Law, Culture, and the Humanities

Zoom Session - Humor and the Law: Laughter as Critique/The Limits of Laughter
2024-05-22 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Andrew Bricker and Alberto Godioli moderate a session on two special issues on humor and the law they co-edited for LCH (Laughter as Critique/The Limits of Laughter) and HUMOR (The Difficulty of Judging Jests). The speakers are Elisa Kriza, Jessica Apolloni, and Diana Jorza.

2024 Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference
2024-05-17 00:00 - 2024-05-18 23:59 (America/New_York) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Every year, the Association holds it annual conference, usually a two-day affair, as well as a graduate student workshop, usually held on the day before the annual conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “Senses of Law”.

Senses of Law

Law is heard, seen, experienced, felt, and understood in many ways. This year’s theme invites submissions on legal senses, sensibilities, and sensations. What satisfies “the sense of justice”? What makes for a legal sensation? How does law depend on, appeal to, or defy common sense(s)? What are the different sensibilities that law creates, cultivates, challenges, and ignores? How do the meanings that law takes for granted, or brings into being, fall differently on different ears?

Submission Guidelines

The deadline to submit proposals has now passed.

Mode

The twenty-sixth annual conference will emphasize the LCH tradition of in-person conversation. While we encourage participants to join us in Vancouver, we recognize that in-person attendance may be prohibitive for some. To that end, we will also accept the submission of virtual panels.

Since 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.

Attendance Options

Unfortunately, LCH is unable to offer funding support for travel, accommodation, or conference registration costs. Those for whom travel to Vancouver might be prohibitively costly or logistically challenging are warmly encouraged to consider submitting a proposal for an online session. Participants who require a letter of invitation in order to secure a visa to attend the conference are encouraged to reach out to Daniel Kennedy at lch@lawculturehumanities.com.

Contact Information

In case of any query drop us a message at lch@lawculturehumanities.com.

Conference Program and Schedule

The final versions of the 2024 conference program, schedule, and quick-view grid are now available! Check out the exciting panels happening this year!

Program and Schedule

Quick-View Grid

Schedule (with Zoom links)

Conference Registration

Registration is now open, and will close on 10 May. As in previous years, registration will increase by $50 (graduate students are exempt from this late fee) one week before registration closes. In a new approach for the 2024 conference, please note that accepted presenters must register for the conference by 24 April, 2024. 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 up to 10 May.

LCH membership is required to register for the conference and must be purchased before registration.

Please note: there will be no on-site registration at the conference.

Covid Policy: We at LCH remain committed to providing an accessible conference experience. Given loosening protocols in Canada, we have chosen to continue including virtual panels and attendees. Mask wearing is optional for in-person attendees, and we encourage presenters to be in touch with their co-panelists once the program has been finalized regarding decisions around masking during the panel. Please recall that LCH 2024 panels must be either fully online or fully in-person; we are not equipped to support hybrid sessions.

Registration

Accepted presenters must register for the conference by 24 April. All other participants must register by 10 May.

Make sure to become a member before you register.

Become a Member

Conference Fees

The fees for in-person participation are

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars$35Income less than $75,000$125Income between $75,000-$99,999$155Income between $100,000-$124,999$210Income $125,000 and over$260

The fees to participate remotely are

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholarsFreeIncome less than $75,000$50Income between $75,000-$99,999$50Income between $100,000-$124,999$50Income $125,000 and over$50

Fees for in-person participation will increase by $50 after 3 May, except for graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.

Accommodations

Conference attendees are responsible for making their own travel and lodging arrangements. The following are some suggestions for possible accommodations.

UBC Accommodations

Gage Suites offers Signature Studio ($184 CAD/night) and One Bedroom Suites ($234 CAD/night) which can be booked through the following link. The deadline to reserve at the conference rate is 16 April. Guests can call UBC’s Reservations Office at (604) 822-1000, Ext. 3, or toll free at 1-888-822-1030 and indicate they are with the Law, Culture & the Humanities Conference or mention the Group Code (G240516A) to receive the group rate. Information on the room types can be found here.

