Political Concepts: A Critical Lexicon began as a multidisciplinary, web-based journal in which an assemblage of contributions focused on a single concept with the express intention of re-situating its meaning in the field of political discourse. By reflecting on what has remained unquestioned or unthought in that concept, this all-around collection of essays seeks to open pathways for another future—one that is not already determined and ill-fated.

From this forum for engaged scholarship, a succession of academic conferences have sprung as a space for conversation and constructive debate, including its Graduate Conference at the New School for Social Research. We invite you to the third edition of the New School Political Concepts Conference, held on March 29-30 at the New School for Social Research. The event is organized by students from the Economics, Philosophy, Politics, and Sociology departments at NSSR.

This year’s conference will have graduate students from various disciplines and universities around the world, including the New School. Each participant will present a paper on a single concept—including 'Nacional-popular', 'Time', 'Anonymity', 'Legibility', 'Reparation', and more—to situate its meaning in the field of political discourse.

DAY 1: March 29

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM: Registration
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM: Welcoming Remarks

10:00 AM- 11:30 AM: Panel 1:
'NACIONAL-POPULAR' | Susana Garibay (NSSR, Politics)
'MERCENARY' | Nicolau Lutz (Cambridge, History of Political Thought)

11:30 - 12:00 PM: Break

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Panel 2
'PAIN' | Ismene Vedder (University of Chicago, Politics)
'REPARATION' | Giuseppe Aprile (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa, Political Philosophy)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Lunch

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Panel 3
'RADICALISM' | Dalton Lackey (University of Maryland, Sociology)
'SCARCITY' | Maximilian Fenner (Cambridge, Politics and International Studies)

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Break

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Faculty Roundtable
Andreas Kalyvas (NSSR Politics)
Dimitri Nikulin (NSSR Philosophy)

DAY 2 (March 30)

10:00 AM- 11:30 AM: Panel 1:
'TIME' | Emile Ike (Frei University Berlin, Philosophy)
'ALGORITHM' | Felicia Jing (John Hopkins University, Politics)

11:30 - 12:00 PM: Break

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Panel 2
'CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING' | Camila Lobo (Nova University Lisbon, Philosophy)
'LEGIBILITY' | Miranda Young (NSSR, Philosophy)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Lunch

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Panel 3
'CABANE' | André Pettman (Columbia, French)
'ANONYMITY' | Maia Welborn (University of Oregon, Philosophy)

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Break

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Faculty Roundtable
Ann Stoler (NSSR Anthropology)
Alice Crary (NSSR Philosophy)
Kirstin Munro (NSSR Economics)