As dean at Shandong University, I’ve hosted some cross-cultural dialogues on various themes. I plan to put them together in book form but the Covid crisis makes it difficult to invite speakers and continue the dialogues (for the moment?). So let me put online some of the dialogues we’ve had so far. Here is the second dialogue: thanks to Wang Fuxiang for editing the dialogue. It’s a fascinating exchange on the history, philosophy and politics of sortition with two experts on the topic: Professors Wang Shaoguang and Yves Sintomer. The dialogue is below, and comments are more than welcome