Graduate Student Accommodations

Graduate students can book a dorm room at Vanier Place, the UBC Hostel, starting 17 May with a two night minimum starting at $95 CAD/night (please note that you must enter a date no earlier than 17 May, and must book at least 2 nights; otherwise the site will return an error message). Cancellations can be made 24 hours in advance of the first night. The hostel is only available to those who live outside the lower mainland.

Green College is also holding 4 single rooms at the rate of $165 CAD/night for a standard room or $175 CAD/night for a premium room. These rooms include breakfast and dinner, Monday to Friday only. To book these rooms, students can contact the Hospitality Coordinator, Winnie Tam, by email or telephone at (604) 822-8660 and indicate they are booking for the Allard School of Law workshop from 16-18 May.

2024 Graduate Student Workshop
2024-05-16 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Interested in attending the workshop?

The application deadline to apply is February 5, 2024.

Please use the subject line: LCH Grad Workshop Application.

Please name your file(s) using your lastname first, e.g. “Miller_application” or “Miller_cv”. Please remind us if you applied for or participated in a previous workshop and, if so, which one(s).

The Annual Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Graduate Student Workshop will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024 (the day before the annual meeting begins).

The workshop is designed for graduate students who are undertaking research that cuts across law, cultural studies, literature, philosophy, legal studies, anthropology, political science, and history, among others. The workshop is designed to afford graduate students the opportunity to experience the LCH community in a smaller venue with more sustained contact with one another and some faculty. The workshop also provides graduate students with an opportunity to discuss their research projects in a small group setting in anticipation of such things as job talks and publication.

Applications to the workshop should consist of a current curriculum vitae (2-3 page maximum), an abstract of a current project not exceeding 700 words, as well as a short (5- page maximum) text relating to that project. This “text” could be a case, literary work, a time-line, a photo, a sound or video file, or some other relevant text. The text you choose should be something that helps you reflect on the subject of your work and your methods of analysis. Please use your judgment and best guess in deciding how audio, visual, or audio-visual materials “translate” into pages of text.

Applicants whose proposals are accepted will receive some support towards an extra night’s accommodation from LCH as well as some support (varying, depending on distance traveled) towards the cost of transportation to the conference site. While those who participated in a previous workshop may re-apply and participate again, should space and/or funds be limited, we will prioritize new participants. Please email your applications to lch@lawculturehumanities.com by February 5, 2024.

Zoom Session - Legality and Affect
2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Birte Christ and Wibke Schniedermann moderate a session on the special edition of the LCH Journal they co-edited entitled Legality and Affect. The speakers are three of the contributors to the special issue: Jeanne Gakeer, Professor Emeritus from Erasmus School of Law, Frans Willem Korsten from Leiden University, and Gerlov van Engelenhoven from Leiden University.

2023 Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference
2023-06-22 00:00 - 2023-06-23 23:59 (America/New_York) | University of Toronto School of Law, 78 Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C5, Canada
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Registration

Conference registration is now closed.

The 2023 LCH conference considers topics broadly related to law and legal studies. In addition, our theme this year is:

ABSENCE, THE PRESENT AND THE PAST

The last few years have been marked by palpable absence: the absence of face-to-face encounters, shared meals, shared lives; the absence of in-person study, of spontaneous meetings in hallways and coffee shops — a seemingly interminable stretch of missed experiences and encounters. As we come back together and restart our offline lives, we carry the absences and missed opportunities of the recent pandemic with us. Absence signals both a void and a clearing: a call for us to be present once more to ourselves and each other. In some instances, we know what we have missed; at other times, we find ourselves surprised and undone by what we have not realized has been missing all this time. To dwell on this absence is not only to live in a state of lament or regret; it is also to imagine the possibilities that arise when we attend closely to what has been missing.

In this spirit of absence as loss and potential, we invite papers from across the disciplines that consider law in relation to absence. How might we conceive of law in the absence of justice, or imagine jurisprudence in the absence of precedent? What juridical potential arises in a moment of crisis and deprivation? What does law miss in entering these moments—and how might law’s missed encounters bring into relief the gaps in the interstices of contemporary culture? What does law miss—and what does it engage—when it serves as a source of social meaning and remediation?

Attendance Options

Our twenty-fifth annual conference will emphasize the LCH tradition of in-person conversation. While we encourage participants to join us in Toronto, we recognize that in-person attendance may be prohibitive for some. To that end, we will also accept submission of virtual panels. Since 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 in streaming online as well as in person.

