Saturday, February 23, 2008

Newberry Library Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History

Center for Renaissance Studies
Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History


"Criminal Justice in the British Atlantic World, 1500-1850"


Friday, February 29, 2008 ~ 9 am- 5 pm

The Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History is sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and organized by Bruce Smith. The Symposium gathers yearly under the auspices of the Center for Renaissance Studies in order to explore a particular topic in the comparative legal history of the Atlantic world in the periodc.1492-1815. For a tentative list of speakers and more information on the symposium, please visit this page.

Registration

While there is no fee to attend the Newberry Library's Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History, participants should register in advance. To register, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies at 312.255.3514, or at renaissance@newberry.org. Funds may be available for graduate students and faculty of Consortium institutions to travel to the Newberry Library to attend the Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History. If you have any questions,please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies.

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