The Legal and Social History Workshop at Cambridge University "welcomes speakers and attendees working on or interested in socio-legal history, irrespective of period or location." It fosters connections across disciplines, and features the work of graduate students. More about the workshop here.Here is the line-up this term (Michaelmas 2019):
- Tuesday, 22 Oct. 2019: Christopher Whittell, 'An adulterate coin? The coinage of the British republic (1649-1660) within the tradition of English common law'
- Tuesday, 5 Nov. 2019: Fleur Stolker, 'Bankruptcy and insolvency in the early modern Court of Chancery, 1543-1628'
- Tuesday, 19 Nov. 2019: Rob Bates, 'An Organized Suspicion? Structuring Administration in the American Civil War Pension System, c.1875-1882'
- Tuesday, 3 Dec. 2019: Saumya Saxena, 'Court'ing Hindu Nationalism: The Supreme Court of India and the rise of Hindutva'
All sessions will take place at 5.15pm in the Boardroom, History Faculty. All graduates and post docs are welcome. Convenors: Stephanie Brown (seb208@cam.ac.uk), Laura Flannigan (lf416@cam.ac.uk), Ian King (ik361@cam.ac.uk).
--Mitra Sharafi