Conference Program and Schedule

The final 2023 conference program (PDF), schedule (online), and quick-view grid (PDF) are now available! Check out the exciting panels happening in Toronto this year!

Final Program (PDF)

Final Schedule (online)

Quick-View Grid (PDF)

Conference Registration

Membership in LCH is required to register for the conference and must be purchased before registration.

A 50% refund will be issued in the event that a participant has to cancel their registration.

Registration must be completed online before the conference. There will be no on-site registration.

As part of the registration process, you will be asked to confirm you have read our COVID policy and will honor it to the best of your ability.

Registration

Registration is now closed.

Conference Fees

The fees for in-person participation are

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars$35Income less than $75,000$125Income between $75,000-$99,999$155Income between $100,000-$124,999$210Income $125,000 and over$260

The fees to participate remotely are

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholarsFreeIncome less than $75,000$50Income between $75,000-$99,999$50Income between $100,000-$124,999$50Income $125,000 and over$50

Fees for in-person participation will increase by $50 after 1 June, except for graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.

Accommodations

We are informed that the discount for the Anndore has now expired; they may still have rooms available, but at a non-discounted rate. Several other options still remain:

There are a limited number of rooms available at the Chelsea; please act quickly for this option, by using this link for booking and confirmation (approx. $210-250 Can. per night).

Rooms at Massey College remain available to all conference participants until they run out: for a private room, single bed, the cost is $100 (Can.)/night (washroom down the hall, shared with 2-3 other rooms). Massey is about 5 minutes from the law school, and it includes breakfast. https://www.masseycollege.ca/summer-residence-programme/

Rooms at University College are available only to students currently registered at Canadian universities: to reserve a room at University College, which offers accommodations at $40-55/night, you must register via StarRez. Select “University College.” You can create a StarRez ID here. It is also about 5 minutes from the law school.

Graduate Workshop

The LCH Graduate Workshop will be held at University of Toronto on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (the day before the annual meeting begins). Any questions may be directed to lch@lawculturehumanities.com.

The workshop is designed for graduate students who are undertaking research that cuts across law, cultural studies, literature, philosophy, legal studies, anthropology, political science, and history, among others. The workshop is designed to afford graduate students the opportunity to experience the LCH community in a smaller venue with more sustained contact with one another and some faculty. The workshop also provides graduate students with an opportunity to discuss their research projects in a small group setting in anticipation of such things as job talks and publication.

Workshop Details

LCH Graduate Student Workshop 2023
2023-06-21 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | University of Toronto School of Law, 78 Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C5, Canada
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Interested in attending the workshop?

The application deadline has been extended to Monday, March 27, 2023.

Please use the subject line: LCH Grad Workshop Application.

Please name your file(s) using your lastname first, e.g. “Miller_application” or “Miller_cv”. Please remind us if you applied for or participated in a previous workshop and, if so, which one(s).

Submit Application

The Annual Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Graduate Student Workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (the day before the annual meeting begins).

The workshop is designed for graduate students who are undertaking research that cuts across law, cultural studies, literature, philosophy, legal studies, anthropology, political science, and history, among others. The workshop is designed to afford graduate students the opportunity to experience the LCH community in a smaller venue with more sustained contact with one another and some faculty. The workshop also provides graduate students with an opportunity to discuss their research projects in a small group setting in anticipation of such things as job talks and publication.

Applications to the workshop should consist of a current curriculum vitae (2-3 page maximum), an abstract of a current project not exceeding 700 words, as well as a short (5- page maximum) text relating to that project. This “text” could be a case, literary work, a time-line, a photo, a sound or video file, or some other relevant text. The text you choose should be something that helps you reflect on the subject of your work and your methods of analysis. Please use your judgment and best guess in deciding how audio, visual, or audio-visual materials “translate” into pages of text.

Applicants whose proposals are accepted will receive some support towards an extra night’s accommodation from LCH as well as some support (varying, depending on distance traveled) towards the cost of transportation to the conference site. While those who participated in a previous workshop may re-apply and participate again, should space and/or funds be limited, we will prioritize new participants.

The deadline for applications to the Graduate Workshop has been extended to Monday, March 27, 2023.

