I loved editing this new Arts essay👇 fab interdisciplinary scholarship ⭐; unison gives way to polyvocal views. Do read to the end: this is 1st arts review of music in L&H & it flags creative space for future collaboration between lawyers, artists & those with lived experiences of rights violations.

'Art Law in Fiction and Film': event at National Gallery, London, 11am-12pm, Tues 9th Dec, organised by the Art Lawyers' Association. And to our L&H community: if you go, please say 👋 to our Arts Editor @drelenacooper.bsky.social who will be attending! tinyurl.com/2w7fcmue

For anyone who missed UBC-Allard Professor Godwin Dzah's excellent CNLH Presents talk, it is now available on our website: cnlh.ubc.ca/cnlh-present...

Critical Times Law & Humanities Summer School University of Lucerne July 6-10, 2026. Open to PhD, PostDoc, Grads to re/think the significance of bodies in various contexts, situations and relations. Or to ask: do bodies still matter? Deadline: March 20, 2026 More Info: www.unilu.ch/en/faculties...

Very exciting, there is a new learned society in legal studies, the Legal Humanities Association. It's based in the UK but very explicitly international in focus. It aims to foster a community dedicated to cultural understandings of law. legalhumanities.com

The legal humanities are a global phenomenon. Read why the IHA now has an established working group in this area from our WG Co-Chair @adamhanna.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.irishhumanities.com/blog/the-leg...

As #internationallaw is put on pressure, Sophocles’ Antigone is an age-old referent of its material source. And a reminder that you can deny/diminish its effective power as ‘higher law’ but you cannot eliminate its heartbeat. Our sensibility to suffered injustice & calls to ‘Justice herself’

CfP: announcing the 8th L&H Roundtable workshop 'Visions of Democracy in Art and Literature' @tcddublin.bsky.social on 19 Jun 2026. Submit abstracts to [email protected] by Fri 6 Feb @legalhumanities.bsky.social @sophiedoherty.bsky.social @dkennytcd.bsky.social @drelenacooper.bsky.social 👇

We're delighted to see the annual Law and Humanities roundtable is coming to Ireland for the first time (in association with the @irishhumanities.bsky.social Legal Humanities Working Group). Congratulations and best of luck to the leads, Róisín Costello and David Gurnham. CFP below!

We're searching for a new Editor-in-Chief! Please see Call for Applications: legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/law-...

Now Published! Mod. Crim. L. Rev. 1:2 (2025): Special Issue on Criminal Law, Literature, and History (Simon Stern, guest editor) crimlrev.net/mclr-articles/ @elisewang.bsky.social @lizpappkamali.bsky.social @simon8.bsky.social @hkpmw.bsky.social @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social

On Thursday, November 6, join us in person or online for a discussion of humanistic and arts-based approaches to law scholarship with Allard Law Professor Godwin Dzah. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...

🎨 CMS invites artists to submit for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱–𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! Explore how migrants navigate physical, social, political, and identity borders, revealing journeys of exclusion, hope, pain, and resilience. Prizes: 🥇$1,250 🥈$250 Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/interna...

On Jan 22, join us for a free screening of Pride vs. Prejudice: the Delwin Vriend Story, followed by a panel discussion. This award-winning documentary traces the development of human rights protections for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in Canada. Register now: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...

Call for Papers: "World Literature and Disappearance" for a special issue of ARIEL (A Review of International English Lit) Abstract & Bio due Feb 1, 2026 via email to Peter Leman [email protected] & Joseph Wager [email protected]

ATTN Grad Students: 26th Annual UBC Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Grad Conference May 7-8, 2026 in Vancouver @allard.ubc.ca Theme: "Is Law the Answer? Engaging the Law's Responses to Difficult Questions." Abstracts DUE: Feb 13, 2026 via email to [email protected]

Call for Papers & Grad Workshop: @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social LCH Conference June 17-18, 2026 & Grad Workshop June 16, 2026 at DePaul in Chicago, USA// Theme: Uprooted Law: Reflecting on the Origins & Outgrowths of Law// Deadline: Jan 31, 2025// More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...

Save the Date! @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social LCH Conference June 17-18, 2026 (Grad Student Workshop June 16, 2026) at DePaul in Chicago, USA// Deadline: Jan 31, 2026// More Info Soon: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers: Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography// March 17-20, 2026 in Chile// Deadline: Nov 10, 2025// More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers: Conceptualising the Demise of Law for the upcoming World Congress of the Int'l Assoc Phil of Law & Social Phil// Meeting June 28-Jul 3, 2026 in Istanbul// Deadline: Nov 21, 2025// More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...

Anyone with an interesting Postdoc idea related to critical legal theory, law/exception, public order, policing, strikes or critical engagements with human rights, drop me a line. The timeline is short on this (23rd of Oct) but its well worth applying: www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.

Brilliant new special issue of Law and Critique available on Memory Politics: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... Law and Literature: The Irish Case - now in paperback! £24, so a bit easier on your library budgets

Over the moon to see my paper with artist Travis De Vries has been published in @law-and-humanities.bsky.social. Our paper is framed through a series of conversations about art, law, and justice. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1752...

