A Constitution for the 21st Century

We are hosting an inaugural symposium on science, technology, and constitutionalism framed by the values of humanism and cosmopolitanism.
About this Event

Join us for A Constitution for the 21st Century

Please join us for the opening event in our project, A Constitution for the 21st Century. The first of several convenings organized in the US, France, South Africa, the UK, India and Japan, the Cambridge symposium will feature distinguished scholars and thinkers from around the world to reflect on human futures in a time of rapid scientific and technological change. Leo Varadkar, former Prime Minister of Ireland, will deliver the opening keynote.

Provisional Program

9:00-9:15 AM — Welcome and Introduction

· John McQuillan, Triumvirate Environmental & Co-Founder of the McQuillan Institute

· Sheila Jasanoff, Co-Founder of the McQuillan Institute

9:15-10:00 AM— Opening Keynote

· Leo E. Varadkar, Former Taoiseach of Ireland

10:15-11:30 AM— Panel 1: Thinking Constitutionally

Moderator: Sheila Jasanoff, McQuillan Institute

· Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University

· Quinn Slobodian, Boston University

· Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law School

· Yogendra Yadav, Indian author and activist

11:45-1:00 PM — Panel 2: The Future of Progress

Moderator: Mathias Risse, Harvard University

· Antón Barba-Kay, Georgetown University

· Archon Fung, Harvard University

· Hélène Landemore, Yale University

· Leopold Specht, Specht and Partner Rechtsanwalt

1:00-2:15 PM — Lunch

Screening and discussion of 1103 Sunsets by FUKUSHIMA MON AMOUR

· Miho Mazereeuw, MIT

2:15-3:30 PM— Panel 3: The Future of the Demos

Moderator: Aziza Ahmed, Boston University School of Law

· Karen Engle, University of Texas Law School

· Lawrence Liang, BML Munjal University

· Douglas Kysar, Yale Law School

· Sarah Igo, Vanderbilt University

3:45-5:00 PM— Panel 4: The Future of Expertise

Moderator: J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Arizona State University

· Joyce Chaplin, Harvard University

· David Kennedy, Harvard Law School

· Allison Stanger, Middlebury College

· Patricia J. Williams, Northeastern University

5:00-5:30 PM — Closing Remarks

· Kaushik Sunder Rajan, University of Chicago

· Brice Laurent, Mines Paris – PSL

· Sheila Jasanoff, McQuillan Institute

Reception to follow.