Workshop: Social Stigma and Social Hierarchy
Date
May 27-28, 2026
Location
Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice
LMU Munich, Main Building, Room M 210 (LMU room finder)
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich
Registration
Please registrate with Dr. Euan Allison: Euan.Allison@lmu.de
Schedule
Wednesday 27th May
10:30 – 10:45 Introductions
10:45 – 11:45 Matilda Carter (Leeds)
Stigmating Agents of Oppresive Systems
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee
12:00 – 13:00 Fabian Schuppert (Potsdam)
Wither liberal pluralism? Adressing everyday stimatising practces and norms
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Food will be available for speakers only. Please make your own arrangements.
14:00 – 15:00 Emily McTernan (UCL)
On manners: Respect, hierarchy, and personas
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee
15:15 – 16:15 Giacomo Floris (York)
Stigma: A Relational Egalitarian Acoount
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee
16:30 – 17:30 Bastian Steuwer (Ashoka)
Is Caste Race and Is Race Caste?
Followed by workshop dinner. Exact time and place TBC.
Please notify at time of registration if you wish to join (at your own expanse).
Thursday 28th May
9:00 – 10:00 Rossella De Bernardi (TCD)
Emotion Norms an Social Inequality: Investigating Hierarchies of Emotional Traits
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee
10:15 – 11:15 Andreas Bengtson (Aarhus)
Affirmative Action and Moral Need
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee
11:30 – 12:30 Euan Allison (LMU)
Must Egalitarians Reject Social Stigma?
Organisators: Dr. Euan Allison and Dr. Giacomo Floris
The event is funded by the European Union and the British Academy.