Teresa M. Bejan

The Carlyle Lectures The Shape of Democracy - Jill Frank (President White Professor of History & Political Science, Cornell University)

Lovely hosting by @tmbejan.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social & others yesterday in Oxford, + great turnout/engagement at my 'methodology' talk. Extra thanks though 2 Jill Frank for coming along the day before starting her Carlyle Lectures: www.history.ox.ac.uk/carlyle-lect... (5pm today!)

Christ Church meadow at dawn today. Misty and muddy but still lovely. As always looking for reflective equilibrium @tmbejan.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social @jowolff.bsky.social @edmundhandby.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

The Campus Civility Collapse After October 7, discourse broke down. How can we restore it?

Mere Civility is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Ed this week, in a lovely article by Marie Newhouse. It’s the article I should have written! (Instead I was finishing my equality book which should be out next autumn…)

www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Nun geht es zur Abschlusskeynote von Teresa Bejan unter dem Titel Speaking as Equals

Jacob is special to us all

indeed...but I had the impression that there was an unwillingness across the whole event to acknowledge a distinction bw free speech and academic freedom lest the problem become a difficult one
in the way Jacob acknowledges

I got the impression that he had read Jacob’s 2016 essay a long time ago and remembered the appeal to Oakeshott but not the argument.

I was there and raised precisely this point.

From @mchangama.bsky.social:

“Now, as supposed champions of free speech seek to suppress it…it is crucial to reinforce the principle’s real meaning rather than let those who wield it cynically [to] strip the public’s faith in its potential...”

www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/who-...

Secrets of a Radical Duke How a lost copy of the Declaration of Independence unlocked a historical mystery

Get thee (me) to the Beinecke…

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

My graduate alma mater is hiring in political theory, specifically American Political Thought. Austin is a great town* -- and it's a lovely theory community.

Congratulations, Jo, so sorry I couldn’t be there!

Definitely going to check out the Panera where TJ wrote his Notes on the State of Virginia when I’m in C-ville next month.

Thank you!

People who expect deference resent mere civility-

On point.

From Mere Civility by @tmbejan.bsky.social whose video I've used for years to frame class culture and discussion but realized I've not read her book. Its a banger already!

BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Andrew Peach Andrew Peach presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.

In about 15 mins time, @andrew-peach.bsky.social presents a Pick of the sideshow of politics vs the seriousness of the West End - 1815 on R4 feat. @tmbejan.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social @hannahcfrench.bsky.social @helenlewis.bsky.social @aiannucci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

In Our Time - Civility: talking with those who disagree with you - BBC Sounds On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards

Interesting discussion of Civility in this week’s episode of In Our Time, including thoughts on the contribution of Thomas Hobbes from @tmbejan.bsky.social.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Wer so wie wir schon gespannt auf die Keynote von @tmbejan.bsky.social auf unserer Herbsttagung in Erlangen ist, kann sich die Vorfreude eventuell hiermit versüßen! 👇
#poloeff

Thank you!

Would only be fitting in a discussion of ‘Rogues’ Island!

You, too—my belly laugh at the pivot to Rawls gives a sense of the thrill ride we were on!

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Civility: talking with those who disagree with you On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards

Tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 9am on BBC Radio 4 — In Our Time discusses civility with Teresa Bejan (@tmbejan.bsky.social), Phil Withington, and me! Listen live or after broadcast at the link below.

An honor and a pleasure to meet @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social at last and to talk about the slipperiest of topics, civility!

Book Tour: We Have Never Been Woke - Musa al-Gharbi We Have Never Been Woke will be published on October 8, 2024. I'll be on tour in the US and beyond to support the launch. Catch me if you can

I'm also happy to talk to journalists and other stakeholders during while I'm in the #UK area. If you'd like to connect with me for an interview, contact the book's publicist Kate Farquhar-Thomson ASAP: musaalgharbi.com/book-tour-we...

Just finished Musa's excellent, bracing, and self-awarely "epic" book--really looking forward to our discussion!

Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no.

Today we wrapped up our 1st WHPT Conference – a fabulous gathering! Thanks to our wonderful contributors for inspiring papers:

@abbsleblanc.bsky.social @tmbejan.bsky.social @torreyj.bsky.social @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social @sophiecardin.bsky.social @rosscarroll.bsky.social

‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

Stunning statement from NYU confirming they have abandoned academic freedom (after cancelling ex-MSF president Dr Liu): “Guest speakers at our institution are given clear guidelines at the outset. Per our policy we cannot host speakers who don’t comply.”

Why Is It So Hard to Make a Robot Chef? Restaurants are experimenting with automation. But in the kitchen, human labor is hard to replace.

Michael Oakeshott would like a word.

Why Is It So Hard to Make a Robot Chef? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/b...