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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2019
2020
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Workshop on Critical Perspectives on Land Registration, London: call for papers
Power and Accountability in Global Supply Chain Governance, London
Law and Society Association: Graduate and early career workshop, Denver, USA – call for participants
Lecture and Workshop: Adam Smith as jurist, Oxford
British Crime Historians Symposium, Leeds: call for papers
TLI Focus Seminar Series: The legal underpinnings of imperial life, London
The Irony of British Human Rights Exceptionalism, Manchester
Have the Boomers Pinched their Children’s Futures?, London
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, USA: submission date for abstracts extended
SLSA events and SLSA co-sponsored events
SLSA Postgraduate Conference, 8–9 January 2020, Edinburgh
The Perennial Problem of Disclosure – A way forward?, Bristol
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples, London
2019
November
CSLS Seminar Series: Water efficiency in the public sector – the role of social norms
Date: 11 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road, Oxford
Speaker: Dr Kevin Grecksch, CSLS
Convenor: Linda Mulcahy
Please see attachment for details. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.
The Irony of British Human Rights Exceptionalism
Date: 11 November 2019
Venue: Manchester Law School
See website for details of this free event.
Masterclass on Recording Agreements
Date: 12 November 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
Adam Smith as Jurist
Date: 12 November 2019
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Speaker: Iain Mclean
Please see website for details.
Professional Recognition for Law Teachers Workshop
Date: 14 November 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
Please see webpage for details and booking.
TLI Focus Seminar Series: The legal underpinnings of imperial life
Date: 14 November 2019
Venue: Transnational Law Institute, King's College London
Please see website for details of this free event.
Corrective 'Re-education' as Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang (Uyghur region)
Date: 14 November 2019
Venue: Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London
This event is part of the Human Rights, Development and Global Justice Series 2019-2020 organised by the Transnational Law Institute. See website for details of this free event.
CSLS Seminar Series: Reproductive labour, law and property accumulations – rereading East African social history
Date: 18 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road, Oxford
Speaker: Professor Ambreena Manji, University of Cardiff
Convenor: Linda Mulcahy
Please see attachment for details. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.
CSLS Seminar Series: Book Launch – Paul Rock in conversation with Linda Mulcahy and Emma Rowden
Date: 20 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road, Oxford
Theme: The writing of The Democratic Courthouse: A Modern History of Design, Due Process and Dignity
Convenor: Linda Mulcahy
Please see attachment for details. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.
Masterclass on Recording Agreements; Ancillary rights and new media
Date: 20 November 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
Journalism as Justice, Leicester
Dates: 20–21 November 2019
Venue: De Montfort University, Leicester
Please see flyer for details.
Martin Stephenson in concert: Part of 'Digging Deeper' at the Soho Poly
Date: 21 November 2019
Venue: The 'Soho Poly' Basement, Little Titchfield Street, London
See website for details of this free event.
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Islamic finance: the convergence of faith, capital and power, Oxford
Date: 21 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Oxford
See attachment for details.
Pop and Politics: Part of 'Digging Deeper' at the Soho Poly
Date: 22 November 2019
Venue: The 'Soho Poly' Basement, Little Titchfield Street, London
See website for details of this free event.
Information Law and Policy Annual Lecture and Conference 2019: Digital rights in Brexit – changes and challenges
Date: 22 November 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Russell Square, London
See website for details.
Power and Accountability in Global Supply Chain Governance
Dates: 22–23 November 2019
Venue: Transnational Law Institute, King's College London
See website of details of this free event.
CSLS Seminar Series: The poodle problem – are corporate lawyers still professionals?
Date: 25 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road, Oxford
Speaker: Dr Steven Vaughan, University College London
Convenor: Linda Mulcahy
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The Futures of Legal Education and Practice Annual Conference 2019
Date: 26 November 2019
Venue: Open University, Milton Keynes
Please see website for details.
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Title tbc
Date: 28 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Oxford
See attachment for details.
Have the Boomers Pinched their Children’s Futures?
Date: 28 November 2019
Venue: Royal Instiution, London
See website for details.
Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Development: call for papers
Dates: 28–29 November 2019
Venue: Brunswick European Law School, Ostfalia, Germany
See website for details. Closing date: 1 November 2019.
