Talare: Philip Bobbitt - The Unity of Machiavelli’s Thought, Richard Ned Lebow - Machiavelli: A Political Psychologist, Harvey Mansfield - Machiavelli’s Remedy for Decline in la Verita Effettuale. Moderator: Ulf Wickbom.

Talare: Hilary Gatti - When the People Choose: Anticipations of Electoral Errors in Machiavelli and Shakespeare, Raphael Ebgi - On Political and Religious Corruption in Machiavelli, Christopher Coker - A Philosophy of Decline? Spengler, Pseudo-morphosis and the Moral Corruption of Russia. Moderator: Ulf Wickbom.

Talare: Maurizio Viroli - Machiavelli’s Theory of the Degeneration and Redemption of Republics, James Hankins - Living with Tyranny: The Renaissance Humanists on Tyranny, Erica Benner - Three Causes of Corruption in Republics. Moderator: Ulf Wickbom.