Selden's Sister presents the symposium “Celebrating Women in Legal History: The Lives and Legacies of Early Women Legal Historians” at the School of Law and Social Justice Building, The University of Liverpool on September 1, 2023.
Selden’s Sister are a collaborative body of legal historians across multiple UKHE institutions. We seek to champion the work of contemporary female legal historians, and highlight past contributions of women to legal history. This SLS-funded, one-day hybrid symposium aims to celebrate the contributions of women to early legal historical scholarship, to commemorate the achievements of under-appreciated figures in legal history, and to assess their contributions in light of present understandings of the discipline.
Programme:
11:00-11:15 Opening Remarks: Dr Lorren Eldridge
11:15-12:30 Panel One: Pathbreakers in Legal History
Dr Fleur Stolker (University of Oxford): Dame CV Wedgwood and the trial of Charles I
Christine George (New York University Law Library): Missing Mildred Miles
Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent): Rights and Duties of Englishwomen: the life and work of Erna Reiss (1888-1974?)
Cheryl Warden (University of Stirling) and Anna Pavicic (University of Stirling)
Chair: Professor Gwen Seaborne
12:30-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:30 Panel Two: Women Working Together
Dr Jennifer Aston (Northumbria University) and Prof. Olive Anderson (deceased, Westfield College): For Wives Alone: Economic Divorce in mid-nineteenth century England and Wales
Dr Sharon Thompson (University of Cardiff): Family Law Reformists as Feminist Legal Historians: The Married Women’s Association
Taylor Starr (Yorke University, Canada): Epistemological Acquiescence: Women and Feminist Legal Theory in Canadian Law Faculties, 1961-1994
Associate Professor Valentina Cvetkovic Ðordevic and Assistant Professor Nina Kršljanin (University of Belgrade): Women scholars in legal history at the university of Belgrade faculty of law
Chair: Rihannon Ogden Jones
14:30-14:45 Tea/ Coffee Break
14:45-16:00 Panel Three: Stair’s Sister: Celebrating Women in Law in Scotland
Professor Maria Fletcher (University of Glasgow): The ‘Women in Law’ Project and Dialogues about the Past, Present and Future: Feminist Theory and Method in Practice.
Dr Charlie Peevers (University of Glasgow): Alternative Visions of International Law, War and Peace: Women, Scotland and Global Order in the early 20th century
Dr Rebecca Mason (Scottish Parliament): Shadow economies of Scottish women’s legal work
Lisa Cowan (University of Edinburgh): Aere perennius: The Life and Legacy of Professor Olivia Robinson
Chair: Dr Sarah White
16:00-16:15 Tea/ Coffee Break
16:15-17:30 Roundtable Discussion: Women in Legal History Now
Professor Chantal Stebbings (University of Exeter)
Professor Catherine Macmillan (King’s College London)
Professor Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter)
Chair: Dr Joanna McCunn
17:30-17:45 Closing Remarks: Dr Emily Ireland
17:45-18:45 Drinks Reception
