SciencesPo&ColumbiaUniversity

Paris,June17-18

FORMS OF PLURALISM & DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONALISM

PROGRAM

DAY1 Friday, June, 17, 2016

Sciences Po, CERI (Grande Salle), 56 rue Jacob, 75006

Welcome & Introduction 1.00 pm 1.  Empire to Federation? 1.30 - 3.30 pm Chair: Astrid von Busekist, Sciences Po •  Emmanuelle Saada, Columbia University, “Legal Pluralism and the

Constitution of the French Imperial Republic”.•  Fred Cooper, New York University, “Federation, Confederation,

Territorial State: Debating a Post-imperial Future in French West Africa, 1945-1960”.

•  Joshua Simon, Columbia University "José Marti's Immanent Critique of American Imperialism”.

•  Gary Wilder, CUNY, “Decolonization and Postnational Democracy”

2. Territorial and Non-Territorial Federations 4.00 – 6.00 pm Chair: Andrew Arato, The New School •  Patrick Macklem University of Toronto, “Indigenous Peoples and the

Canadian State: The Prospects of a Postcolonial Constitutional Pluralism”.

•  Andreas Kalyvas, The New School, “Constituent Power and the Federal Imaginary: Popular Sovereignty beyond the State”.

•  Jeff Miley, Cambridge, “Federacy crafted by national and international actors. Syria, Iraq, Turkey"

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DAY 2Saturday, June 18, 2016

Reid Hall, Columbia University, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006

3. Federation, Decentralization, or Subsidiarity 10.00 -12.00 am Chair: Astrid von Busekist, Sciences Po•  Yishai Blank, Tel Aviv University, “Religious and Secular Federalism in Israel”.•  Nadia Urbinati, Columbia University, “Subsidiarity and the Dilemma of the

liberal state.”•  Franz Mayer, University of Bielefeld, “Constitutional Pluralism and European

Integration”. 4. Nomos Communities, Status Group Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism, 2.00 -4.00 pm Chair: Jean Cohen, Columbia University •  Michael Karayanni, The Hebrew University Jerusalem, “Multiculturalism as

Covering: The Case of Greek-Orthodox Jurisdiction over the Palestinian-Arab Laity in Israel”.

•  Courtney Jung, University of Toronto, “The Politics of Horizontal Inequality: indigenous opposition to Wind Energy Development in Mexico”.

•  Christophe Jaffrelot, Sciences Po, “The Questioning of Indian Secularism”. 5. Pluralism, Corporate Power and Sovereignty: 4.15 - 6.15 pm Chair: Andrew Arato, The New School •  Katharina Pistor, Columbia University, "Legal Particularism: The Origins of

Corporate Power”.•  Horatia Muir Watt, Sciences Po, "Global legal pluralism: a private international

law perspective”. •  Tsilly Dagan, Bar Ilan University, “Tax Competition and the Unbundling of

Sovereignty”

Closing Remarks: Andrew Arato, The New School 6.15 – 6.30

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USEFUL INFORMATIONReid Hall Columbia University 4 rue de Chevreuse 75006 Paris

CERI Sciences Po 56, rue Jacob 75006 Paris

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La Petite Chaise 36, Rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris

Café Théâtre de l’Odéon Place de l’Odéon 75006 Paris

Astrid von Busekist: 06 51 30 60 63 Niklas Plätzer: 07 54 21 79 92 Astrid Hampe: 06 50 27 90 94