Changing Perceptions of the Public Sphere

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Contributors

Investigating the complex transformations and changing perceptions of the public sphere from early modern Europe to the present undoubtedly requires interdisciplinary expertise. As a project that seeks to examine the critical relevance and historical perspective of the public sphere, Changing Perceptions of the Public Sphere will bring together experts from a range of different disciplines in order to establish an ongoing dialogue that, as the organizers hope, will feed back into the disciplines involved. Contributors come from German Studies, French Studies, History, Philosophy, History of Science, Asian Studies, Political Science, and Law.

The following contributors will take part in either the conference at Rice University, Houston, USA (15-16 December 2005) or the conference at the University of Cambridge, UK (10-12 July 2006). This is a preliminary list:

Organizers

Christian J. Emden (German Intellectual History, Rice University, USA)
David Midgley (German Studies, University of Cambridge, UK)

Speakers & Respondents

• Nicholas Boyle (German Intellectual History, University of Cambridge, UK)
• Peter Burke (European Cultural History, University of Cambridge, UK)
• Peter C. Caldwell (History, Rice University, USA)
• Daniel Cohen (French & European History, Rice University, USA)
• Steven Crowell (Philosophy, Rice University, USA)
• James Faubion (Anthropology, Rice University, USA)
• Julie Fette (French Studies, Rice University, USA)
• Verna Gehring (Philosophy & Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA)
• Anne Hardy (History of Medicine, Wellcome Institute, University College London, UK)
• Ludmilla Jordanova (History of Science, University of Cambridge, UK)
• Christopher Kelty (Anthropology, Rice University, USA)
• Martina Lauster (German Studies, University of Exeter, UK)
• Steven Lewis (Asian Studies & Public Policy, Rice University, USA)
• James Mayall (International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK)
• H.B. Nisbet (History of Ideas, University of Cambridge, UK)
• Edward Timms (German Studies, University of Sussex, UK)
• Chris Thornhill (European Studies, King's College London, UK)
• James Tully (Political Science & Law, University of Victoria, Canada)
• Sarah Westphal (German Studies, Rice University, USA)
• Gary Wihl (English, Rice University, USA)
• (Richard) Lord Wilson of Dinton (European Politics, University of Cambridge, UK)
• Albrecht Wellmer (Philosophy, Free University, Berlin, Germany)
• Joachim Whaley (German History, University of Cambridge, UK)
• Lora Wildenthal (German and European History, Rice University, USA)
• John Zammito (European Intellectual History, Rice University, USA)
• Rachel Zuckert (Philosophy, Rice University, USA)