Summer School: Culture, Rights, Identity: Interfaces between the Humanities and the Law (Osnabrück)
The fourth annual International Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law will be held from August 6 to 18, 2012 at the University of Osnabrück, Germany. Hosted by the Institute of English and American Studies (IfAA), the Summer Institute seeks to bring together advanced graduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral students of the humanities and/or the law from around the world to promote and examine the interdisciplinary study and research of law and culture.
During the two week program, students will partake in a unique experience of scholarly collaboration and exchange through workshops, public lectures, panel discussions, excursions and a final symposium. Participating faculty in this year’s Summer Institute include: Rosemary J. Coombe (York University, Toronto), Helle Porsdam (University of Copenhagen), Fiona Macmillan (Birkbeck School of Law, University of London), Joseph Slaughter (Columbia University, New York), Kay Schaffer (University of Adelaide) with more faculty to be announced in the upcoming weeks.
More information: http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/lawandculture