News: conferences, events and seminars
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Applied Legal Storytelling, Boulder, Colorado, USA: call for proposals
The 'Acceptable' Cartel? Horizontal agreements under competition law and beyond, London: call for papers
Socio-Legal Studies in Germany and the UK: Theory and methods, Berlin: call for papers
Rich Law, Poor Law, London: call for papers
Impact and Law Reform Conference, London: save the date
Transmitting Justice: Transparency, visuality and mediatization, London
LSAANZ Annual Conference, Wollongong, Australia
SLSA Annual Postgraduate Conference, Warwick: 3–5 January 2019 – save the dates
2018
December
New Order: A disruption – ghost gig
Date: 6 November 2018
Venue: The Hive, University of Wesminster, London
Ghost gig recreating the band New Order's performance at the Polytechnic of Central London on its 33rd anniversary. See website for details.
Book Launch and Panel Discussion on National Human Rights Action Planning
Date: 6 December 2018
Venue: Rendall Building, University of Liverpool
This event is to celebrate the launch of National Human Rights Planning by Azadeh Chalabi published by Oxford University Press. Please see website for details.
European Governance of Health Crisis and Disaster Management
Dates: 6–7 December 2018
Venue: Amsterdam Law School
Co-Conveners: Mark L Flear (Queen’s University Belfast) and Anniek de Ruijter (Amsterdam)
Please see attachment for details.
Race: Why can’t the law effect genuine equality?
Date: 7 December 2018
Venue: St Mary's University, Twickenham, London
Organised by the Centre for Law and Culture at St Mary's University with the University of Westminster and GSM London. Please see flyer for details.
Transmitting Justice: Transparency, visuality and mediatization
Date: 10 December 2018
Venue: 83 Pall Mall, London
This event is sponsored by the SLSA (under our Seminar Competition) and the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath. Please see website for details.
TLI Transnational Law Reading Laboratory 2018–2019: Gender and the law
Date: 11 December 2018
Venue: Somerset House East Wing, Dickson Poon School of Law, Strand Campus. King's College London
Featuring Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. This is the first in a series. Please see website for details.
Act of State: A guide for trial judges
Date: 11 December 2018
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Speaker: The Hon Madam Justice Mary Newbury, a senior judge of the British Columbia Court of Appeal; IALS Inns of Court Fellow 2018
Please see website for details. This seminar if free but advance booking requested.
Vertigo: Fake news/real theory
Date: 12 December 2018
Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Presented by the Centre for Law, Arts and the Humanities. Please see website for details.
LSAANZ Annual Conference
Dates: 12–15 December 2018
Venue: Legal Intersections Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia
Theme: Inclusion, exclusion and democracy
The SLSA and Canadian Law and Society Association are co-sponsors of this event. Please see website for details.
The Modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty
Date: 13 December 2018
Venue: Academy Hall, Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Organised by the Groningen Centre of Energy Law. Please see website for details.
Socio-legal Journals Global South Initiative: Writing workshop
Dates: 13–14 December 2018
Venue: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Please see website for details.
Relationship breakdown: Informal and legal solutions
Date: 14 December 2018
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Russell Square, London
Please see website for details.
This event is organised by the International Network of Scholars Researching Unregistered Marriages.
'Orient Far and Near' Conference: call for papers
Dates: 14–15 December 2018
Venue: University of Wrocław, Poland
Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 23 November 2018.
Law, Human Rights and Religion: Flashpoints: call for papers
Date: 17 December 2018
Venue: Nottingham Trent University
The call for papers is now open . All topics on law, religion and human rights welcomed. Specialist streams on: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, Childrens Rights, Duties of the State, and Public Bodies and Historical Papers. Please see website to register.
2019
January
SLSA Postgraduate Conference
Dates: 3–4 January 2019
Venue: Warwick University
Follow link for further details.
Introduction to MPhil/PhD Legal Research Methods
Date: 7 January 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
This course aims to introduce a range of research methodologies that may be relevant to MPhil/PhD research in law and legally related fields. Please see website for details.
The Regulation of Partnerships and Closely-Held Corporations
Date: 10 January 2019
Venue: Newton Building, City Campus, Nottingham Trent University
Joint Conference of the Partnership, LLP and LLC Law Forum and the Nottingham Law School Centre for Business and Insolvency Law. Please see programme for details. Please see website for registration.
LawTech in Clinical Legal Education Settings
Date: 10 January 2019
Venue: University of Manchester
A one-day event to explore ideas for access to justice, law clinics and embedding lawtech into Law Schools’ curricula. Jointly organised by CLEO, University of Manchester Law School and LawWorks, Please see website for details.
Inaugural PropTech and Blockchain discussion on land registration and recording of real property interests
Dates: 17–18 January 2019
Venue: RMIT Europe, Barcelona
Please see attachment for details.
Film screening followed by a panel discussion: Dispossession: The great social housing swindle
Date: 22 January 2019
Venue: Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus
Please see website for details.
Rich Law, Poor Law: call for papers
Date: 25 January 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
This is an SLSA-sponsored one-day event. See webpage for details. Closing date: 23 November 2018.
