Conference

International Colloquium 'The Democratic Legitimacy of State Secrecy'

Date: Wednesday 13 September 2017 - Friday 15 September 2017
Location: Academy Building
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden
Room: Faculty Room Law

Whereas transparency is the mantra of democracy, states routinely resort to secrecy in exercising executive and legislative power. Can state secrecy be democratically justified? What balance between transparency and secrecy should we seek?

If you are interested in participating, please contact Dorota Mokrosinska.

Program

Wednesday 13 September 2017

Venue: Faculty Club-Faculty Room Law, Rapenburg 73, Leiden

11:00 - 11:30	Registration and welcome, Faculty Room Law
11.30 - 12.30	Lunch
12.30 -13:45	Keynote Lecture Simone Chambers (Political Science, University of California at Irvine) Democracy, publicity and truth: Should we be worried about post-truth politics? Abstract Chair and commentator: Robin Celikates (Philosophy, University of Amsterdam)
13:45 - 14:15	Break
14:15 - 15:30	Mark Warren (Political Science, University of British Columbia) and Jane Mansbridge (Harvard University) The Democratic Legitimacy of Closed-Door Deliberations Abstract Chair and commentator: Imke Maessen (Philosophy, Leiden)
15:30 - 16:00	Break
16:00 - 17:15	William Smith (Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Civil Disobedience and Unauthorized Whistleblowing Abstract Chair and commentator: Manohar Kumar (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
18:00	Dinner

Thursday 14 September 2017

Venue: Paviljoen in Museum Volkenkunde, Steenstraat 1, Leiden

09:00	Coffee & tea, Museum Volkenkunde
09:30 - 10:45	Keynote Lecture Rahul Sagar (Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi) Democracy's Limit. A Realist Response to the Quest for Transparency Abstract Chair and commentator: Glen Newey (Philosophy, University of Amsterdam)
10:45 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 12:30	Eric R. Boot (Philosophy, Leiden University) Obligatory Whistleblowing: Civil Servants and the Complicity-Based Obligation to Disclose Government Wrongdoing Abstract Chair and commentator: Daniele Santoro (Political Science, Luiss University, Rome)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:45	Emanuela Ceva (Political and Social Science, Pavia) Personal Trust, Public Accountability, and the Justification of Whistleblowing Abstract Chair and commentator: Carlos Caycedo Casallas ( PHilosophy, Unversity of Amsterdam)
14:45-15:15	Break
15:15 – 16:30	Candice Delmas (Philosophy, Northeastern University) Government Whistleblowing and Civil Disobedience Abstract Chair and commentator: Michele Bocchiola (Political and Social Science, Pavia)
17:00 – 18:00	Boat tour

Friday 15 September 2017

Venue: Faculty Club-Faculty Room Law, Rapenburg 73, Leiden

09:00	Coffee & tea, Faculty Room Law
09:30 - 10:45	Keynote Lecture Jonathan Bruno (Government, Harvard University) How Representation Bears on the Justification of Official Secrecy Abstract Chair and commentator: Thomas Fossen (Philosophy, Leiden University)
10:45 - 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:15	Dorota Mokrosinska (Philosophy, Leiden University) The Right to Know and State Secrecy Abstract Chair and commentator: Gijs van Donselaar (Philosophy, University of Amsterdam)
12:15 – 13:45	Mark Fenster (Law, University of Florida) The Difficult Paths to a Right to Know Abstract Chair and commentator: Bruno Verbeek (Philosophy, Leiden University)
13:45	Lunch