News: conferences, events and seminars
This page contains details of conferences, events and seminars either organised and run by SLSA members or of interest to them.
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2012
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What Next? Dealing with the past in Northern Ireland, Ulster
Terrorism and Security Research in the UK, London
The Hamlyn Seminar 2012: The rule of law and the measure of property, London
2012
May
National Centre for Research Methods training events
Dates: May—October 2012
Venues: various
The National Centre for Reserach Methods (NCRM) has a comprehensive programme of training events. Please visit the NCRM website for full details.
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
Date: 17 May 2012
Venue: The Buttery, Wolfson College, Oxford
Organised by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford. Please see programme for details.
Annual Lecture in Law and Society: The strange history of the American Federal Bill of Rights, Oxford
Date: 17 May 2012, 17.30–18.30
Venue: Jesus College Ship Street Centre, Oxford
Speaker: Pauline Maier, Professor of American History, MIT
Organised by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford. Please see flyer for further details.
OxPILS Seminar Series
Dates: 17 May—12 June 2012
Venue: Baliol College, Oxford
Theme: Mending the tangled web? Informational Privacy 3.0
Organised by Oxford Privacy, Information, Law and Society (OxPILS). Please see website for details.
An Instance of the Fingerpost: An excursus on the legal and the digital
Date: 18 May 2012
Venue: Birbeck, University of London
The lecture is free but please register in advance. See flyer for full details.
Redirecting Fleet Street: Media regulation and the role of law
Date: 18 May 2012
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford
This panel discussion will bring together media experts, lawyers and policymakers in order to examine ongoing attempts to devise a new framework for media regulation in the light of the phone-hacking scandal and the competitive pressures of the evolving media landscape. Panellists will explore the role of the law or regulation in maintaining journalistic standards on the one hand and defending the essential freedom of the press on the other, before taking questions from the audience. Please see website for details.
Conceptualizing Subaltern Politics in India: Towards a new research Agenda
Date: 21 May 2012
Venue: University of Nottingham
Attendance is free. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book a place.
Media Plurality
Date: 23 May, 5–6.30pm
Venue: CPA Room, Westminster Hall, London
Organised by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy. Please visit website for further details.
Courting Controversy: Questioning the (il)legitimacy of the Israeli Supreme Court, London
Date: 24 May 2012
Venue: Brunei Building, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Please visit Facebook page for details.
Postgraduate Conference on the Study of Muslims and Islam
Dates: 24—25 May, Dundee
Venue: Al-Maktoum College, Dundee
Please visit website for details.
Doctoral Conference: Public service reform, Bristol
Dates: 24—25 May 2012
Venue: The Boardroom, 2 Priory Road, Bristol
Hosted by the Centre for Market and Public Organisation. Please see website for information and programme.
What Next? Dealing with the past in Northern Ireland
Date: 25 May 2012
Venue: Conor Lecture Theatre, University of Ulster, Belfast Campus
Please see programme and registration form for further details. To book a place contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Gay Marriage: Prospects and realities
Date: 29 May 2012
Venue: British Academy, London
Panellists: Dr Giles Fraser, Professor Leslie Green, Melanie McDonagh
Please see website for further details.
2012 Annual Lecture: The contradictions of telemetric policing
Date: 30 May 2012
Venue: Canada Room and Council Chamber, Queen's University Belfast
Speaker: Pat O'Malley
Hosted by the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice. All welcome. Please see flyer for details.
SOAS Economic Sociology of Law Reading Group: Max Weber and the law and development movement
Date: 30 May 2012
Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Please see website for full details.
Third International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture: From divergence to convergence, Hangzhou, China
Dates: 30 May–2 June 2012
Venue: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
Please see flyer for further details.
Risk, Crime and Security Symposium
Date: 31 May 2012
Venue: School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
Keynote speaker: Pat O'Malley
Hosted by the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice. All welcome. Please see flyer for full details of speakers and booking information.
June
Applying Feminist Principles to Tax, Benefit, and Budgetary Policies: An economic justice workshop
Date: 4 June 2012
Venue: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu
Please see flyer for full details.
Law and Society Association International Meeting, International Research Collaboratives
Date: 5—8 June 2012
Venue: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii
The SLSA is co-sponsoring this event. The SLSA's liaison person is Amanda Perry-Kessaris.
International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law
Dates: 6—9 June 2012
Venue: National University, La Jolla, California
Theme: Fresh waters from an old spring: the semiotics of restorative justice, recognizing harms and healing communities anew with old ways
Please see flyer for full details.
Westminster Law Review and International Law and Theory Centre: Student research workshop
Date: 6 June 2012
Venue: University of Wesminster, London
The purpose of this event is to provide an informal, friendly forum for law students and recent graduates to present original research – whether from an essay, dissertation, conference or workshop paper or doctoral thesis – and receive feedback with a view to writing an article for the second issue of the Westminster Law Review, out in September. Please see flyer for details.
