The Just City
@IurisConsensus
An international research project on the historical foundations of Western ideas about justice, funded by @ERC_Research, hosted @UZH_ch | PI: Benjamin Straumann
B. Straumann, “The Just State” is out with Wiley-Blackwell, a survey of Greek & Roman theories of justice and their legacy in Western political thought.
V interesting new volume (OA): Vervaet, Frederik Juliaan, Rafferty, David and Dart, Christopher J.. How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2025. doi.org/10.1515/978311…
ZRG review by B. Straumann of Jean-Louis Ferrary, La pensée politique de la Rome républicaine et les traités de philosophie politique de Cicéron. degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…
BMCR review by A. Kotarcic of Manuwald, Cicero: De Re Publica – Bryn Mawr Classical Review bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.07.3…
JRS review by N. Hächler of Ferris, A Map of the Body, A Map of the Mind: Visualising Geographical Knowledge in the Roman World. Oxford, 2024. isbn 9781803277813. £45.00/US$65.00. | bit.ly/40viv4w
Should we make Classics history? thecritic.co.uk/should-we-make…
Conversation on the constitution of the Roman republic: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sid…
Grateful for a truly world-class conference and the opportunity to present our Grotius Census at NYU Law on 29-31 May. Congratulations to Benjamin Straumann for the event and his new book! @IurisConsensus wiley.com/en-us/The+Just… global.oup.com/academic/produ…
Besuch aus Zürich: Am Donnerstag kommt Benjamin Straumann @IurisConsensus zu uns und spricht über Cicero und die Menschenrechte. Alle Interessenten sind herzlich willkommen.
Our Just City ERC project is nearing its conclusion after intense years of research and publishing. We’ll say goodbye with a final conference on May 29-31 at NYU Law School, with keynotes by Carlos Lévy (Paris) and Lauren Benton (Yale)
Forthcoming in October, The Ancient World, vol. 1 of The Cambridge History of Rights, ed. by C. Ando, M. Canevaro and B. Straumann - bit.ly/4jcdN31
On Wednesday, 9th April, Benjamin Straumann will join the research seminar of @UpsPolitics at @uni_nke. He will introduce his new book, The Just State: Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought (2025). Details with link: ripg.uni-nke.hu/hirek/2025/04/…
Important new article by @jeffdymond on Machiavelli's conception of the state and its legacy (OA): link.springer.com/article/10.100…
A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…
BOOK: Benjamin STRAUMANN, The Just State: Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2025), ISBN 978-1-118-63468-4, 288 p., 85 USD ift.tt/QN8Au1O
Super interesting new publication by Tue Søvsø on Cicero's definition of res publica (Rep. 1.39): "Cicero, Polybius and the Stoics on Political Community: Ingenta Connect - go.shr.lc/41IocvC