Season's Greetings from all at IALS!🎄 We will be closing for the Christmas break at 17:00 on Tuesday 23rd December, and reopening at 9:00 on Monday 5th January. Wishing you a peaceful break and we look forward to welcoming you back in 2026!

Call for Convenors - The Law and Humanities Hub at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (LHub) and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) invite proposals from conveners for a new History and Law seminar to be launched in May 2026. Download call 👇 ials.sas.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

Mapping the Arts and Humanities is launching Law & the Humanities in Practice with LHub (@ials.bsky.social), spotlighting how law, arts & humanities shape each other. Blog and podcast now live. Explore the map & get involved! 🎧 Listen to the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0mif... #MAHP

IALS is inviting applications for a practitioner in residence for the academic year 2025-26. We would be especially interested in proposals that respond to the building, its past and potential futures. Full details here 👇 ials.sas.ac.uk/news/call-pr... #LawAndCreativity

Struggling to cite your sources using OSCOLA? Join our training sessions and we'll explain how to cite everything from legislation to websites. Book here: buff.ly/ccOnUCN Note: For citing dreams, we'd suggest you follow guidance on personal communications on p.43 of the OSCOLA manual 😉

Come and join us for the Launch of the Dance and Legal Materialities Network which explores how dance can animate legal materials. Led by IALS librarian Marilyn Clarke, legal researcher Marie Andree Jacob & dance artist/researcher Anna Macdonald. Book your place today! ials.sas.ac.uk/events/dance...

My colleagues at the @ials.bsky.social and I were saddened to learn of the death of our staunch supporter, Fellow, and friend, Professor William Twining, on 9th October. I am grateful to @davidsugarman.bsky.social, who has written an appreciation: ials.sas.ac.uk/news/profess...

New forum ‘Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage Forum’ on Thu 6 Nov 2025, Senate House (hybrid) from BRAID Fellow @amsichani.bsky.social with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Find out more/register here: bit.ly/4mUdESC

Feeling confused? Join us for our legal research training sessions to help you get to grips with the library, finding resources, and using databases. See the full schedule and book a place: buff.ly/O25yFnZ

From Monday 29th September, we will return to our term time opening hours. See full details of our opening hours here: ials.sas.ac.uk/library-term...

LHub has published a number of calls for 2025/26, including for visiting academics at different career levels, visiting artists, networks, and more. Details, deadlines and application forms are here at: ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu...

Our now! Our latest issue of Amicus Curiae, series 2, vol 6, issue 3. Edited by Pablo Cortés, Professor of Civil Justice, University of Leicester with a special section on ESG regulation, guest-edited by Dr Navajyoti Samanta. Read it here: journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus/index

A reminder that our summer opening hours start from today! 🌞 From now until September, we'll be closing earlier on weekdays and Saturdays, and we are closed on Sundays.

Join us here at the IALS on 10th June 2025 for the next event in the LHub Seminar Series, 'Digitising Exclusion: Identity, Citizenship and RightsLogged'. Speaker: Dr Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf, @ihr.bsky.social‬ , School of Advanced Study, University of london ials.sas.ac.uk/events/dr-ev...

💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study @uolondon.bsky.social. Details here: uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...

Join us at ‪@ials.bsky.social‬ on 30 May 2025 at 1:30pm for 'What is an arrest? A performance-as-research legal history workshop'. Organised by, Dr Jonah Miller, @kingscollege.bsky.social‬ and Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke @sheffielduni.bsky.social‬ Booking recommended ials.sas.ac.uk/events/what-...

New date added! 📅 One more chance to Get Dissertation Ready with our afternoon of training sessions on finding sources, referencing with OSCOLA, and formatting with Word. Held online via Zoom on 29th May at 1pm. Book your place now: buff.ly/kCCQ56q

@ials.bsky.social is happy to announce that the film 'Changes in Light', created by @annamacdonaldart.bsky.social , Practitioner in Residence at IALS in 2024, won the award for best short documentary at the #Kiez Berlin Film Festival.

Join us on 13 May for the LHub Seminar: Melting into Space: Enemies of Mankind (Pirates and Other Incalculable #Environmental Contingencies). Speaker: Prof. Bernhard Siegert, @bauhaus_uni buff.ly/Gm1IXB3 #media #communications @lsemedia.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social

How are we doing? Let us know what you think and help us to improve our services by taking part in the IALS library annual reader satisfaction survey. All named entries will be automatically entered into a £50 prize draw! 👉 buff.ly/8IHm7dg

Not long until the Easter weekend! Here are our opening times over the bank holiday period for your calendar 🐰🐣

IALS is delighted to share a post by Prof David Sugarman, “The Politics of #Judicial Decision-Making in the UK’s Top Court: Lessons from the #Pinochet Case”, U.K. Const. L. Blog (31st March 2025) 👇

OUT NOW! The IALS Library spring newsletter. Included in this issue: a look at using AI for academic work and an update on our reading room projects. Read it here 👇

