviolence Without Equality
Tues, Oct 21 | University of California - Irvine | The Politics of Dignity and Resentment
Authoritarianism and the University
Thurs, Oct 2 | Ursa Major A, Bronco Student Center | Global Lessons on Truth and Power
On Tyranny
Thurs, Sep 25 | Lyra, Bronco Student Center | Some Questions for Hannah Arendt and Judith Shklar
Inalienable Rights
Wed-Thurs, Sep 17-18 | Pomona | Reading the Declaration of Independence Again
The Climate of Nonviolence
Fri, 11 Apr | Pomona | How Urban Heat and Design are Reshaping the Social Contract
What Is Left of Freedom?
Thu, 10 Apr | Ursa Minor, Bronco Student Center | Fears and Futures of an American Ideal
Where Do We Go From Here?
Thu, 10 Apr | Pomona | Jamelle Bouie and Aishwary Kumar in conversation, moderated by Payal Puri
Democratic Futures
Thu, 14 Nov | Pomona | Civil Rights in the Shadow of Political Violence
The American Condition
Tue, 17 Sept | Pomona | The Liberalism of Our Fears
The Caste Contract
Mon, 30 May | New Delhi | Ambedkar and the Jurisprudence of Neglect
Afterhope
Sat, 11 Mar | Pomona | Disappointments: Of B.R. Ambedkar and W.E.B. Du Bois
After Life
Fri, 10 Mar | Pomona | Inaugural symposium at The Democracy Institute.
Courage and the Constitution
Wed, 18 Apr | Cambridge | Reflections on Political Judgment at the Harvard Law School Forum
Faith in Force, Faith Without Force
Sun, 15 Dec | Pune | Thinking Freedom with Ambedkar
What is an Architect?
Mon, 09 Sept | New Delhi | Ambedkar and Arendt
The Vote
Mon, 27 May | Instagram Live | What electoral politics obscures about democracy, its past and future.
What is Moral Cruelty?
Tue, 30 Jul | New Delhi | Lecture at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Violence and the Vote
Thu, 18 Jul | Budapest | Keynote at The Authoritarianism Project Budapest
What Does Technology Really Give Liberal Education?
Fri, 18 Oct | Los Angeles | A question for future Democratic Visions