Conferences and events relevant to law, literature and the humanities.
Thursday, 3 November 2016 – 9:00am – Friday, 4 November 2016 – 4:00pm ANU College of Law welcomes applications to the first Challenging Words workshop to be held in Canberra on 3-4 November 2016. It may change how you approach the law forever. Engage your thinking aboutââŹâand experiencingââŹâthe law in a wholly new and…
This transdisciplinary symposium explores howĂÂ ethics can figure eminently in the generation of art and images after modernism and postmodernism, starting from the premise that in the Anthropocene, the work cannot rest upon its separation from the world.ĂÂ The symposium asks what ethics are at play inĂÂ the relations between the human artist, the art, and the human…
KSSCT is a rare opportunity for doctoral students and early career researchers to work intensively with a leading critical scholar in their field. Applicants are welcomed fromĂÂ all critical disciplinary perspective. In 2016 the school will take the form of three parallel intensive 2-week seminars: Professor Samantha Frost (“Matters of perception: objects and materialities of affect);…
As youââŹâ˘ll know if you attended, the LawLitHum Conference 2015: Complicities, held at UTS in December, was a great success. We asked the recipients of two RHD student bursaries to offer their reflections on the event. HereââŹâ˘s what Ashley Pearson (Griffith Law School) had to say: There is no forum that could have better served…
ĂÂĂÂĂÂCall for Papers LASSnet Conference 2016, Fourth Edition Dates: 10-12 December 2016 Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India The fourth edition of the LASSnet conference will be hosted by the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance (JNU, Delhi) in collaboration with the National Law University of Delhi (Dwarka), O.P. Jindal Global University (Sonepat)…
SPECTACULAR LAW Law, Literature and the Humanities Association of Australasia Conference 2016 The Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, 8-10 December 2016 Preceded by a half-day Graduate Research Student Workshop CALL FOR PAPERS The LLH Association of Australasia invites researchers working at the intersection of law and the humanities to Hong Kong in…
Divided Authorities and Dispossessed Peoples: Aesthetic Dimensions of Political and Critical Theory in the 21st Century 20-22 July 2016, Humanities Research Centre Australian National University Invited Keynotes: Louise Amoore (Durham, UK), Chiara Bottici (New School NYC), Davide Panagia (UCLA), Dimitris Vardoulakis (Western Sydney University) Forms of authority inhabit aesthetic events and practices, and equally suffuse…
As you’ll know if you attended, the LawLitHum Conference 2015: Complicities, held at UTS in December, was a great success. We asked the recipients of two RHD student bursaries to offer their reflections on the event. Here’s what Laura Petersen (MLS) had to say: As part of my PhD research, I have been trying to…
The Kent Summer School in Critical Theory is running for the second time this year, inĂÂ Paris, 13-24 June 2016. The website has just gone live: http://kssct.org/ This summer school for early career researchers and doctoral students aims to create a unique pedagogical experience, enabling leading critical thinkers to conduct an intensive 2-week seminar with members…
Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, December 8-10, 2016 with a half-day Postgraduate Research Student Workshop on Dec 8 The LLH Association of Australasia invites researchers working at the intersection of law and the humanities to explore the complex relations between law, theory, culture, text and visuality. This conference calls on participants to re-affirm…