December
CSLS Seminar Series: Stage managers of the criminal courtroom – uncovering the lives of Crown Court clerks through oral history
Date: 2 December 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road, Oxford
Speaker: Dr Dvora Liberman, CSLS
Convenor: Linda Mulcahy
Please see attachment for details. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.
PhD Application Workshop
Date: 4 December d019
Venue: York Law School
Please see attachment for details. Application deadline: 15 November 2019. This workshop is free and travel bursaries are available.
A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce
Date: 5 December 2019
Venue: Mills & Reeve, Manchester
See website for details.
LSAANZ Conference: Survive, thrive, die
Dates: 5–7 December 2019
Venue: South Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia
Please see website for details.
Northern/Ireland Health Law and Ethics Network: Invitation to December meeting
Date: 13 December 2019
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
Please see attachment for details of how to register your interest or submit a paper proposal. Closing date for proposals: 29 November 2019.
Flashpoints: Human Rights, Law and Religion: call for papers
Date: 16 December 2019
Venue: Centre for Rights and Justice, Nottingham Trent University
Please see website for details. Call closes: 1 November 2019.
2020
January
70 years of the Indian Republic, London
Date: 20 January 2020
Venue: SOAS, South Asia Institute, London
Please see attachment for details.
Knowledge Frontiers Symposium: Natures, cultures and communities
Dates: 30 January–1 February 2020
Venue: Dublin
Organised by the British Academy in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy. Please see flyer for details.
February
Sir Richard Arnold, Westminster Law School Annual Lecture
Date: 4 February 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
March
Crime Justice and Social Harms: call for papers
Dates: 31 March–1 April 2020
Venue: Keble College, Oxford
Organised by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Please see attachment and website for details. Call closes: 2 December 2019.
April
Workshop on Critical Perspectives on Land Registration: call for papers
Date: 6 April 2020
Venue: Birkbeck Univeristy of London
See website for details. Closing date: 1 March 2020.
Modern Studies in Property Law 2020
Dates: 15–17 April 2020
Venue: Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Please see website for further details.
Interdisciplinarity as Resistance
Dates: 23–25 April 2020
Venue: Konstepidemin Arts Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
Please see website for details. This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition.
May
Law and Society Association: Graduate and early career workshop – call for participants
Dates: 26–27 May 2020
Venue: Denver Colorado, USA
See website for details. Closing date: 15 December 2019.
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting: call for submissions closing date extended
Dates: 28–31 May 2020
Venue: Denver, Colorado, USA
Please see website for details. Closing date: 20 November 2019.
June
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples
Date: 11–12 June 2020
Venue: City, University of London
Please see webpage for details. This is an SLSA Seminar Competition event.
Impact and Wellbeing: call for papers
Dates: 19–20 June 2020
Venue: Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
Please see flyer and submission form for details. Closing date: 6 February 2020.
Stigmatization, Identities and the Law: Asian and comparative perspectives
Dates: 23–24 June 2020
Venue: Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Please see attachment for details.
Feminism, Law and Citizenship
Dates: 24–26 June 2020
Venue: University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris
Please see flyer for details.
WG Hart Workshop 2020: New Perspectives on Jurisdiction and the Criminal Law
Dates: 29–30 June 2020
Venue: tbc
Further details to be announced in due course.
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. Call closes: 28 February 2020.
July
Law and Humanities Roundtable 2020: call for papers
Date: 3 July 2020
Venue: University of Southampton
Please see attachment for details. Closing date for abstracts: 13 December 2019.
Gender Dimensions of Violence Prevention, Mona Jamaica: call for participation
Date: 15 July 2020
Venue: University of the West Indes, Mona Law Campus, Jamaica
Seminar Convenors: Dr Ramona Biholar (Faculty of Law) and Dr Dacia Leslie (SALISES)
Please see attachment for call for chapter contributions for a peer-reviewed edited collection arising from this event. Call for chapter proposals closes: 20 November 2019.
November
British Crime Historians Symposium: call for papers
Dates: 2–4 September 2020
Venue: Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds
See announcement and website for details. Call closes: 8 April 2020.
2021
WG Hart Legal Workshop 2021: Call for Workshop Proposals and the Nomination of Academic Directors
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is seeking proposals and Academic Directors for the 2021 W G Hart Legal Workshop from law schools across the UK. Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 10 January 2020.