Boston
September 2026
Boston
Boston Public Library
September 11-12, 2026
Keynote speakers: Jill Lepore (Harvard University) & Leo Varadkar (former Taoiseach of Ireland)
Today, we are all citizens of a borderless world in which developments in science and technology are transforming our lives. We ask: What innovations in constitutional thinking are needed for humanity to regain control of our common future? Learn more.
CONVENINGS
I
Democracy
II
Democracy
Philadelphia
October 2026
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
October 29, 2026
Keynote speaker: Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University)
III
Common good
Paris
March 2027
Paris
Collège de France
March 15-16, 2027
IV
Emancipation
Johannesburg
August 2027
Johannesburg
Constitution Hill
August 2027
V
Common sense
London
December 2027
London
December 2027
VI
Law
India
2028
India
2028
VII
Peace
Japan
2028
Japan
2028
ESSAYS
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