Excluded Voices and Suppressed Narratives:Signature lecture
Date: 30 January 2019
Venue: Somerset House East Wing, King's College London
Speaker: Professor Emily Grabham, University of Kent
Please see website for details. Title to be confirmed, but save the date.
February
Sir Richard Arnold: Annual Westminster Law School lecture
Date: 5 February 2019
Venue: Five Hall, Regent Street, London
Please see website for details.
Excluded Voices and Suppressed Narratives: Signature lecture
Date: 6 February 2018
Venue: Somerset House East Wing, London
Speaker: Professor Walter Kaelin
Please see website for details. Title to be confirmed, but save the date.
How to get a PhD in Law: Day Two on 'The PhD journey: supervision, research ethics and preparing yourself for upgrade and vivas'
Date: 28 February 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
This day will cover: the PhD journey - the staging posts of your PhD and support for research students; handling the supervision relationship; preparing for the Ethics Committee; preparing for upgrade viva and the PhD viva; discussion panel of students who have nearly completed their PhD in law; the foreign, international and comparative research collections of IALS Library. Please see website for details.
March
Annual Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Graduate Student Workshop: call for applications
Date: 21 March 2019
Venue: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 30 November 2018.
The 'Acceptable' Cartel? Horizontal agreements under competition law and beyond: call for papers
Date: 22 March 2019
Venue: London School of Economics and Political Science
This is a workshop reflecting McEllistrim v Ballymacelligott Co-Operative Agricultural and Dairy Society Limited [1919] AC 548. Please see website for details. Closing date: 31 January 2019.
Annual Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference
Dates: 22–23 March 2019
Venue: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Please see website for details.
April
Workshop on Security, Borders and International Development: Intersections, convergence and challenges
Dates: 25–26 April 2019
Venue: University of Warwick
This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition. Please see attachment for details.
May
How to get a PhD in Law: Day Three on 'Researching, disseminating and publishing in the digital world'
Date: 10 May 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
This day will cover: the PhD in law in the digital world; legal writing; disseminating your legal research; getting your research published in journals; what books are law publishers looking to publish; publishing in Open Access online law journals; tips on keeping up to date with your research topic after completion. See website for details.
Association for Law Property and Society Annual Meeting: call for papers
Date: 16–18 May 2019
Venue: Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York
Please see website for meeting details and call for papers. Closing date for submitting papers and panels: 20 February 2019.
20th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law: call for papers
Dates: 23–25 May 2019
Venue: Instituto Jurídico da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra (UCILeR - University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research), Coimbra, Portugal
Theme: The limits of law
Please see flyer for details. Closing date: 15 January 2019.
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting 2019: Dignity
Dates: 30 May–2 June 2019
Venue: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA
Please see website for details.
June
Canadian Law and Society Association/Association Canadienne Droit et Société Annual Meeting
Dates: 3–5 June 2019
Venue: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Please see website for meeting details and call for papers.
Impact and Law Reform Conference
Date: 11 June 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
Please see webpage for details.
ASLI Conference: The rule of law and the role of law in Asia: call for papers
Dates: 11–12 June 2019
Venue: Asian Law Institute, Faculty of Law, Bukit Timah Campus, National University of Singapore
Please see website for details. Closing date: 3 December 2018.
Corruption, Democracy and Human Rights: call for papers
Dates: 20–21 June 2019
Venue: European University Institute, Florence, Italy
This is a joint event organised by Portsmouth Law School and the European University Institute. Please see flyer for details. Closing date: 26 February 2019.
Labour Law Research Network LLRN4 Valparaíso: A global conversation on labour law
Dates: 23–25 June 2019
Venue: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Please see website and attachement for details of call.
International Critical Management Studies Conference: call for papers for 'Being open to Care, Being Open about Care: Working Motherhood under Neoliberalism’ stream
Dates: 27–29 June 2019
Venue: The Open University, Milton Keynes
Please see website for details. Closing date: 13 January 2019.
Third International Advocacy Conference: save the date
Date: 28 June 2019
Venue: Centre for Advocacy, Nottingham Law School
Theme: Advocacy and Vulnerable Witnesses: 20 Years on from the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
Please see flyer for further details.
July
Applied Legal Storytelling: call for proposals
Dates: 9–11 July 2019
Venue: University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Please see website for details. Closing date: 21 January 2019.
Tax Policy Conference 2019: call for papers
Date: 9 July 2019
Venue: University of Cambridge
Topic: 'Tax justice and tax law'
Please see website for details. Closing date: 15 December 2018.
September
Television drama, law and national identity: call for papers
Date: 6 September 2019
Venue: University of Westminster, London
Please see attachment and website for details. Call closes: 1 February 2019.
Socio-Legal Studies in Germany and the UK: Theory and methods: call for papers
Dates: 23–24 September 2019
Venue: Humboldt University Berlin
Please see webpage for details. Closing date: 4 March 2019.
2020
June
Genocide and Law: Communicating through visual arts and language: call for papers
Dates: 26–28 June 2020
Venue: Poznan, Poland
This is the 21st International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law and the 15th Conference on Legal Translation and Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics. Please see flyer for details. Closing date for abstracts: 28 February 2020.