Nancy Fraser

Nancy Fraser is the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Prof. Fraser’s field of expertise comprises social and political theory, feminist theory and contemporary French and German thought. Her work focuses on conceptions of justice in contemporary political contexts in the tradition of feminist thinkers. In order to avoid a reductive treatment of the complex concept of justice, she argues for a synthesis of critical theory and post-structuralism that should bring social theorists to a fuller understanding of the social and political issues with which both approaches are concerned. Prof. Fraser’s most recent publications in this field include Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World (2008), Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange (2003), co-authored with Axel Honneth and Mapping the Radical Imagination: Between Redistribution and Recognition (2003). Current fields of research include Prof. Fraser’s book project Abnormal Justice. (An overview of the project can be found in a recently published article “Abnormal Justice” in Critical Inquiry 34.4 [ 2008 ]).

Workshop with Professor Fraser

Prof. David Damrosch
Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, University of Bern, Moderator

Registration is required for the Distinguished Lectures Series Workshop featuring the invited speaker (for contact details, please see below). After a short introduction round of the participants, the workshop is structured in three parts. Part 1 allows participants to ask questions related to the speaker’s lecture. Part 2 serves discussing a text by the invited speaker that participants receive as preparatory reading to the workshop. Part 3 offers the opportunity to bring up topics of discussion related to one’s own research or fields of interest.

Date: October 23rd, 2012
Time: 9:30 – 12:15
Place: University of Bern, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A-119

Organization:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, thomas.claviez@ens.unibe.ch
For all organizational details, please contact dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch

Registration Workshop:                       

dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch