Webinars and Conference Videos
The 2019 Telos Conference
The 2019 Telos Conference was held on February 15–17, 2019, in New York, NY. Further details about the conference, including the conference program, are available here.
Welcome:
Anthony Tamburri, Maria Piccone, and David Pan
Plenary 1:
David Pan, "Interpretation and Decision: The Political Theology of Walter Benjamin and Carl Schmitt"
With Wayne Hudson, Marcia Pally, and Eugene Rivers
Moderated by Adrian Pabst
First Keynote Presentation by Wayne Hudson:
Rethinking Political Theology
Moderated by Adrian Pabst
Plenary 2: "Political Theology, Civilization, and Ideology"
With Joseph Bendersky, Dustin J. Byrd, and Greg Melleuish
Moderated by Tim Luke
Parallel Session 1: "Faith, Populism, and Liberal Democracy"
With Brendan Mullen, Giada Scotto, Marcin Składanowski, and Pekka Sulkunen
Moderated by Marcia Pally
Parallel Session 3: "Color and Creed: Political Theologies in Pentecostal and Evangelical Churches"
With Kenneth D. Johnson and Luis Aránguiz Kahn
Moderated by Jay Gupta
Second Keynote Presentation by Eugene F. Rivers III:
"Religion and the Intellectuals: From Partisan Review to Telos"
Moderated by Russell A. Berman
Plenary 3: "Critical Theory of Liberalism as Secular Political Theology"
With Edward Hadas, Márton Hoványi, Austin Kopack, Marcia Pally, and Kohei Nagashima
Moderated by Tim Luke
Plenary 4: "Nature and Nihilism: The Political Theology of the 'Dark Enlightenment'"
With Courtney Hodrick, Tim Luke, Adrian Pabst, and Peter Y. Paik
Moderated by David Pan
The 2018 Telos Europe Conference
The 2018 Telos Europe Conference was held from August 31 to September 2, 2018, in Ragusa, Sicily. Further details about the conference, including the conference program, are available here.
Session on "Order, Power, and Empire"
With Lars Erslev Andersen, Jay A. Gupta, and Samir Puri
Moderated by David Pan
Plenary Debate: "(Why) Are Empires Enduring?"
With Wayne Hudson, Adrian Pabst, and Adam K. Webb
Moderated by Russell A. Berman
Session on "Empires of the Orient?"
With Loren Goodman, Marco Antonio Patriarca, and Andrew M. Wender
Moderated by Richard Sakwa
Session on "Liberalism and the Fall of Empires"
With Robert Reuschlein, Matthew Dal Santo, and Timothy Stacey
Moderated by Tim Luke
Session on "Russia and the Shadow of Empire"
With Maria Teresa Giusti, Paul Grenier, and Richard Sakwa
Moderated by Russell A. Berman
Session on "Otherness, Imperialism, and Ideology"
With Steven Ekovich, Silvana Kandel Lamdan, Gideon Rossouw, and Luis Valenzuela-Vermehren
Moderated by David Pan
Session on "New Empires: Hegemony and Warfare"
With Martin Bolle, Haeun Kim, and Jo Ann Oravec
Moderated by Tim Luke
Session on "Empire in Question"
With Wayne Hudson, Tim Luke, Adam K. Webb, and David Pan
Moderated by Adrian Pabst
Plenary Debate: "Empires of the Future, Empires of the Mind?"
With Russell Berman, Jay A. Gupta, David Pan, and Richard Sakwa