The Program in Law and History is pleased to announce the Spring 2009 workshop series. This semester, sessions held over lunch on Fridays, from 12:15 P.M.-1:15 P.M. in Lindquist & Vennum Conference Room on the 3rd floor of the Law School.
Program in Law and History Spring 2009 Workshop Series
The Program in Law and History is pleased to announce the Spring 2009 workshop series. This semester, sessions held over lunch on Fridays, from 12:15-1:15 in Lindquist & Vennum Conference Room on the 3rd floor of the Law School (unless otherwise noted). The list of presenters is immediately below and papers will be posted a week in advance on the Program website: http://www.law.umn.edu/law_history/index.html
Spring 2009 Workshop Schedule
January 30: Kirsten Nussbaumer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Minnesota, “‘A Fundamental Article of Republican Government’: Fixity of Suffrage Law in the U.S. Constitution of 1787-88.��?
February 20: Danny LaChance, 2008 Erickson Graduate Fellow, Program in Law and History/PhD candidate, American Studies, University of Minnesota, “State of Confusion: Social Engineering, Vigilante Distrust, and Capital Punishment in the Contemporary United States.��?
February 27: Xiangyu Hu, PhD candidate, History, University of Minnesota, “The Emperor’s Men or the Manchu Lords’ Slaves? The Bannerman, the Emperor, and the Manchu Banner Lord.��?
March 6: Eva Van Dassow, Associate Professor, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, University of Minnesota, TBA.
March 13: Mary Lou Fellows, Everett Fraser Professor of Law, University of Minnesota, “Æthelgifu's Will as Hagiography.��? NOTE: to be held in Room 475 of the Law School
April 3: Andy Urban, 2008-09 Alumni Fund Fellow, Program in Law and History/PhD candidate, History, University of Minnesota, “"Thieves in the Home: Criminal Law, Domestic Servants, and the Maintenance of Social Boundaries."
April 17: Masako Nakamura, 2008-09 Alumni Fund Fellow, Program in Law and History/PhD candidate, History, University of Minnesota, TBA. NOTE: to be held in Room 475 of the Law School
April 24: Jeff Manuel, PhD candidate, History, University of Minnesota, "Taconite's Life in the Law: A Non-Modern History."
May 1: Erika Lee, Fesler-Lampert Professor in the Public Humanities Associate, Professor Department of History and Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota, TBA.
