Patricia Mindus
Recently delivered talks include
2015
 Population Design as a Constitutional Issue – Garcia Maynez Lectures, with David
Dyzenhaus, Jean D'Aspremont, Pau Luque, at ITAM, México City (scheduled November
2015)
 The Wrath of Reason and The Grace of Sentiment: Vindicating Emotion in Law, plenary
keynote at IVR World Congress, Georgetown, Washington D.C. (July 2015)
 Book presentation Cittadini e no, at Università Roma Tre, Constitutional Law Seminar
Series, (16/01/2015)
 Che cosa significa essere cittadini oggi?, STALS-series, Università di Pisa/Scuola
Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, (7/01/2015)
2014
 Citizenship: An Arbitrary Idea of Our Time?, Utrikespolitiska föreningen i Uppsala
(1/12/2014)
 Che cosa significa essere cittadini oggi?, Scuola per la Buona Politica di Torino
Seminario “Questione sociale oggi” (14/11/2014)
 Book presentation Cittadini e no at Università di Torino, Dip. Culture Politiche e
Società (13/11/2014)
 Cittadini e no, at University of Palermo, PhD in Human Rights (22/10/2014)
 Discussant on Anthoula Anthoula Malkopoulou ‘Negare: Conceptualizing Negative
Political Representation’, Higher Research Seminar, University of Uppsala (17/10/2014)
 What Does Citizenship Mean Today?, at Istituto di cultura italiana Toronto
(25/9/2014)
 Dimensions of Citizenship in Multilevel Settings, Round Table on Multilevel
Citizenship in the EU, with Willem Maas & Ettore Recchi at the Political Science
Department, Glendon College University, Toronto (24/09/2014)
 La citoyenneté et son contraire dans l’Union européenne - Istituto Italiano di Cultura di
Montreal, in collaboration with the EU-funded project Performigrations (23/09/2014)
 Érosion ou consolidation de la citoyenneté européenne?, at McGill, CEUE, & Institut
d’Études européennes Université de Montréal (22/09/2014)
 Public Domain & Democracy in the Digital Age, Uppsala (19/09/2014) [video here]
 Perché la democrazia è nordica? Alf Ross e la teoria della democrazia, XX Seminario
Annuale di Filosofia del diritto, University of Genoa (Imperia) (5/7/2014)
 Libertà politiche e nuove tecnologie at Seminario di Ragion Pratica, Bocconi Business
School, Law Department, Milan (13/06/2014)
 Some Fundamental Challenges of Citizenship – in the EU and Beyond, Academy of
Science CELAPA, Prague (15/04/2014)
 Realism Today. On Dagan’s Quest Beyond Cynicism and Romanization of Law, Centre
de Théorie du Droit, Nanterre, Paris (27/03/2014)
 Discussant on Elena Namli’s ”Freedom of Speech – A Colonial Saint in the Catalogue
of Rights”, higher seminar on human rights, Faculty of Theology, Uppsala (19/03/2014)
Patricia Mindus
 Citizenship in the Age of Migrations, at EUROPOL, Serious & Organized Crime
Futures Forum, Den Haag (12/03/2014)
 Citizenship in Europe Today, University of Genoa (Imperia) (5/2/2014)
 Discussant on ‘Democracy and Public Moral Reasoning’ by Mats Lundström at the
Political Theory Club, Uppsala (17/01/2014)
2013
 Medborgarskap – debatten, begreppet, utmaningarna, docentföreläsning, Uppsala
(28/11/2013)
 Introduction to Law-makers in Classical Time, Congress “Nomothetes, Kybernetes,
Dikastes”, University of Turin (14/11/2013)
 Medborgarskap i migrationstider, Vetenskapsrådets Kvartalseminarium (19/09/2013),
video
 Scaling Arbitrary Law-making in Today’s Citizenship and Border Control Policies,
Higher Seminar Series in Human Rights, University of Lund (7/5/2013)
 Why Do We Need A Transdisciplinary Approach to EU Citizenship?, inaugural speech
at the conference European Citizenship – Twenty Years On, Uppsala (21/3/2013) video
 Unionsmedborgarskapet: idag och imorgon, Uppsala, in collaboration with Jane Reichel,
Medborgarskapsåret EU Commission’s initiative on citizenship dialogue (18/3/2013)
 Citizenship in Europe Today, Master in “Global Rule of Law and Democracy”
