Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Keynote speakers: Hillel Steiner (University of Manchester), Karl Widerquist (Georgetown University) and Jean-Fabrien Spitz (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne). Chair: Philippe Van Parijs (UCL). Organizing committee : Maxime Lambrecht (UCL – Sciences Po), Eric Fabri (ULB), Pierre Crétois (Paris 10)
INFO & REGISTRATION on http://whyproperty.org/
Private property is one of the few axioms on which contemporary liberal democracies rely, and seems so self-evident that it is rarely questioned in the contemporary public debate.
Yet this obviousness is challenged by the contested history of the justifications for private property, as well as the contemporary debates on distributive justice and the resurgence of alternative forms of entitlement structures promoted by activists linked with the Commons movement or the so-called collaborative economy.
With three prominent keynote speakers (Jean-Fabien Spitz, Hillel Steiner, et Karl Widerquist) and 15 international speakers, this conference intends to address the many questions that shape current debates concerning the right to private property.
Attendance is free but registration is mandatory. To register to the conference, go to http://whyproperty.org/index.php/registration/