Author Archives: shaunnagh.dorsett

Join us for the third Legal Histories of Empire symposium! Our speakers: Professor Saheed Aderinto,“Let Us Be Kind to Our Dumb Friends”: The Imperial Root of Animal Cruelty Laws in Colonial Nigeria Animal cruelty legislations were rooted in the affirmation … Continue reading →

Beyond the Pale: Legal Histories on the Edges of Empires Maynooth University, 29 June-1 July 2022 Empires. Plural. Across time and across the globe, interconnected, mutually constitutive. We invite papers which consider the interconnections and the legal relations between empires. … Continue reading →

The Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is delighted to offer a bursary scheme for scholars who wish to attend and deliver a talk at the Legal Histories of Empires conference … Continue reading →

The organising committee is delighted to announce the keynote panel for the conference. Title: Anglicisation of and through law in British America, Ireland, and India, c.1550-1800 Speakers: Jane Ohlmeyer, Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin Richard J … Continue reading →

The organising committee is delighted to confirm the re-scheduled dates for the Conference. When: 29 June-1 July 2022 Where: Maynooth University, Ireland What: Beyond the Pale: Legal Histories on the Edges of Empires CFP: Out in the next week or … Continue reading →

Join us for the second of several symposia planned for 2020 and 2021 for Legal Histories of Empire. Our speakers: Lisa Ford: ‘The King’s Colonial Peace: Variable subjecthood and the transformation of empire’ This paper is drawn from my forthcoming … Continue reading →