Straus Fellows Workshops
The single most important feature of the Straus Fellowship Program is the Fellows Workshop Series – it is the vehicle through which work is presented and discussed, and encapsulates the idea of the Program – the University as a community of scholars.
Each semester The Straus Institute convenes regularly offering a space for Fellows to lecture on their research projects and receive feedback from faculty commentators, Fellows and invited guests.
SPRING 2012
Monday, March 26th, 2012:
Presenter:
Professor Charles Leben, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "On some Jewish sources of the modern school of the law of nature and nations (1574-1672)"
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM
Presenter: Professor Roberto Bin, Joint Straus/Senior Emile Noël Fellow
Topic: "Legal Text and Judicial Adjudication: What Lawyers Can Learn from Modern Physics"
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012:
Presenter:
Professor Damian Chalmers, Joint Straus/Senior Emile Noël Fellow
Topic: "To Thy Transnational Self Be True?"
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM
Presenter:
Professor Rafael Domingo, Joint Straus/Senior Emile Noël Fellow
Topic: "A New Global Paradigm for Religious Freedom"
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Presenter:
Professor Ruth Gavison, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Liberalism, Self-determination, conflict and the human rights discourse"
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Monday, April 2nd, 2012:
Presenter:
Professor Seyla Benhabib, Straus Fellow
Topic: "
The Future of Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law - Interim Reflections"
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Andrea Büchler, Straus Fellow
Topic: "Regulating the Sacred. Organ donation and transplantation: autonomy and integrity of the person or social responsibility of the body?"
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Adam Becker, Straus Fellow
Topic: "Religion and National Awakening in the Modern Middle East: Mission, Orientalism, and the American Evangelical Roots of Assyrian Nationalism (1834-1906)"
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012:
Presenter:
Professor Philip Hamburger, David M. Friedman Fellow
Topic: "Obligation and Error in Conscience"
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Janez Kranjc, Straus Fellow
Topic: "Virtues in the Law: The case of pietas?"
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Jose Mendonça, Straus Fellow
Topic: "The Remnant of God: the turbulence of a concept"
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Monday, April 16th, 2012:
Presenter:
Professor Ran Hirschl, Maimonides Fellow
Topic: "Religion Law and Comparative Constitutional Studies: How Early Debates Illuminate Contemporary Dilemmas"
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Wael Farouq, Straus Fellow
Topic: "Hats and Turbans: Adaptation to Modernity and Conventional Mind"
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Michel Troper, Straus Fellow
Topic: "The Structure of the Legal System and the Emergence of the State"
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
FALL 2011
Monday, September 19th, 2011:
Presenter:
Professor Ran Hirschl, Maimonides Fellow
Topic: "Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion: New Directions"
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011:
Presenter:
Professor Wael Farouq, Straus Fellow
Topic: "Islam, Arab Mind, fiqh and Language"
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Presenter:
Professor Roberto Bin, Joint Straus/Senior Emile Noël Fellow
Topic: "Legal Text and Judicial Adjudication: What Lawyers Can Learn from Modern Physics"
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Presenter:
Professor Charles Leben, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "The Jewish Roots of International Law in Early Modern Europe"
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Monday, September 26th, 2011:
Presenter:
Professor Rafael Domingo, Joint Straus/Senior Emile Noël Fellow
Topic: "A New Global Paradigm for Religious Freedom"
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Damian Chalmers, Joint Straus/Senior Emile Noël Fellow
Topic: "To Thy Transnational Self Be True?"
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Presenter:
Professor Adam Becker, Straus Fellow
Topic: "Religion and National Awakening in the Modern Middle East: Mission, Orientalism, and the American Evangelical Roots of Assyrian Nationalism (1834-1906)"
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Monday, October 3rd, 2011:
Presenter:
Professor Philip Hamburger, David M. Friedman Fellow
Topic: "The Naked Quaker"
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Monday, October 17th, 2011:
Presenter:
Professor Janez Kranjc, Straus Fellow
Topic: "Values in the Law: Lasting Echoes of Roman Law?"
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011:
Presenter:
Professor Ruth Gavison, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "The Quest for Political Identity: between Universalism and Particularism"
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM
Presenter:
Professor Jose Mendonça, Joint Straus/Senior Emile Noël Fellow
Topic: " 'The Reactivation of Paul': A Critical Dialogue on Giorgio Agamben"
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Presenter:
Professor Michel Troper, Straus Fellow
Topic: "The Structure of the Legal System and the Emergence of the State"
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
Monday, November 7th, 2011:
Presenter:
Professor Seyla Benhabib, Straus Fellow
Topic: "The Future of Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law - A Philosopher's Take"
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011
To find out more about upcoming events at The Straus Institute please view our calendar.