Out now in The Burlington: my review of Martinez & Roman Female Printmakers, Printsellers & Print Publishers: The Imprint of Women 1700-1830'. "pushes back against the archival gender bias that has informed record creation & preservation"; important focus on prints, understudied cf to painting.

A new Meet the Book Author post had been added to the CLS website 📖 Join us as Russell L. Dees shares insights into his book 'Great Trials and the Law in the Historical Imagination: A Law and Humanities Approach'. centreoflawandsociety.co.uk/2024/08/01/m...

A new Meet the Book Author post had been added to the CLS website 📖 Join us as Hendrik Hartog shares insights into his book 'Nobody's Boy and His Pals: The story of Jack Robbins and the boys' brotherhood republic'. centreoflawandsociety.co.uk/2024/08/30/m... #CentreofLawandSociety

UBC Public Humanities Hub Student Reading Group with Author Nilo Tabrizy's, For the Sun After Long Nights (Penguin Random House) [Meeting: October 27 & 29, 2025] More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/ubc-public-h...

We're currently heading towards ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS of our #OpenAccess books. If you're interested in any of our recent titles, such as Before Grenfell, Law, Humanities and the COVID Crisis, or The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy, download them for free and help us reach this milestone! uolpress.co.uk

In this episode of ‘room with a view’. In Hong Kong for the annual conference of the Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia. Good papers, lovely people, and even the jet lag is just a minor inconvenience when you can spend those sleepless hours staring at a view like this.

My department at Morehouse is hiring. If you study race, law, and American politics and want a tenure-track job at a place that will support your work better than most, please apply. morehouse.peopleadmin.com/postings/12898

To view presentation abstracts, our amazing lineup of speakers, & registration for online attendance, please visit the event page below. We hope you will join us for this exciting event! It will be streamed, but not recorded. We appreciate your understanding. japanpastandpresent.org/en/jpp-event...

We are hiring in the Lehigh U journalism department, a tenure-track position focused on technology law and policy. We take a multidisciplinary approach to platform governance and AI here that includes social sciences/humanities. Opportunity for someone wanting to make an impact. Spread the word!

Call for Participation: 2026 Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars [Deadline: Dec 1, 2025] More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-par...

Call for Abstracts: Stories of Separation and Gathering in Legal and Creative Imaginaries for Legal Humanities and Creative Writing Workshop [Deadline: Dec 1, 2025] More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-abs...

Call for Contributions: Abolitionist Imagination--Arts Praxis, Process, and Pedagogy in Action for special issue of Crime, Media, Culture [Deadline: Dec 15, 2025] More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-con...

Call for Papers & Posters: Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference 2026 @slsauk.bsky.social and LHA-- Dance/Law Stream (Deadline: Oct 30 & Dec 18) More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...

Have you developed your paper or session idea for the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting yet? Submissions close on October 21, 2025! Theme: Sanctuary Submission requirements: bit.ly/LSASF2026 Submit here (LSA Login Required): bit.ly/LSA2601 #CallForPapers #LSASF2026

UBC-Melbourne Exchange Lecture- "A Right to Record? Patients with Smartphones, Doctors with AI, and the Law Caught in Between" with Dr. Megan Prictor on Thursday, Oct 9 12:30pm-1:45pm Rm 122 Allard and Zoom @allard.ubc.ca Info: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies University of Lucerne Call for Visiting Fellows 2026- Open to PhD-Postdocs working at intersections of law, humanities& social sciences with diverse focus on critical & theoretical approaches. Deadline: Sept 30, 2025 www.unilu.ch/en/faculties...

"Pride vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story" documentary screening on October 7 from 4:30-7:30pm on UBC Vancouver Campus (AMS Norm Theatre 130-6138 Student Union). Use QR code to register.

Katharina Herget @kherget.bsky.social‬ & Thomas Weitin, Law as a Narrative Source: The Criminal Case Studies of Der Neue Pitaval openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10.... 570 criminal case studies published as OA resource fantastic source law/narrative/history @lpcprof.bsky.social

📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

my piece on "Reading and Writing Race in Law and Literature" is out in advance online, European Journal of English Studies - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@lawandhistrev.bsky.social @jgienapp.bsky.social @geoffreykirsch.bsky.social @lawhumanitiesca.bsky.social @juliestonepeters.bsky.social @nomideplume.bsky.social ‬

Check out the CNLH Summer 2025 Newsletter: mailchi.mp/fba9d6e2c068...

We are excited about the launch of The Global Law and the Humanities Mentorship Programme, a joint initiative of law and humanities organizations established to support early-career scholars through mentorship. The opening meeting is set for October. More information: ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu...

The University of St. Gallen in Switzerland is advertising a 3 year, fully funded PhD position in law and humanities in the fields of medical, legal humanities, and cultural studies. Deadline July 31. More info here: jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...