Time: June 5–6, 2025
Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24A, 3rd floor, Common Room
Program
Wednesday, June 4
12:00–14:00 Public Event: The Role of Art in Troubled Democracies – A Dialogue with Philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum
Thursday, June 5
11:30–12:00 Coffee and Welcome
12:00–12:45 Martha C. Nussbaum: War and Two Types of Pacifism
12:45–13:00 Comment by Mikko Yrjönsuuri
13:00–13:30 General Q&A
13:30–14:30 Lunch
14:30–15:15 William King: Beyond the Front-line? Democratic Practices, Weapons of War, and Revolutions, 1960–90.
15:15–16:00 Timo Miettinen: Democracy and Time: Exploring Novelty and Rupture
16:00–16:30 Coffee
16:30–17:15 Sami Pihlström: The Ultimate Safeguard of Democracy? On the Ethics and Metaphysics of Nuclear Deterrence
17:15–18:00 Mervi Heikkinen: Cultivating Capabilities for Peace in the Arctic Frontiers
18:00– Reception for all participants
Friday, June 6
10:00–10:45 Walter Rech: Wars and Republics: Machiavellian Connections
10:45–11:30 Tim Stuart-Buttle: Equality and Its Discontents: Hobbes on Democracy, War, and the “Mortall God”
11:30–12:00 Coffee
12:00–12:45 Cesare Cuttica: Warring About Democracy, Culture and Science: Nineteenth-Century Lessons
12:45–13:30 Tuukka Brunila: Between War and Peace – Democracy in the Era of Hybrid Warfare
13:30–14:30 Lunch
14:30–15:15 Nicole Hassoun: Title TBD
15:15–16:00 Kai Alhanen: Orwell on War and Totalitarianism
16:00–16:45 Antti Kauppinen: War and Partiality
Registration
Admission to this event is free and open to all. Please register for the workshop by completing the form below by May 25, 2025:
Registration: Democracy and War – A Philosophical Workhop with Martha C. Nussbaum.
If you would like to cancel your participation, please notify HCAS Technical Assistant Siiri Virta via email at siiri.virta@helsinki.fi