John Locke through the Centuries:
Assessing the Lockean Legacy, 1704-2004

 

 

 

 
  Thursday, October 28: Keynote Address - Beinecke Library, mezzanine

5:15 p.m., “John Locke and the Intellectual Legacy of the Early Enlightenment,”
Jonathan Israel (School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)

6:15-7:00 p.m., General reception and opening of exhibition: Lockeana at Yale: John
Locke and the Early Enlightenment Republic of Letters

7:15-9:15 p.m., Commemorative Banquet at the Quinnipiack Club, 221 Church Street
$50 Payment required to attend this banquet - please see Registration Page

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Friday, October 29: Panels 1-3 - Beinecke Library, mezzanine

8:45-9:15 a.m., Coffee, tea, and pastries

9:15-9:30 a.m., Welcome and brief opening remarks

9:30-11:30 a.m., Panel 1, Locke Remembered: The Biographical Tradition.
Moderator: Earle Havens, Curator of Manuscripts, Boston Public Library

  • "The Early Biographical Tradition," Mark Goldie
    Faculty of History, Churchill College, Cambridge University
  • "The Modern Biographical Tradition," J. R. Milton
    Department of Philosophy, King’s College, London

    Question and answer period.

11:45-1:00 p.m., Luncheon, free of charge for registrants

1:00-3:00 p.m., Panel 2, The Religious Legacy: Toleration and the Reasonableness of
Christianity. Moderator: Frank Turner, Department of History, Yale University and Director of the Beinecke Library

  • "The Toleration Tracts," John Marshall
    Department of History, Johns Hopkins University
  • "The Reasonableness of Christianity," Justin Champion
    Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London

    Question and answer period.

3:00-3:30 p.m., Coffee and tea

3:30-5:30 p.m., Panel 3, The Political and Philosophical Legacy. Moderator: Steven Smith, Department of Political Science, Yale University

  • "Two Treatises of Government," Ian Harris
    School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester
  • "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," G. A. J. Rogers
    Department of Philosophy, Keele University

    Question and answer period.

5:45-6:45 p.m., Reception

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Saturday, October 30: Panel 4 & Closing Remarks - Beinecke Library, mezzanine

8:45-9:30 a.m., Coffee, tea, and pastries

9:30-11:30 a.m., Panel 4, Locke’s Legacy in the Sciences and the Americas.
Moderator: Ala Alryyes, Department of Comparative Literature, Yale University

  • "Locke and the Sciences," Paul Schuurman
    Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
  • "Locke and the Americas," Barbara Arneil
    Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Question and answer period.

11:30-12:00 p.m., Closing remarks, "Locke’s Legacy in the Wider World,"
Ian Shapiro, Department of Political Science, Yale University

 



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