Please email your applications to lch@lawculturehumanities.com with the subject line: LCH Grad Workshop Application. Please name your file(s) using your lastname first, e.g., “Miller_application” or “Miller_cv.” Please remind us if you applied for or participated in a previous workshop and, if so, which one(s).

2022 Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference
2022-06-16 00:00 - 2022-06-17 23:59 UTC | Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Conference Program

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The 2022 LCH conference considers topics broadly related to law and legal studies. In addition, our theme this year is:

Unsettling Law

Law often resides in the pull between what is settled and what is not. Precedent guides us until it does not. Law’s stability is in constant conversation with its own necessary responsiveness as well as with what troubles it from outside of legal institutions. Disobediences, whether civil or not, have the power to unsettle what is taken to be settled. And forces like climate change pose challenges to settled law by destabilizing what may make obedience and order possible at all. Law continually expands the range of persons it recognizes, for better or worse, while it claims across all changes that it serves the interests of all. Borders exclude but remain permeable, and we argue about what is owed to others regardless of their citizenship status. States claim sovereignty and face refusals from other sovereignties within their borders. Even settler colonialism is a process rather than an outcome, so what is settled and what remains open to different futures may be contested. How do and should we imagine law in these unsettled times? What creative forces might we bring to bear in these moments between past and future, whether for unsettling what ought to change or stabilizing what is endangered? How might different disciplines, methodologies, arts, literatures, and technologies represent, reinforce, or resist unsettling law? We invite proposals taking up that question from a variety of humanities-oriented perspectives.

Attendance Options

The conference will emphasize the LCH tradition of in-person conversation while making some panels available for those who wish to participate virtually. Rather than hosting hybrid panels, there will be one full session dedicated to online panels each day of the conference. Virtual attendees can view these, and there will be public viewing rooms at the conference so that attendees can engage in conversation with each other and the virtual panelists. We will also host three plenary sessions that will be available in person as well as streaming online. Some of the in-person panels will be streamed during the sessions that aren’t online-dedicated. Information to plan your trip to Atlanta is available here.

Conference Registration

Membership in LCH is required to register for the conference and must be purchased before registration.

A 50% refund will be issued in the event that a participant has to cancel their registration.

All conference attendees are required to read and respect LCH’s COVID policy.

Registration process

Make sure to become a member before you register!

Become a Member

Register for Conference

Conference Fees

The fees for in-person participation in the Conference are:

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars$35Income less than $75,000$125Income between $75,000-$99,999$155Income between $100,000-$124,999$210Income $125,000 and over$260

The fees to participate remotely are:

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholarsFreeIncome less than $75,000$50Income between $75,000-$99,999$75Income between $100,000-$124,999$100Income $125,000 and over$150

Graduate Workshop

The LCH Graduate Workshop will be held at Emory on Wednesday, June 15. We will circulate information about it soon. Any questions may be directed to lch@lawculturehumanities.com.

The workshop is designed for graduate students who are undertaking research that cuts across law, cultural studies, literature, philosophy, legal studies, anthropology, political science, and history, among others. The workshop is designed to afford graduate students the opportunity to experience the LCH community in a smaller venue with more sustained contact with one another and some faculty. The workshop also provides graduate students with an opportunity to discuss their research projects in a small group setting in anticipation of such things as job talks and publication.

Workshop Details

COVID Policy

As part of the registration process, you will be asked to confirm you have read our COVID policy and will honor it to the best of your ability.

LCH will require that those in attendance at the conference wear KN95 or comparable masks whenever they are in the conference venue. We will have a limited supply of masks available.

We ask that people attending the conference be vaccinated and boosted, and that attendees self-administer COVID rapid tests before attending the conference each day. We will not be requiring or verifying that people are vaccinated or tested.

Please do not attend the conference if you are symptomatic or test positive. If you should find that you have COVID soon after attending the conference, please let us know so we can inform the community of people who also attended.

ATlanta information

As of April 2022, 98.8% of students and 97.5% of faculty and staff at Emory are fully vaccinated, and 95% of students and 91.5% of faculty and staff are boosted. Emory maintains a COVID dashboard that offers information on COVID cases and prevalence at Emory and the surrounding counties.

