Melissa Schwartzberg

You got it.

NOT WELL. See, at far left, mailer received on Monday (amidst the general haul for a District 2 resident). There were several decent alternatives, including the SNL-famous Harvey Epstein.

Delighted to announce that Democratic Deals is the co-recipient of the David Easton Award from APSA’s Foundation of Political Theory section!

Truly astonishing. It makes me want to rewatch Succession just to focus on her performance.

Can Better Political Bargaining Make Better Democracy? A new book explains why and how.

Grateful to Brook Manville for a terrific conversation about Democratic Deals:
civicbargain.substack.com/p/can-better...

Faculty fellow position at NYU in XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement, open to political theorists:
apply.interfolio.com/165002

It's remarkable how consistently I hear these accounts - I suspect such feelings of efficacy and respect for others' judgment are the mechanisms underlying the finding that jury service increases voter participation (Gastil et al., e.g., www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...)

@maschwar.bsky.social has much to say on the crucial democratic role of juries melissaschwartzberg.com

Probably - send me an email in an hour and I will check our library.

We will be in Monastiraki in Athens, Karakoy in Istanbul, but are happy to explore.

Looking for restaurant recommendations in Athens and Istanbul - taking the teenagers, who prefer less elegant (e.g., no tasting menus), but otherwise very flexible.

It was just really boring - even I abandoned it.

hooray to Sam Klug!!

2025 PTPS Junior Scholars Workshop We seek paper proposals for the sixth Political Theory In/And/As Political Science (PTPS) Junior Scholars Workshop, which will take place at McGill April 25-26, 2025. An ongoing collaboration among fa...

Call for papers: political theory in/ and/ as political science junior scholars' workshop. Please circulate. #polisky @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social

www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/ptps/20...

You appreciate robust commitment to the bit, as do I. I am just sorry he took off the sunglasses.

I had a feeling.

Do you have a view on Jeremy Strong's hat? Because I have views.

The NOMOS volume on Protest and Dissent has a number of great papers that could complement those selections.

When you're ready to look this up, Democratic Deals is waiting for you:
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Yes - thanks!

the horror, the horror

No, it has been shut down, but it has been written in the stars and inscribed on the hearts of all NYU faculty evermore.

We now have one dog photo, dozens more requests to be removed from the list, a (repeated) call for unionization/divestment, a (frankly sad) repeated mention of a recently deceased brother, and a call to celebrate 30 years of service by aforementioned vice provost.

We have hit 100 on the main thread, and people have started posting memes:

I have to say, I am enjoying it way more than I should.

Two deans emeriti have now asked to be removed (but without noting the irony)

I did not even have the ability to email the entire Politics department faculty before I became chair - I have no idea. And the *true* irony is that it was via an IT email address.

Who himself has just asked people to stop replying all while noting the irony of doing so!

Three additional threads have popped up. One - from a vice provost - features a reiteration of his prior note/irony of so doing.