Reception to Follow
Free and Open to the Public
Open to all Faculty, Students, Academic Visitors, and other University and College Affiliates
Friday, May 10, 2019
Breakfast available from 8:30 AM
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Welcome and opening remarks of Anna Stilz and Stephen Macedo
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Session 1: Rafaela Dancygier and Justin Gest
Rafaela Dancygier | Immigration and Leftist Dilemmas
Justin Gest | Demographic Change and Backlash
- Coffee Break -
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Session 2: Peter Skerry and Liav Orgad
Peter Skerry | Taking Backlash Seriously: the Revolt against Neoliberal and Multicultural Elites
Liav Orgad | The Ethics of Majority Rights (OR “How to Deal With Declining Majorities?”)
- Lunch -
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Session 3: Leah Boustan and Paul Frymer
Leah Boustan | Lessons from Closing the Border in the 1920s
Paul Frymer | Deportation as Public Policy
- Coffee Break -
3:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Session 4: Kieran Oberman, Anna Stilz, William Galston
Kieran Oberman | Backlash or the Backlash Argument: Which Should We Fear the Most?
Anna Stilz | Mitigating Conflicts of Interest in Migration
William Galston | Rethinking US Immigration Policy after the Backlash
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Breakfast available from 8:45 AM
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Panel 5: Javier Hidalgo and Chandran Kukathas
Javier Hidalgo | The Bias Argument against Immigration Restrictions
Chandran Kukathas | Immigration and Freedom
- Break -
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Panel 6: Michael Blake and Stephen Macedo
Michael Blake | Migration in a Time of Darkness: Liberal Justice, Borders, and the Practice of Philosophy
Stephen Macedo | Immigration, Populism, and Premature Cosmopolitanism
- Lunch and Close -
Presented by the University Center for Human Values, the Program in Law and Public Affairs, the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar on Migration in the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.