4 March 2024. The Uses of Disenchantment: Law, History and the Public Intellectual. Samuel Moyn in conversation with Shaun McVeigh and Sundhya Pahuja

It’s hard not to feel pessimistic about the state of the world. The news is already bad; fake news and algorithms make it worse. Calls for academics to respond with a renewed responsibility in public debate often suffer from the same malaise. And the struggle for well-informed commentary can be hard to sustain in the light of the critical demands of justice and lawful conduct, and the criticism of law and justice. 

Join Professor Moyn in conversation with Melbourne scholars, Prof. Shaun McVeigh and Prof. Sundhya Pahuja about the role of the historian and jurist, styles of academic engagement in Western universities, and the struggle between pessimism and hope in political discourse.

Shaun McVeigh is a professor of legal theory at Melbourne Law School. Sundhya Pahuja is a Melbourne Laureate Professor and ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow.

4 March 2024.
Melbourne Law School

5:30-6:15 pm AEDT: Welcome reception with drinks and light refreshments. Level 9, Common Room.

6:30-7;30 pm AEDT: Conversation with Prof. Samuel Moyn in Room 920, Level 9

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This event is supported by the Melbourne Law School, the Institute for International Law and the Humanities, the Laureate Program in Global Corporations and International Law, and the Adelaide Writers’ Week.