The 2009 Telos Conference is scheduled for Saturday, January 17, 2009, in New York City.

The conference topic will be New Administration: War, Class and Critical Theory, which will consider both the new administration in Washington and political shifts abroad, viewed in light of Telos's long-standing concern with "administered society," expansive bureaucracies, and the role of the "new class."

Click here to download a high-resolution version of the conference poster (PDF format).

Conference Schedule

Saturday, January 17

9:00 Greetings: Mary Piccone, Introduction: Russell Berman

New Class and Capitalism:
Beyond Welfare and State and Neo-Liberalism

Chair: David Pan

9:15 Jim Kulk: "Political Divisions and the Financial Crisis"

10:00 John Milbank: "Revived Red Toryism: The New Political Paradox"

10:45 Break

11:00 Neil Turnbull: "Federal Populism and its Failure as Regionalism"

11:45 Michael Marder: "In the Name of the Law: Schmitt and the Metonymic Abuses of Legitimacy"

12:30 Lunch

Old Wars, New Wars

Chair: Tim Luke

1:30 Joseph Bendersky: "Horkheimer, 'Militant Democracy,' and War"

2:15 David Pan: "World Order and the Decline of U.S. Power: Soft or Hard Landing?"

3:00 Break

3:15 Adrian Pabst: "The Berlin Doctrine: Rethinking the Euro-Atlantic Community"

4:00 Ernie Sternberg: "Left Fascism"

4:45 Closing Discussion

If you would like to attend the conference without presenting, please fill out the registration form (available here) and rsvp to piccone@telospress.com as soon as possible. Seating is limited, and spaces will be distributed on a first-come basis.

The registration fee for the conference for all participants is $60.00. Students may register at the discounted student rate of $40.00. The conference fee includes a one-year subscription to Telos.