Fall 2009
November 9 and 10
Critical Legalities Symposium - Covering the Law: Documenting Justice in Picture, Performance and Press
This UCI symposium provides an interdisciplinary and international forum to consider the challenges of representing law, lawyers and the justice system. The presentations aim to generate deep discussions about how constructions of law-making and laws’ application both reflect and shape broader understandings of law and justice. Faculty from University of Warwick join participants from the University of California at Irvine, and celebrated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick, in exploring these issues.
Schedule
Monday, November 9, 2009
Session 1: Americanist Depictions of Law
Participants: Christopher Tomlins (Law); Justin Richland (CLS); Matthew Seybold (English)
Monday, 10:30 – 12:00, Humanities Gateway 1010.
Session 2: Renaissance Depictions of Law
Participants: Paul Raffield (Warwick); Julia Lupton (English); Victoria Silver (English); Sam Arkin (English)
Monday 1:30 – 3:30, Humanities Gateway 1010.
Film and Conversation with the filmmaker: Outrage, by Kirby Dick (Lucas Hilderbrand, discussant)
Monday, 4:00 – 6:30, Pacific Ballroom C, UCI Student Center.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Session 3: Law & Print
Participants: Henry Weinstein (Law/English/LJ); Miles Corwin (English/LJ); Barry Siegel (English/LJ)
Tuesday, 10:00 – 11:30, Humanities Gateway 1010.
Plenary Luncheon Address by Gary Watt (University of Warwick): Daumier's Legal Lithographs
Tuesday, 11:30 – 12:30, Humanities Gateway 1010.
Session 4: Trials, Justice, Equity & Violence
Participants: David Pan (German); Ann Van Sant (English); Peter Leman (English); Janelle Reinelt (Warwick)
Tuesday, 1:30-4:00, Humanities Gateway 1010.
All events free & open to the public
Co-sponsored and generously supported by University of Warwick, UCI Humanities Center, UCI School of Humanities, UCI School of Law, UCI School of Social Sciences, UCI School of Social Ecology, UCI Film & Video Center, UCI Office of Research, the Department of Criminology, Law & Society, the Center for Law, Society & Culture, and Jim Peterson & Microsemi.
- Monday, November 16, 12:00-2:00 PM. CLS Conference Room, 2372 Social Ecology II. Center Meeting: Susan Coutin (UCI, CLS); paper title: "Falling Outside: Lawyering, Central Americans, and the Boundaries of Political Asylum." (Discussant: Rachel O'Toole, UCI-History). A copy of Susan's paper can be found here.
Winter 2010
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Wednesday, January 13, 12:00-2:00 PM. Center Meeting: Angela Garcia (UCI, Anthropology); paper title: “Addictive Properties: Intergenerational Heroin Use and the Mark of Inheritance” (Discussant: Donna Schuele, UCI-CLS)
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Thursday, January 28, Time TBA - Workshop: Youth and Digital Culture with John Palfrey (Harvard Law), co-author of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, Tom Boellstorff (UCI, Anthropology), and Mimi Ito (UCI, Information and Computer Science)
Spring 2010
- Law As History: Theory and Method in Legal History (Co-sponsored event with UCI School of Law)
- Symposium: Visualizing Governing Through Crime in California
Past Events
- 2009
- 2004-2008