Dr. Benjamin BOUDOU Postdoctoral Research Fellow Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Chief editor Raisons politiques [Political reasons] Research themes: ethics and politics of immigration, boundaries, hospitality, principle of affected interests, methodological nationalism, theory of democracy, social contract Languages: French, English Address: Hermann-Föge-Weg 11, 37073 Göttingen, Germany Phone: +49 551 4956 166 E-mail: boudou@mmg.mpg.de Education 2008 2013 Ph.D. in political theory Sciences Po Paris With highest honour Title: Political Theory of Hospitality: Power Relations at the Borders of Political Communities Jury: Astrid von Busekist (supervisor), Seyla Benhabib, Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche, Frédéric Gros, Frédérique Matonti 2010 2011 Fox Fellow at Yale University 2006 2008 Master in History and Political Theory at Sciences Po 2005 2006 Exchange student at Boston College 2003 2005 Undergraduate program at Sciences Po Paris Employment - Fellowships 2016 2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Manx Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Project: Mapping interests: The borders of democracy and the fact of migration 2016 Visiting postdoctoral fellowship KU-Leuven, RIPPLE Centre (Research in Political Philosophy Leuven) Project: Democratic boundaries: Immigration and non-domination 2014 2015 Post-doctoral fellowship Center for International Research and Studies, Paris Project: Methodological nationalism and political theories of immigration 2010 2011 International Fox Fellowship, Yale University 2008 2013 Lecturer in political science (part-time) at Sciences Po 1
Publications Book 1. Politics of hospitality: A conceptual genealogy [in French], Paris, CNRS Editions, 2017 Articles in peer-reviewed journals 2. What is the use of political theory? [Fr.], Raisons politiques, n 64, 2016 3. Facing Radical Alterity: A Thought Experiment [Fr.], Le Philosophoire, n 46, 2016 4. In the Name of Hospitality: The Uses of a Moral Rhetoric in Politics [Fr.], Cités, n 68, 2016 5. The wager of political hospitality, Hospitality and Society, vol.5, n 2-3, 2015 6. Enemies, Hosts, and Foreigners: Inquiry on the Greek and Roman Political Identities [Fr.], Mots. Les langages du politique, n 101, 2013 7. A Political Anthropology of Hospitality, La Revue du M.A.U.S.S., n 40, 2012 [translated in English by the National Center of Books] 8. Across Politics: Derrida and Ricoeur between the Purity of Philosophy and the Tragic Dimension of Action, Raisons politiques, n 45, 2012 [translated in English by the National Center of Books] Book chapters 9. Friendship, Xenophobia, Charity, Hospitality [Fr.], in Gloria Origgi (ed.), Dictionary of social passions, Paris, France University Press, 2018 (forthcoming) 10. Language proficiency and migration: an argument against testing, in M. Gazzola, T. Templin, B.-A. Wickström, Language Policy and Linguistic Justice: Economic, Philosophical and Sociolinguistic Approaches, Springer, 2017 (with A. v. Busekist) (forthcoming) 11. A post-national justification of boundaries? The problem with institutionalist arguments [Fr.], in P. Savidan, Justice and Boundaries, Rennes, Rennes University Press, 2017 (forthcoming) 12. The Crisis of Truth as a Democratic Condition [Fr.], in Y. Couture (ed.), Democracy between Institution and Critique, Rennes University Press, 2014 13. Methodological Nationalism and Foreigner [Fr.], in P. Mbongo et al. (ed.), Encyclopedic Dictionary of the State, Paris, Berger-Levrault, 2014 14. A Place for New Entities: Bruno Latour s Hospitality [Fr.], in C. Tollis et al. (ed.), The Latour Effect: Its Modes of Existence in Doctoral Works, Paris, Glyphe, 2014 Editorship of special issues 15. Hospitality Now (!), Hospitality and Society, vol.5, n 2-3, 2015 Book reviews 16. Review of Gideon Baker (dir.), Hospitality and World Politics, In Hospitality and Society, vol. 4, n 2, 2014 17. Critical Reading: Is Hospitality a Political Concept? [Fr.], Raisons politiques, n 42, 2011 Translations 18. Seyla Benhabib, Democratic Iterations and Cosmopolitan Human Rights: A New Paradigm for thinking the Dialectic of Law and Politics, in P. Savidan, Boundaries and Justice, Rennes, Rennes University Press, 2017 (forthcoming) 19. Philip Pettit, Two Fallacies about Corporations, Raisons politiques, n 56, 2014 20. Lisa Disch, Political Representation and its effects of subjectivation, Raisons politiques, n 55, 2014 21. Ulrich Beck, Methodological Nationalism Methodological Cosmopolitism: A Paradigm Shift in the Social Sciences, Raisons politiques, n 54, 2014 2
