February 13 | Laurent Mayali (Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley), Topic: "On the Meaning of Words and Things: Semantics and Law in Medieval Jurisprudence." |
February 21 | Nancy Polikoff (American University School of Law), Topic: "Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law." Location: Room 103 Time: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
March 5 | Megan Reid (USC Dept of Religion), Topic: "Punishment and Appropriate Justice in Islamic Societies." |
March 12 | West Coast Law & Literature Symposium - "Banishment and Jurisdictional Identity in Seventeenth-Century New England." Keynote: Nan Goodman (University of Colorado, English Dept.) This event will be held in the Faculty Lounge, Room 433 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Click here for the schedule. |
April 2 | Josephine McDonagh (King's College, London) Topic: "On Settling and Being Unsettled: Motion and Emotion in Dickens's Bleak House." |
April 23 | Carolyn Sale (University of Alberta, English Dept.), Topic: "‘The King is a Thing’: The King’s Prerogative and the Treasure of the Realm in Plowden’s Report of the 'Case of Mines' and Shakespeare’s Hamlet." I Coverletter |