Reviewing Legal Education: The way forward
Date: 6 June 2012
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
As the Legal Education and Training Review continues to make progress, the Society of Legal Scholars is holding this one-day conference to facilitate input to the review process by all those interested in legal education. Cost £40: booking form and programme. Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Beyond the Law: Critical reflections on international human rights law and policy 2012
Dates: 7—8 June 2012
Venue: Griffith College, Cork
Please see attachment for full details.
Sexuality, Gender Identity and Faith
Date: 11 June 2012
Venue: Joachim Room, College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham University
A free one-day seminar hosted by Gender & Law at Durham (GLAD). More details can be found here.
Children's Rights: Wales and the world
Dates: 11—12 June 2012
Venue: Swansea University
The conference is aimed at those with an interest in children’s rights whether as professionals, policy-makers or academics. A range of speakers and group sessions will cover various issues relating to the implementation of children’s rights in Wales, but also adopting wider European and international perspectives. Please see website for details. This event is free. Early registration is encouraged.
Growing Old: Something to fear or celebrate?
Date: 12 June 2012
Venue: British Library, London
This is the latest in the British Library's series of Myths and Realities public debates. Please see flyer for details.
Achieving Compliance with Road Traffic Law: What can enforcement, education, prosecution and sentencing contribute?, London
Date: 13 June 2012
Venue: West London Campus, Brunel University
Please see flyer for full details.
The Hamlyn Seminar 2012: The rule of law and the measure of property
Date: 13 June 2012
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
Author: Professor Jeremy Waldron
Discussants: Professors Leslie Green, Paul Kelly and James Penner
Chair: Sir Stephen Sedley
Please see poster for full details. Admission free. All welcome.
Rights and Responsibilities: Global perspectives
Date: 14 June 2012
Venue: School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton
This PhD led conference is aimed at engaging PhD candidates in a one-day event that will allow students to present their research ideas/work in a variety of different ways. Participants will be invited to take part as both delegates and speakers. Please visit website for full details and download the poster for your noticeboard.
The Interface of Public and Private Law Concepts of Property
Date: 14 June 2012
Venue: River room, Strand Campus, King's College London
Please see flyer for full programme and registration details.
Human Rights and the Environment: In search of a new relationship
Dates: 14—15 June 2011
Venue: International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati
This Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) seminar (chaired by Anna Grear, the GNHRE director) will bring together philosophers, lawyers, policy-makers, NGO staff and activists in a search for a new conceptualisation of the relationship between human and environmental blending theory, law and praxis in fresh and productive ways. Anyone who is interested in joining the GNHRE network should contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Terrorism and Security Research in the UK: Using and understanding legal resources, London
Date: 15 June 2012
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
Please see flyer for full details or register online.
Taking Liberties: Sex, pleasure and coercion (1748–1928)
Date: 15—17 June 2012
Venue: University of Newcastle
Please see flyer for full details.
Summer Course: Intellectual property and the public domain, Uxbridge, Middlesex
Dates: 18—22 June 2012
Venue: Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex
Please visit website for full details.
Comparative Law: Engaging translation
Date: 21—22 June 2012
Venue: Kent Law School, Canterbury
Please see flyer for full details and keynote speakers.
Centre of European Law, Summer Course in EU Law
Dates: 25 June 2012—4 July 2012
Venue: King's College London
Please visit website for full details and booking.
Fourth Annual ISHTIP Workshop: Intellectual property as cultural technology, London
Dates: 25—26 June 2012
Venue: London School of Economics
Please visit website for full details and programme.
W G Hart Legal Workshop 2012: Globalisation, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Date: 26—28 June 2012
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
Please visit website for details.
Private Sector Involvement in Criminal Justice
Date: 27 June 2012
Venue: School of Law, University of Leeds
Hosted by the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds. Please see website for further details and booking.
North—South Irish Criminology Conference
Dates: 28—29 June 2012
Venue: University College Dublin, Institute of Criminology
Theme: Economy, Crime and Punishment.
Please visit website for details.
July
ESRC Research Methods Festival
Dates: 2—5 July 2012
Venue: Oxford
Please see festival website for details.
Trust and Co-operation in Criminal Justice: Local, Trans-national and Global Perspectives, Leeds
Date: 3 July 2012
Venue: School of Law, Liberty Building, Leeds
Please see flyer for full details, programme and booking form.
Double Jeopardy 2012: Protecting the right of LGBTI asylum seekers
Dates: 4—6 July 2012
Venue: Greenwich University, London
Please see flyer for details.
Human Trafficking in the 21st Century: Challenges and opportunities: call for papers
Date: 5 July 2012
Venue: University of the West of England, Bristol
Please visit the conference website for details of the call for papers. Call closes: 30 May 2012.
