Spinoza on Religion and Politics Conference
Thursday April 23, 2026, 9:30 am - Friday April 24, 2026, 5:00 pm
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Spinoza on Religion and Politics or The Contemporary Relevance of a 17th Century Text: THE THEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL TREATISE
Location: The Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, Larkin 200
Thursday April 23rd
Session I (9:45 AM)
Julie Klein (Villanova University)
“Obedience”
Session II (11:00 AM)
Daniel Garber (Princeton University)
“Theocracy”
Session III (1:30 PM)
Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University)
“Power & Right”
Session IV (2:45 PM)
Mélanie Zappulla (UW-Madison)
“The People”
Session V (4:00 PM)
Michael Rosenthal (University of Toronto)
“The Jews”
Friday April 24th
Session I (10:00 AM)
Jacob Zellmer (UW-Madison)
“Flattery”
Session II (11:15 AM)
Justin Steinberg (Cornell University)
“Seditious Speech”
Session III (1:45 PM)
Willi Goetschel (University of Toronto)
“Freedom of Thought”
Session IV (3:00 PM)
Jason Yonover (Yale University)
“Genealogy”
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