Max Weber Programme Blog

The next Max Weber Lecture is with Stephan Leibfried, University of Bremen, and will take place Wednesday 21 March at 17.00, Villa La Fonte, Conference Room.
All are welcome to attend – please register with Susan.Garvin@eui.eu
Abstract:
Ever since the abstract notion of “the state” as an organizing principle for Western societies began to emerge in ancient Greece, it [...]

Multidisciplinary Research Workshop taking place this coming Wednesday 14 March 2012 09.30-15.00.
Where: Max Weber Programme, Villa La Fonte, Conference Room
Organizers: Daniel Lee and Inés Valdez.
Abstract:
In France, the controversy surrounding the veil and the full veil is now entering its third decade. After Belgium, France became the second country to ban the wearing of the burqa in [...]

About the Speaker: Professor Lacey holds a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College and is Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at Oxford University. Her research interests are in criminal law, criminal justice, legal, social and political theory, biography, law, history and literature. Among other books, she is the author of A life of [...]