Martha Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. From 1986 to 1993 she was a research advisor at the World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, a part of the United Nations University.

In 2003 'The New Statesman' featured her as one of twelve "Great Thinkers of Our Time", and in 2005 she was listed among the world's "top 100 intellectuals" by 'Foreign Policy' and 'Prospect' magazines. Amongst contemporary political philosophers, she stands out as a figure who defends an Aristotelian approach to current moral and political problems based on principles of essentialism and universalism, in a climate where the opposing principles of relativism and constructivism have come to dominate.

In addition to editing thirteen volumes, and her many journal articles, Professor Nussbaum's numerous other publications include the following books: Aristotle's De Motu Animalium (1978), The Fragility of Goodness (1986, 2nd edn. 2000), Love's Knowledge (1990), The Therapy of Desire (1994), Poetic Justice (1996), For Love of Country (1996), Cultivating Humanity (1997), Sex and Social Justice (1998), Women and Human Development (2000), Upheavals of Thought (2001), Hiding From Humanity (2004), Frontiers of Justice (2006), The
Clash Within (2007), and Liberty of Conscience (2008).

The focus of the conference will be on Nussbaum's work on issues relating to cosmopolitanism and global justice, especially in The Quality of Life (1993, ed. with Amartya Sen), For Love of Country: Debating the Limits of Patriotism, Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach, Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership, and "Toward a Globally Sensitive Patriotism" (Daedalus 137:3, 78-93, 2008). Contributions relating to other aspects of her work, and especially to the Aristotelian bases of her "capabilities approach" to human development, are also welcome.

Please submit proposals, including title and abstract, to the academic convenors of the conference:

Dr. Tony Burns, Co-Director CSSGJ, School of Politics & International Relations, University of Nottingham.
E-mail: tony.burns@nottingham.ac.uk

Dr. Kelvin Knight, Director CASEP, Department of Law, Governance and International Relations, London Metropolitan University.
E-mail: k.knight@londonmet.ac.uk

tony.burns@nottingham.ac.uk
Rok za konkurisanje: 30.10.2009.