Feit Interdisciplinary Seminar
Political Literature from the Athenian Republic to the Global State
Baruch College, April 28 – May 12, 2014
Student Conference
Monday, April 28, 11AM -12:30PM, VC 14-285
Panel: Classical Literature and Philosophy: Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle
Rethinking the Republic of Korea
John Chung, Accounting
Political Exceptions through the Ages
Elizabeth Greenberg, Journalism and Political Science
The Politics of Gender in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
Ari Himber, Public Affairs, Sociology
Wednesday, April 30, 11AM -12:30PM, VC 14-285
Panel: Medieval Literature and Political Thought: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
A Reconciliation of Fate, Foreknowledge, and Free Will in Boethius’ Consolation
Mina Rostom, Philosophy
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius and Robert Moses, the Master Builder
Matthew Melore, Public Affairs
Monday, May 5, 11AM -12:30PM, VC 8-210
Panel: Renaissance Political Thought: Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
The American Prince: Machiavelli in Contemporary Presidential Politics
Abhinaya Swaminathan, Economics
Machiavelli in the Present Contemporary and Political Society
Tenzin Zonkey, Journalism
Machiavellian Ethics and American Public Opinion
Juliana Fricchione, Political Science
Wednesday, May 7, 11AM-12:30PM, VC 8-210
Panel: Elizabethan Drama: Christopher Marlow, Tamburlaine, and William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
Revenge, Violence, and Metaphor in Titus Andronicus
Peter Bell, Philosophy
“Be sure of this: the wicked will not go unpunished.” (Proverbs 11:21): Justice in Tamburlaine
Peter D’Antonio, English
The Romantic Side of Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus
Cho Yeon Kim, Interdisciplinary Studies
Excessive Violence in Titus Andronicus: a Justified Precedent and Effective Tool to Regain Order in Roman Society
Stephanie Sica, Business Communications
Monday, May 12, 11AM-12:30PM, VC 14-285
Panel: Renaissance Political Thought: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan and its Relationship to Official Domestic and International Governmental Pacts
Paulo Pinho, Political Science
Reconsidering the Concept of State Sovereignty
Andrew Frank, Political Science
Conversation will follow the talks
Coffee and Refreshments will be available
