Event

With the resurgence of fascism and xenophobia in the world, scholars and pundits have declared that democracy is in crisis. However, history reveals that democracies have always existed amidst systems that thrive on inequality.

This symposium will focus on two questions:

• Are certain forms of exclusion intrinsic to the practice of democracy?
• How distinct is contemporary democracy’s relationship to inequality from earlier periods in history?
   

Conference Participants

• Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania
• Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania
• Jeffrey Winters, Northwestern University
• Michael Hanchard, University of Pennsylvania
• Ariane Chebel D’Appollonia, Rutgers University
• Christopher Parker, University of Washington
• Demetra Kasimis, University of Chicago
• Sophia Rosenfeld, University of Pennsylvania
   

Schedule 

9:00 – 9:15 AM
Introduction

9:15 – 10:45 AM
Panel 1: Demetria Kasimis, Jeff Winters

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Panel 2: Christopher Parker, Tulia Falletti

1:30 – 3:00 PM
Panel 3: Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia, Sophia Rosenfeld

3:00 – 4:30 PM
Panel 4: Michael Hanchard, Anne Norton

4:45 – 5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks

This symposium is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Marginalized Populations Project, Center for Africana Studies, and Department of Africana Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, the Political Science Department, and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration.