Fifty years ago Political Theory was the neglected step-child in departments of Political Science. Over the last fifty years the field has expanded widely. This symposium will explore first how ancient Greek political theory has come to speak to the modern world, and then the many ways that the study of political theory has changed (or not) in fifty years. We will ask how it has come to influence the ways in which we think about democracy, about the discipline of political science, about the challenges of integrating theory and practice.

Reception to follow in the Michigan League's Michigan Room (2nd Floor).