University of Genoa (8/2/2013)
 John Austin et la tradition réaliste du droit, key-note speech, Centre de Théorie du
Droit, Nanterre, Paris (04/02/2013)
 EU Citizenship & Democratic Legitimacy, Glasgow Law School (14/01/2013)
2012
 Scandinavian Legal Realism vs. Positivism, Law School, Uppsala (04/12/2012)
 What Does E- Add to Democracy?, International Congress Democracy on the Net – or
in the Net?, University of Aosta (28/06/2012)
 Emergencia y Democracia Constitucional, UNAM, Mexico City (11/06/2012)
 Quid Iuris? Axel Hägerströms syn på rättigheter, Svenska IVR, Linköping (8/05/2012)
 La magia dei diritti soggettivi nel realismo scandinavo, Research Seminar on Philosophy
of Law, Law School, Bocconi School of Management, Milan (11/04/2012)
 Disenfranchisement As Arbitrary Law-making in Today’s Border Control Policies, at
the Political Theory Club, Uppsala (8/3/2012)
 Open Access as Intellectual Property Strategy in Research and Knowledge-intensive
environments, Winter-school Global Legal Research Law School Stockholm (21/2/2012)
 Democracy and Citizenship, Master in global rule of law and democracy University of
Genoa (3/2/2012)
2011
 Austin & Scandinavian Realists, higher seminar in legal theory, Law School, Uppsala
(12/12/2011)
 Legal Mechanics: Metaphors of Law in Axel Hägerström, Filosofiska föreningen,
Uppsala (24/11/2011)
 Austin & Scandinavian Realists, higher seminar in Practical Philosophy, Uppsala
Patricia Mindus
(8/11/2011)
 Karl Olivecrona ou le souci de l’impératif du droit, Centre de Théorie du Droit,
Nanterre, Paris (17/10/2011)
 Discussant – Michael Zimmerman, Axel Hägerström Lectures 2011 – Action Guidance,
Uppsala (13/10/2011)
 Social Gears and Legal Tools, International Congress Axel Hägerström & Modern
Social Thought, Uppsala (24/9/2011)
 Updating Democracy Studies: An Outline of a Research Program at the Special
Workshop “Legitimacy 2.0 – E-democracy and Public Opinion in the Digital Age”,
Frankfurt (18/8/2011)
 Discussant – Forms of (Dis)obedience Today, Seminario Annuale Teoria Politica,
University of Pisa (2/7/2011)
 Citizenship Studies and Exclusion: An Analysis, “Filosofidagarna – Swedish National
Congress of Philosophy”, Göteborg (11/06/2011)
 Disenfranchisement and Arbitrary Law-making in Today’s Citizenship Policies,
International Conference “Challenging Citizenship”, Coimbra (Portugal) (4/6/2011)
 Hägerström & Legal Realism: The View on Rights, Law school, Uppsala (30/04/2011)
2010
 Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age, CE.SE.DI Turin
 Federalism, democracy, subsidiarity: ever closer to the citizen?, IACL 8th World
Congress, Mexico City
 Hägerströms rättsfilosofi, Law School, Uppsala
 Verso una costituzione mondiale?, CE.SE.DI Turin
 Axel Hägerström e il modello svedese, CIRSFID Bologna
 Le citoyen après Lisbonne: érosion ou consolidation du statu basilaire de l'Union
européenne?, Centre de Théorie du Droit, Nanterre, Paris
2009
 Theorizing Conflicts & Politicisation in the EU, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
 Global Harmony and Rule of Law, 24th IVR World Congress in Beijing (abstract in
chinese)
 Austin and Scandinavian Realism, key-note speech at the international congress John
Austin and his Legacy at UCL, London
2008
 Anatomia del cittadino: il trattato di Lisbona e tre modelli di cittadinanza, key-note speech at
XIV Congreso hispano-italiano de teoría jurídica, Madrid
 Europeanisation of Citizenship within the EU, Jean Monnet European Centre of
Excellence, Trento
 Le non-cognitivisme moderne, III Rencontres de théorie du droit d'Aix,
Laboratoire de théorie du droit, Université Cézanne Aix-Marseille III
 Europa e il deficit democratico, Scuola per la Buona Politica di Torino
 An Entangled Model for Assessing Some New Trends in EU-Jurisprudence on
Citizenship, Cinefogo, University of Roskilde