Centre for Legal Research Annual Lecture
Date: 6 July 2012
Venue: Glendenning Lecture Theatre, University of the West of England
Speaker: Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
Title: Violence against Women: The challenges of accountability
Please visit website for further details and registration.
Civil Society Organizations Fighting Corruption: Theory and practice workshop
Dates: 9—10 July 2012
Venue: Faculty of Business Economics and Law, Univeristy of Surrey, Guildford
Please see flyer for full details.
RC33 Eighth International Conference on Social Science Methodology
Dates: 9—13 July 2012
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Session: New Ethnographies of Crime and Justice
This session will present new ethnographic research about crime and criminal justice. See conference website for details.
International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference 2012
Dates: 10–13 July 2012
Venue: Durham
Theme: Entering the Mainstream: Clinic for all
For further details, please visit the website.
Law and Food: Cultural and religious perspectives: call for papers
Date: 18 July 2012
Venue: Legal Intersections Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia
Please see flyer for details. Call closes: 30 May 2012.
August
Second ISA Forum of Sociology: Social justice and democratization
Dates: 1—4 August 2012
Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Please see attachment for full details.
Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences: Symposium
Dates: 29—31 August 2012
Venue: Management School, University of Liverpool
This is the seventh annual symposium organised by the University of Liverpool Management School and Keele University Institute for Public Policy and Management. This year’s theme is ‘Ethnographic Horizons in Times of Turbulence’ and submissions are invited of socio-legal papers with an ethnographic slant. Full details and registration information can be found on the symposium website.
September
Re-imagining Imprisonment in Europe: Common challenges, diverse policies and practice: call for papers
Dates: 5—7 September 2012
Venue: Trinity College, Dublin
Please see information form and flyer for details.
RICS COBRA 2012: Legal Research Symposium
Dates: 11—13 September 2012
Venue: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Please download flyer for full details.
Legal Services Research Centre, Annual Conference: Rights and wrongs? Developments in access to justice: call for papers
Dates: 12—14 September 2012
Venue: Magdalen College, Oxford
For over a decade, the Legal Services Research Centre (LSRC) conference has brought together leading academics, policy officials, practitioners and legal service administrators from around the world to present research on legal services and access to justice policy. The conference has a broad remit and encompasses all aspects of access to justice research from policy to practice in civil and criminal law. Further details, including a list of suggested topics, can be obtained from the LSRC website or by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Abstracts of no more than 600 words are to be submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 13 February 2012.
Critical Legal Conference: Gardens of justice: call for papers
Dates: 14—16 September
Venue: Stockholm
Please see call for papers for the 'Gardens without gardeners? Garderners without gardens?' stream. Call closes: 31 May 2012.
Resourcing Care: call for papers
Dates: 19—20 September 2012
Venue: Keele University
Please visit the website to download the call for papers. Call closes: 8 June 2012.
Innovation, Development, Creativity and Access to Knowledge in Pacific Island Countries, Canberra, Australia
Dates: 24–25 September 2012
Venue: Australian National University, Canberra
Please see website for full details.
October
Eleventh World Congress on Semiotics, Law and Semiotics Roundtables: call for abstracts
Dates: 5—9 October 2012
Venue: Nanjing Normal University, China
Theme: Global Semiotics: A bridge linking different civilisations
Please see attachment for details of Law and Semiotics call and visit website for full details of the conference. Closing date for abstracts: 9 June 2012.
South Asia Legal Studies Pre-Conference Workshop
Date: 11–14 October 2012
Venue: University of Wisconsin Law School
Please see website for details.
Shaping Policy, Changing Law: Call for papers
Date: 12 October 2012
Venue: Law Society, Chancery Lane, London
Please see flyer for full details.
Security, Peace and Conflict Management in Africa: Options for national integration in Nigeria
Date: 16–18 October 2012
Venue: Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Please see flyer for details.
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November
Seventh Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies: call for papers
Date: 9—10 November 2012
Venue: Stanford Law School, Stanford, California
Call closes 8 July 2012. Please see website for details.
December
Law and Social Sciences Research Network Conference: call for papers
Dates: 14–16 December 2012
Venue: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Please see attachment for full details. Closing date: 30 June 2012.
The Creation of States and Assumption of Responsibilities in International Law: call for papers
Dates: 17—18 December 2012
Venue: Brazaville, Republic of Congo
Organised by the African Society of International Law. Please see attached call for papers for further details. Call closes: 15 May 2012.
2013
January
International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference
Dates: 6–9 January 2012
Venue: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India
Please see website for details. Closing date: 30 April 2012.
Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology
Dates: 11–13 January 2013
Venue: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
Please visit website for more details.
May
14th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law: Semioticizing and semioticised law: call for papers
Dates: 25–29 May 2012
Venue: Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, China
Please see flyer for further details. Call closes: 15 December 2012.