@lselaw.bsky.social @slsauk.bsky.social @oxfordcrim.bsky.social Join us on 18 March for the LHub Seminar Series: Re-orienting #Punishment towards #Forgiveness: The role of interpersonal concepts in legal reconstruction. Free to attend, all welcome. 👇

Registration is now open for the Humanities Summits 2025! Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK. Manchester 15 May, and London 22 May. Free to all but booking is essential. Register now: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Out now, the latest issue of Amicus Curiae (Series 2, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2025). Included in this issue, a special section on surrogacy, edited by Professor Maya Unnithan and Dr Maria Federica Moscati, @sussex.ac.uk Download or read online here 👇

Join us for the LHub Seminar Series event, Mycelium Law on 25 Feb. Speaker: Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, University of Westminster . All welcome but booking essential 👇

The call for applications for Being Human 2025 is now open!💥 We've got funding grants of up to £8,000 available for researchers to hold events as part of this year's national festival of the humanities. Find out more: www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved

'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.' We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures: uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...

Starting to panic about your dissertation? Don't worry! Get Dissertation Ready with our training session on finding sources, referencing with OSCOLA, and formatting with Word. First session on Fri 7th March, book your place now: https://buff.ly/3CNsQ35

The London Student Sustainability Conference 2025 is now open for registrations! Get your free ticket to attend: https://buff.ly/4jHIMnZ The event, now in its 7th year, welcomes attendees to listen and engage with over 50 selected student research and projects.

Job klaxon! Come and work with us as Manager of the Digital Humanities Research Hub in the School of Advanced Study, University of London @dh-researchhub.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities

Join us for our event LHub Seminar Series: Death by water: immersion, ordeal and execution in early medieval England 11 Feb 2025. Speaker, Dr Simon Trafford @ihr_history, @sas_news. Discussant, Dr Danica Summerlin, @sheffielduni 👇

This #free #online #training event, from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social and @ials.bsky.social, will be useful for anyone researching #migration and #refugee narratives - including our friends @refugeetales.bsky.social. www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...

Join us on the 19 Feb at @ials.bsky.social for 'Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI'. Speakers include: @barrycsmith.bsky.social (SAS), Prof @hartzog.bsky.social Boston University and Anna-Maria Sichani ,BRAID Fellow, @dh-researchhub.bsky.social (SAS) 👇

Join us for a timely in-person seminar 'Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI'. Speakers: Prof. Woodrow Hartzog, Prof. Barry C Smith, Dr. Anna-Maria Sichani 🗓️19 February 2025, 5:30pm-7:00pm, in-person at IALS Book your place now!👇 ials.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...

Read the latest blog post in our series 'A Look at the Archives'. This month IALS archivist Clare Cowling looks at our records on legal education in Africa and of individual Africans in the UK. Read it here at: https://buff.ly/3CdcoJf #archives #africa #legaleducation

Need help with your research? Booking is now open for one-to-one advice appointments with an IALS librarian: https://buff.ly/3W7CkwH

Read the latest blog post by @ials_law FIL Librarian Hester Swift, on the rights of indigenous peoples in Europe. Read it here at: https://buff.ly/3OWCHpF @ucllaws.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

Oxford’s one-year full-time traineeships provide an excellent launch pad for subsequent postgraduate qualifications & a professional career. For more on the scheme, see tinyurl.com/mr2ff78h

Interested in a career in history and librarianship? We have a fantastic opportunity to come and work as a Trainee Library Assistant in the IHR Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social . 2 posts available starting in September 2025 for 1 year. Apply by 31st January 2025.

Join us at @ials.bsky.social for a special event 'Windrush and the Law' on 27th January at 1800. We have a great line up of speakers, so join us (in person)! Reception to follow. Further details here: ials.sas.ac.uk/events/windr...

LHub seminar series: What can art teach us about law? An artist talk by Carey Young For over twenty years Carey Young’s artistic work has used video, photography, performance, text and installation to address and critique the field of law. Book now 👇

The Institute and Library will be closing for the Christmas break from 17:00 on Friday 20th December, reopening bright and early at 09:00 on Thursday 2nd January. Wishing everyone a restful and happy holiday 🎄

Happy Taylor Swift's Birthday to all those who celebrate!

I am co-organising the WGHart Workshop in June 2025 funded by @ials.bsky.social and SLS. We recently secured for funding for ECRs/PhDs! Deadline 6 Jan, 5pm. Details below, pls share! ⤵️ ials.sas.ac.uk/sites/defaul... @lawatleeds.bsky.social @makingregisters.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Check out our brand new Library of Things, equipped with a range of items to help you adapt the library spaces to your needs. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3ZKCQTx

If there is any intellectual, cultural, of science, legal, or other historian out there who can point out any study reflecting on early modern court records as sources and the reliability/usefulness of the written records of the witnesses' words/mediation of the secretary, I would b forever grateful

I can’t but always found the library in @ials.bsky.social very helpful