Marking the 150th anniversary of Alexis de Tocqueville's death, an interdisciplinary Conference, "Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy" will bring together French and American scholars to discuss aspects of Tocqueville's legacy that center on the question of frontiers. Exploring Tocqueville's vision of the limits of democracy, and the limits of his vision, the conference aims to reconsider the institutional, cultural, and psychic preconditions of democratic life.
March 5, 4 pm - 6 pm Roosevelt University, Sullivan Room, 430 S. Michigan Ave.
Robert T. Gannett, Jr. "Why Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America'?"
March 6, 9 am - 5:30 pm University of Chicago, Classics 110, 1010 E. 59th St
9-10:45 Empire and Democracy: Tocqueville's lessons?
Ewa Atanassow: Tocqueville's Algeria and the Final Frontier
Richard Boyd: Tocqueville and the Napoleonic Legacy
Jennifer Pitts: Discussant
11-12:45 Tocqueville's Old Regime and the Frontiers of History
Ran Hal'ev: Tocqueville and the Frontier between Aristocracy and Democracy
Ralph Lerner: Tocqueville's Burke, or Story as History !
Paul Cheney: Discussant
3:00-5:30 America and the Frontiers of Democracy!
Robert Pippin: Tocqueville, the Problem of Equality, and John Ford's film,
Stagecoach
Nestor CapdevilaL Democracy and Revolution in Tocqueville: the Frontiers of
Democracy
Paul Berman: Discussant
Sponsors: Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Fund
Department of History
France Chicago Center
Franke Institute for the Humanities
John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought
Jack Miller Center
Montesquieu Forum of Roosevelt University
Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture
Organizers Ewa Atanassow, Ant'on Barba-Kay, Nathan Tarcov, Montesquieu Forum
For information and assistance visit: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/tocqueville/
