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SUMMARY:2026 Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Session – The Place of Race in Law & Literature\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    Share this page \n    \n      \n      \n        \n      \n      \n      \n        \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n        \n      \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\nEvery year\, the Association holds it annual conference\, usually a two-day affair\, as well as a graduate student workshop\, usually held the day before the annual conference. The 2026 annual meeting will be held at the DePaul University College of Law from June 17-18th. Our call for papers and submissions guidelines can be found below: \n\n\n\nUprooted Law: Reflecting on the Origins and Outgrowths of Law \n\n\n\nWhat do we follow when we follow the law? Is law what is on the books\, or what is observed\, or what should be observed? The English term “law” descends from the plural form of the Old Norse “lag\,” designating “things laid down or fixed.” Yet law must be flexible enough to adjust and respond to changes. Particularly today\, when the line between legal norms and norms rooted elsewhere has blurred\, it is difficult to determine law’s location. What is law’s function in times of technological\, political\, and societal change? Does the law have a responsibility toward itself\, and if so\, who can be trusted with its observation? Given that law borrows from other areas of culture\, from literature and rhetoric to the sciences and dramatic arts\, the humanities are in a premier position to respond to these questions. \n\n\n\nThis conference invites reflections on the origins of law in the broadest sense. What substantiates the rule of law in practice\, and how does law itself mediate the difference between original and copy\, present and past? How do an ensemble of methods\, disciplines\, movements\, texts\, and technologies come together to help law create the past and future? We invite reflections on these and related questions and welcome papers\, roundtables\, and work-in-progress sessions that help us understand law’s current position by looking at it through a humanistic lens. \n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines \n\n\n\nWe encourage the submission of fully constituted panels\, as well as panels that reimagine or experiment with models for academic presentation\, such as roundtables\, “author meets reader” sessions (which may include multiple books and their authors in conversation)\, works-in-progress sessions\, workshop-format panels that focus on engaging participants in shared thinking or other kinds of productive co-creation\, multi-panel streams\, etc. Individual proposals should include a title and an abstract of no more than 250 words. \n\n\n\nPanels\, whether virtual or in-person\, should include three papers (or\, exceptionally\, four papers). Please specify a title and designate a chair for your panel. The panel chair may also be a panel presenter. It is not necessary to write an abstract or proposal for the panel itself. \n\n\n\nTo indicate your pre-constituted panel\, roundtable\, or stream\, please ensure that each individual participant provides the name of the panel and the chair in their individual submissions on the registration site. All panel\, roundtable\, or stream participants must make an individual submission on the registration site. When submitting a proposal\, we also ask that registrants identify two to three keywords to help us align sessions with each other. \n\n\n\nMode \n\n\n\nThe twenty-eighth annual conference will emphasize the LCH tradition of in-person conversation. While we encourage participants to join us in Chicago\, we recognize that in-person attendance may be prohibitive for some. To that end\, we will also accept the submission of virtual panels and papers. \n\n\n\nSince we will not be providing technical support for virtual participants\, panel chairs will be responsible for providing Zoom links that will be listed in the program. All plenary sessions will be available streaming online as well as in person. \n\n\n\nConference Registration \n\n\n\nRegistration for the conference is now open. You can access registration via the LCH member portal by following the link below. Registration will increase by $50 on June 10\, 2026\, one week before the conference begins (graduate students are exempt from this late fee). \n\n\n\nAccepted presenters must register for the conference by May 11\, 2026. Please note: those who do not register by this date will be dropped from the program to guard against last-minute shifts in panel personnel. Participants who do not appear on the program are welcome to register online any time prior to the conference. If you need to cancel your registration for the conference for any reason\, we will refund you 50% of the fee. \n\n\n\nRegistration requires membership to the Association for Study of Law\, Culture\, & the Humanities\, which can be purchased by following the link below. \n\n\n\n\nBecome a member\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the conference\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule \n\n\n\nCheck out the draft schedule for this year’s conference below. Please note: the schedule is still subject to change. A final version will be available soon. \n\n\n\n\nSchedule at a Glance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram and Schedule\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodations  \n\n\n\nConference attendees are responsible for making their own travel and lodging arrangements. The following are some suggestions for possible accommodations; we have not made arrangements with any of them\, and our suggestion is based only on nearness to DePaul and their current rates for June 16-19: \n\n\n\nHotel Felix\, 111 W. Huron St.Ohio House Motel\, 600 N. La Salle Dr.Royal Sonesta\, 505 N. State St.Freehand Chicago\, 19 E. Ohio St. \n\n\n\nWe may be able to secure a discount rate for a closer hotel\, and will let you in the next few weeks if that is possible. \n\n\n\nBook Exhibit \n\n\n\nWe invite anyone who would like to be included in the book display to bring your own book and leave it at the registration desk; there will be a display nearby to showcase LCH members’ work. We are trying something new this year: when you drop off your book\, please indicate whether you’d like to give it away\, by raffle\, at the end of the conference or retrieve it. At the closing reception\, we’ll have a raffle\, with preference for graduate students\, postdocs\, assistant professors\, independent scholars\, and international participants. \n\n\n\nSubmission Deadline \n\n\n\nSubmissions are currently closed. \n\n\n\nContact Information \n\n\n\nPlease email lch@lawculturehumanities.com with any queries.
URL:https://lawculturehumanities.com/event/2026-twenty-eighth-annual-conference/
LOCATION:DEPAUL CENTER\, 1 E. JACKSON\, CHICAGO\, IL 60604\, 8TH FLOOR\, 25 E Jackson Blvd.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60604\, United States
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