EPLab • International Conference

Territory and Time: Past, Future, and Claims to Geographic Space

International Conference

TERRITORY AND TIME: PAST, FUTURE, AND CLAIMS TO GEOGRAPHIC SPACE

30–31 May 2023


VENUE
FCSH | NOVA University Lisbon
Colégio Almada Negreiros – Room SE1


SPEAKERS
Margaret Moore / Anna Stilz / Jamie Draper / Axel Gosseries / Chris Armstrong / Cara Nine


CONVENORS
André Santos Campos, Devon Cass & Susana Cadilha


Theories of territory tell us how to determine what a just distribution of the Earth’s geographic spaces requires and how to adjudicate between competing claims. These problems have important temporal dimensions. Looking backward, many existing territories were acquired unjustly through wrongful appropriation. Looking forward, many people in the (fairly near) future will be displaced as fewer places remain inhabitable due to climate change. A significant challenge for any theory of territorial justice, then, is to address both these forward and backward-looking concerns. This workshop will examine these issues.


Participation is free and all are welcome. If you wish to receive the Zoom link, please contact André Santos Campos at andrecampos@fcsh.unl.pt.

Programme

30/05/2023


9h45 Greetings and opening remarks


10h – 11h15 Margaret Moore (Queen’s): “Rectifying Historical Territorial Injustices” (joint work with Michael Luoma)

Discussant: Shuk Ying Chan (University College London) *online*

Chair: Susana Cadilha


11h15 – 11h45 Coffee break


11h45 – 13h Anna Stilz (Princeton): “Climate Displacement and Territorial Justice”

Discussant: Gabriele de Angelis (IFILNOVA | NOVA FCSH)

Chair: Giovanni Damele


13h – 14h30 Lunch


14h30 – 15h45 Jamie Draper (Oxford): Climate Change and Territorial Sovereignty

Discussant: Jonathan Kwan (NYU Abu Dhabi) *online*

Chair: Ramiro de Ávila Peres


16h onward: Drinks at Linha D’Água


19h30 Dinner at Colina



31/05/2023


10h – 11h15 Axel Gosseries (UCLouvain): “Territories, Periods and the Political Theory of Intergenerational relations” *online*

Discussant: Charlotte Unruh (Oxford) *online*

Chair: André Santos Campos


11h15 – 11h45 Coffee Break


11h45 – 13h Chris Armstrong (Southampton): “Biodiversity Offsetting: a critical assessment”

Discussant: Pablo Magaña Fernández (IFILNOVA | NOVA FCSH)

Chair: Inês Cisneiros


13h – 14h30 Lunch


14h30 – 15h45 Cara Nine (Nevada) “Foundational Territories: forward and backward looking justifications” *online*

Discussant: Devon Cass (IFILNOVA | NOVA FCSH)

Chair: José Gusmão Rodrigues


16h Closing remarks


This work is funded by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia under the projects UIDB/00183/2020 and PTDC/FER-FIL/6088/2020.