Wednesday, November 25, 2009

ASLH Meeting Highlights now Online

Charles Donahue, Jr., Harvard Law School, Past President of the American Society for Legal History and webmaster extraordinaire has posted details of the recent ASLH annual meeting in Dallas on the Society's webpage.

Highlights of the meeting include election results and prizes, as well as photographs of the annual luncheon taken by Carol F. Lee. Among the news items:
  • The ALSH website has a new address.

  • The Law and History Review is moving from the University of Illinois Press to the Cambridge University Press, resulting in various changes.

  • The torch was passed, as President Maeva Marcus handed over the gavel to the incoming president, Constance Backhouse.

Details about this year's program, including abstract for many of the papers, are here.

Info about next year's meeting in Philadelphia is here.

Photos by Carol F. Lee: Charles Donohue, Jr., President Maeva Marcus and incoming President Constance Backhouse.