Projects Book manuscript under review: The boundary dilemma: political theories of immigration [Fr.] Editorial Activities 1. Chief editor of Raisons politiques [Political Reasons], since 2014 2. Member of the editorial committee of Hospitality & Society, since 2015 3. Member of the editorial committee of the Norms and Societies series, Sciences Po Press, since 2016 Conferences (selection) International conferences 1. Giving shelter or granting rights? Refugees and the rhetoric of hospitality Conference Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford), 2017 2. Immigration and the all-affected principle: A pluralistic application Conference Philosophy of Borders: Nations, States, and Immigration (CEU), 2017 3. Cosmopolitan Hypocrisy Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy (University of Minho), 2017 4. Social membership as affected interests: A democratic principle for those who belong and those who should get in IMISCOE General Conference (University of Geneva), 2015 5. Immigration and language: What can be expected from newcomers (with A. v. Busekist) Symposium Economics, linguistic justice and language policy (Humboldt University), 2015 6. Boundaries and democratic legitimacy Boundaries and Nationhood Conference (Tel Aviv University/Sciences Po), 2014 7. The concept of hospitality in political thought Global Borders Research Collaboration (MIT/Columbia/Sciences Po), 2014 8. Theory of non-domination and immigration Conference Vulnerability of foreigners and fundamental rights (Law Faculty, University of Poitiers), 2013 9. A duty of beneficence or a right to conquer? A historical perspective on the concept of hospitality (16th- 18th century) ECPR General Conference (IEP Bordeaux), 2013 10. Immigration and the shaping of pluralism Conference on Immigration, Toleration, and Nationalism (University of Helsinki/Georgia Sate University), 2013 11. The boundaries of the liberal community Conference CEVIPOF/CEHUM Liberal pluralism and its critiques, 2012 12. The concept of hospitality in international relations: A dialogue between pragmatism and deconstruction Annual Congress of the Société Québécoise de Science Politique (UQÀM), 2011 Seminars 13. The boundary dilemma: political theories of immigration, Faculty seminar of political theory (Sciences Po), 2017 14. Immigration and the all-affected principle 3
RIPPLE Seminar, KU Leuven, 2016 15. Justice and Foreigners: A Historical Inquiry Institute of Human Sciences, January 2014 16. Philosophers as architects National School of architecture Paris-Malaquais, 2013 17. What is a territory? National School of architecture Paris-Malaquais, 2011 18. Discussions: Roberto Frega, The normativity of democracy, Faculty seminar of political theory (Sciences Po), 2016 Gilad Ben-Nun (Universität Leipzig), The British-Jewish roots of non-refoulement, Theory of International Relations Seminar, Sciences Po, 2015 Rainer Bauböck (European University Institute), Morphing the Demos into the Right Shape, Faculty seminar of political theory (Sciences Po), 2014 Mathias Risse (Harvard), On the relevance of humanity s collective ownership of the Earth for immigration, Theory of International Relations Seminar (Sciences Po), 2014 Ian Shapiro (Yale), «On non-domination», Faculty seminar of political theory (Sciences Po), 2012 Academic Activities 1. Organization of the international conference Cities and Migrations Sciences Po, March 2016 2. MANCEPT workshop Justice and Immigration Manchester Centre for Political Theory, Sept. 2014 3. Organization of the international conference Hospitality Now (!) Keynote speaker: Richard Kearney Sciences Po Monash University, July 2014 4. Co-organization of the 2 nd Sciences Po Graduate Conference in Political Theory Keynote speaker: Jeremy Waldron, Paris, June 2014 5. Panel at the congress of the French Political Science Association: The boundaries of the liberal community, Paris, July 2013 6. Co-organization of the 1 st Sciences Po Graduate Conference in Political Theory Keynote speaker: Joseph Raz, Paris, June 2013 7. Co-creation et co-organization of the Faculty Seminar of Political Theory Sciences Po, 2012-today 8. Co-organization of the conference About strangeness: Architecture and politics Keynote speaker: Bruno Latour Sciences Po National School of Architecture Paris-Malaquais, June 2010 Teaching 2016 Boundaries: Theory and practice (Grad. course) 2014-2016 Classics in political theory (Grad. course) 2014 Introduction to political philosophy (Undergrad. course) 2013 Writing political theory (Grad. tutoring) 4
2013 Introduction to political theory (Undergrad. course) 2010-2014 Right or wrong? Ethics and politics (International Program) 2009-2016 Introduction to political science (Undergrad. course) 2010 Ethics and politics of hospitality (Undergrad. course) 2008-2010 Political controversies (Undergrad. course) Public events Public lectures Democracy: Theory and practice (3 lectures) Popular University Conferences, 2015-2016 The political conditions of freedom (5 lectures) Popular University Conferences, 2014-2015 Media appearances Radio interview about hospitality and refugee s settlement in French villages, France Culture, 2017 Public debate on emotions and migration, Collège des Bernardins, 2016 References Pr. Dr. Ayelet Shachar Professor of law Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics Hermann-Föge-Weg 11, 37073 Göttingen, Germany +49 (551) 4956-105 shachar@mmg.mpg.de Pr. Dr. Astrid von Busekist Professor of political sciences Sciences Po Chair of the doctoral school in political theory 27, rue St Guillaume 75775 Paris Cedex 07, France +33 1 45 49 72 03 astrid.vonbusekist@sciencespo.fr Pr. Dr. Lisa Disch Associate Chair, Department of Political Science Professor, Departments of Political Science and Women's Studies University of Michigan 5700 Haven Hall, 505 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045, USA (001) 734-764-6313 ldisch@umich.edu 5