Past Schedules
2010-11 Schedule
October 6: Deepa Das Acevedo, The University of Chicago, Department of Anthropology
Law in the public’s interest?
October 20: Sheldon Bernard Lyke, The University of Chicago, Department of Sociology
Where in the World is Brown v. Board of Education?: Cosmopolitan Innovation and the Denationalization of an American Civil Rights Case
November 3: Charlotte Walker, The University of Chicago, Human Rights Program
Intimate Enemies: Law, Politics, and the Art of Adjudication in Colonial Africa
November 17: David Schraub, The University of Chicago, Law School
Sticky Slopes
December 1: Jessica Neptune, The University of Chicago, Department of History
“Warring on Poverty is Warring on Crime”: The Politics of Personal Responsibility And the Urban Crisis
January 12: Jennifer Amos, The University of Chicago, Department of History
This Workshop has been Rescheduled to March 9
January 26: Noa Vaisman,, The University of Chicago, Human Rights Program
“Legal Subjectivities, Bodily Property and Human Rights”
February 16: Maya Ibars, The University of Chicago, Law School
Radical Feminism in Asylum Law: Rody Alvarado re-read as a claim for persecution for political opinion
February 23: Patrick Barry, The University of Chicago, Law School
Law and the Literary Mind
March 9: Jennifer Amos, The University of Chicago, Department of History
The Soviet Union and the UN Charter: Peace, Sovereignty and Rights (1941-1945)
March 16: Benjamin Schonthal, The University of Chicago, History of Religions
Religious Freedom at Empire’s End: Colonialism, Constitutionalism and the Regulation of Religion in late colonial Ceylon
April 6: Darryl Heller, The University of Chicago, Department of History
Race and the Obligations of Common Carriers: Desegregating Horsecars in Antebellum New York, 1840-1881
May 4: Arvind Elangoven, The University of Chicago, Department of History
May 18: John Felipe Acevedo, The University of Chicago, Department of History
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2009-10 Schedule
October 7: Colin Wilder, University of Chicago History Department.
Liberal Legacies of Early Modern Europe?: A history of liberalism, the rule of law, constitutionalism and the Rechtsstaat.
October 21: Jane Dailey, University of Chicago History Department
Hesitating Between Two Worlds
November 4: Lauren Coyle, University of Chicago Anthropology Department
Bourgeois Totality and Juridical Universality as Commodity Form: Retracing Hegel in Adorno’s Negative Dialectics and Related Lectures
November 18: Carly Schuster, University of Chicago, Anthropology Department
On “mau” cars: legal arbitrage, vehicle registration, and the “irregular” used car market in Paraguay
January 13: James Tierney, University of Chicago, Law School
Sovereign Power, Human Rights, and Hypocrisy Costs
January 27: Jennifer Amos, University of Chicago History Department
The Unwelcomed Judge: Soviet Participation at Nuremberg
February 10: Mitelpunkt, University of Chicago History Department
Duck Fights: The Americanization of Israel, 1980s-1990s
February 24: Erika Vause, University of Chicago History Department
‘He Who Rushes To Riches Will Not Be Innocent’: The Demiannay Bank and the Problem of Bankruptcy Under the July Monarchy
March 10: Sabahat Adil, University of Chicago Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Maliki Jurisprudence and the Constructed Environment in al-Andalus: Preliminary Considerations
March 31: Maya Ibars, University of Chicago Law School
The Influence of Interest Groups in Immigration Policy: a Comparison of the American and French Experiences in the 1990s.
April 14: Adrian Johns, University of Chicago History Department
The History, Nature, and Implications of the Intellectual Property Defense Industry.
April 28: Bernard Harcourt, University of Chicago Law School
Measurement and Neoliberalism
May 12: Ryon Lancaster, University of Chicago, Sociology Department
Social Structure and Formal Law: Social Attributes and the Outcomes of Employment Discrimination Cases
June 3: John F. Acevedo, University of Chicago History
The Ideological Origins of the Right to Counsel
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