Political Representation Reading Group  

Convenors: Piotr Kuligowski, Wiktor Marzec
Language: English

We warmly invite all those interested in engaging in discussions on books related to political representation (broadly understood) to join our reading group, which meets regularly on the last Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM (CET).

If you would like to participate, please reach out to Piotr Kuligowski (pkuligowski[at]ihpan.edu.pl) or Wiktor Marzec (wh.marzec[at]uw.edu.pl). Upon contacting us, you will receive the Zoom link, excerpts of the book (if you do not have access), and any other relevant information.

Meetings:

October 30, 2024
Natasha Wheatley, The life and death of states: Central Europe and the transformation of modern sovereignty

November 27, 2024
Pierre Rosanvallon, Democracy Past and Future

December 18, 2024
Samuel Hayat, Revolutionary Republicanism: Participation and Representation in 1848 France

January 29, 2025
Taru Haapala, Political rhetoric in the Oxford and Cambridge unions, 1830-1870

February 26, 2025
Ivan Sablin, Parliaments in the Late Russian Empire, Revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union

March 26, 2025
Lauren Benton, A search for sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400-1900

April 30, 2025
Pasi Ihalainen, Agents of the People: Democracy and Popular Sovereignty in British and Swedish Parliamentary and Public Debates, 1734–1800

May 28, 2025
Richard Butterwick, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733-1795: Light and Flame

June 25, 2025
Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political