Planning your Stay in Atlanta

Accommodation

The Hyatt is offering LCH attendees a promotional rate of $164/night (before taxes) for the evenings of June 15th, 16th, and/or 17th. The hotel has set aside a limited number of rooms at this rate. We therefore encourage you to book early to secure the rate. Book this hotel here.

Midtown, Atlanta, is a 15-20 minute drive from the law school. We encourage attendees to stay in Midtown so as to maximize opportunities for socializing outside of the conference. There will be shuttle service available from the Hyatt Centric Midtown (schedule available in program).

For those wishing to stay close to Emory Law School, there are two options:

The University Inn is a 3-star motel with reasonable rates directly across the street from the Law School. There are a few restaurants in nearby Emory Village (a 7 minute walk), but this is otherwise a quiet area with little nightlife.

The more expensive Emory Conference Center and Hotel is located one mile down Clifton Road from the Law School. It’s about a twenty minute walk to the Law School. There are a few restaurants in nearby Emory Point, but this complex, across the street from the CDC, is located in an otherwise a quiet area with little nightlife.

An additional option for lodging are the numerous hotels in Decatur Square in downtown Decatur, Georgia, which is a ten minute drive from Emory Law School. There are lots of hotels and restaurants surrounding the square, which is anchored by a MARTA subway stop.

Transportation

Getting from the Airport to…

Midtown Atlanta

A rideshare typically costs $25-30 before tip.

Far easier and nearly as fast is to take MARTA. Trains leave the airport every 7-10 minutes throughout the day. One way fare is $2.50. Take a Gold or Red line train North to Midtown Station (approximately 22 minutes). The Hyatt Centric is a four minute walk from the subway station.

Emory University Area Hotels

A ride-share typically costs $30-40 before tip and is much easier and faster than taking MARTA.

It is possible to take MARTA, however: from the Airport station, take the Red or Gold line train North to Lindbergh Station (runs every 7-10 minutes) and transfer to a #6 Bus (runs every 40 minutes), which runs down Clifton Road, with stops in front of the conference center and the law school (total travel time is about an hour). One way fare is $2.50.

Decatur Square

A ride-share typically costs $30-40 before tip.

Easier but a bit slower is to take MARTA. Take a Gold or Red line train North to Five Points Station. Transfer to a Blue line train East to Decatur Station. One way fare is $2.50.

Getting to the Conference from…

Midtown Atlanta (4.6 Miles away, 15-20 minute drive)

On June 16th and 17th, free shuttle service will be offered by LCH between the Hyatt and Emory Law School in the morning, at lunchtime, and at the end of the day.

A ride-share costs about $15 before tip.

MARTA’s #36 Bus runs from Midtown Station to the Law School every 40 minutes.

Georgia Tech and Emory operate a free shuttle every 90 minutes throughout the day that picks up at Midtown Station on its way to Emory (and drops off at Midtown Station on return trips to Tech). Drop off at Emory is at Clifton Rd. & Gatewood Rd., an 11 minute walk from the law school. Pick up at Emory is Woodruff Circle, a 7-minute walk from the law school.

Emory Area Hotels

The conference center is a twenty-minute walk to/from the law school. The University Inn is a one-minute walk to the law school.

Emory’s free CCTMA shuttle provides regular free service connecting the Conference Center and the Law School.

Decatur Square (2.5 miles away, 10-minute drive)

A rideshare typically costs about $10-12 before tip.

MARTA’s #36 Bus runs from Decatur Station to the Law School every 40 minutes.

Emory’s free CCTMA shuttle provides regular free service connecting Decatur Square and the Law School.

LCH Graduate Student Workshop 2022
2022-06-15 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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Interested in attending the workshop?

Apply by Thursday, April 14th, 2022 with the subject line:

ASLCH Grad Workshop Application.

Please name your file(s) using your lastname first, e.g. “Miller_application” or “Miller_cv”. Please remind us if you applied for or participated in a previous workshop and, if so, which one(s).

Submit Application

The Annual Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Graduate Student Workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (the day before the annual meeting begins).

The workshop is designed for graduate students who are undertaking research that cuts across law, cultural studies, literature, philosophy, legal studies, anthropology, political science, and history, among others. The workshop is designed to afford graduate students the opportunity to experience the LCH community in a smaller venue with more sustained contact with one another and some faculty. The workshop also provides graduate students with an opportunity to discuss their research projects in a small group setting in anticipation of such things as job talks and publication.

Applications to the workshop should consist of a current curriculum vitae (2-3 page maximum), an abstract of a current project not exceeding 700 words, as well as a short (5- page maximum) text relating to that project. This “text” could be a case, literary work, a time-line, a photo, a sound or video file, or some other relevant text. The text you choose should be something that helps you reflect on the subject of your work and your methods of analysis. Please use your judgment and best guess in deciding how audio, visual, or audio-visual materials “translate” into pages of text.

Applicants whose proposals are accepted will receive some support towards an extra night’s accommodation from ASLCH as well as some support (varying, depending on distance traveled) towards the cost of transportation to the conference site. While those who participated in a previous workshop may re-apply and participate again, should space and/or funds be limited, we will prioritize new participants.Please email your applications to lch@lawculturehumanities.com before Thursday April 14, 2022 with the subject line: ASLCH Grad Workshop Application. Please name your file(s) using your lastname first, e.g. “Miller_application” or “Miller_cv”. Please remind us if you applied for or participated in a previous workshop and, if so, which one(s).

2020 Twenty-Third Annual Conference
2020-03-07 00:00 - 2020-03-08 23:59 UTC | Quinnipiac University School of Law, North Haven, Connecticut, United States
Zoom Session – Author Meets Critics: Discussing “Before Borders” with Stephanie DeGooyer

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The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities was held at Quinnipiac University School of Law in North Haven, Connecticut, on March 7-8, 2020. We held a smaller than usual conference, but one with a terrific intellectual vibe, and, as always, we found great pleasure in each other’s company. Thanks to everyone who came, and to everyone who stayed away out of their care and concern for others.

Program

The final program is available here.

You can view paper abstracts here, arranged alphabetically.

Keynote: Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School, “Saving the Digital Public Sphere.”

Congratulations to our 2020 award winners:

Julien Mezey Dissertation Prize:

Emily Prifogle, (PhD, History, Princeton, J.D. Berkeley) for her dissertation, “Cars, Cows, and Criminals: The Legal Landscape of the Rural Midwest, 1920-1975.”

Elizabeth Rule, (PhD, American Studies, Brown University) for her dissertation, “Reproducing Resistance: Gendered Violence and Indigenous Nationhood.”

James Boyd White Award:

Patricia J. Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, Northeastern University.

We are most grateful to Christina DeLucia and Mary Tartaglia, research librarians at Quinnipiac University School of Law, for updating our ASLCH bibliography. The bibliography covers books and edited collections published by our 2020 members since 2011, available here.

Application Instructions

Applications to the workshop should consist of a current curriculum vitae (5-page maximum), an abstract of a current project not exceeding 700 words, as well as a short (5- page maximum) text relating to that project. This “text” could be a case, literary work, a time-line, a photo, a sound or video file, or some other relevant text. The text you choose should be something that helps you reflect on the subject of your work and your methods of analysis. Please use your judgment and best guess in deciding how audio, visual, or audio-visual materials “translate” into pages of text.

Applicants whose proposals are accepted will receive some support towards an extra night’s accommodation from ASLCH as well as some support (varying, depending on distance traveled) towards the cost of transportation to the conference site. While those who participated in a previous workshop may re-apply and participate again, should space and/or funds be limited, we will prioritize new participants.

DEADLINES

All proposals are due by Friday November 15, 2019 by midnight Eastern Standard Time. Please include the subject line: ASLCH Grad Workshop Application. Please name your file(s) using your lastname first, e.g. “Miller_application” or “Miller_cv”. Please remind us if you applied for or participated in a previous workshop and, if so, which one(s).

Graduate Workshop

The Annual Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Graduate Student Workshop will be held on Friday, March 6, 2020 (the day before the annual meeting begins). Applications are due November 15, 2019.

The workshop is designed for graduate students who are undertaking research that cuts across law, cultural studies, literature, philosophy, legal studies, anthropology, political science, and history, among others. The workshop is designed to afford graduate students the opportunity to experience the LCH community in a smaller venue with more sustained contact with one another and some faculty. The workshop also provides graduate students with an opportunity to discuss their research projects in a small group setting in anticipation of such things as job talks and publication.
