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Research Seminars in Sociology of Law

All open to the public

The Sociology of Law Department arranges a series of research seminars inviting both local and international researchers who are conducting state of the arts research within various areas of law and society.

Spring 2024

Decolonial Sociology of Law Seminar Series

Two groups standing at the edge of a river.

The Sociology of Law Department is undertaking a research seminar series in Spring 2024 focusing on decolonial sociology of law perspectives. Arising out of critical self-reflexivity concerning both the disciplinary origins, theories, and orientations associated with the sociology of law, as well as the role of Sweden as a colonial power, notably in the Arctic region involving Sami peoples, this research seminar series seeks to contribute towards decolonisation in various forms. Bringing together perspectives from scholars at varying career stages, this research seminar series offers a platform for critical discussion and debate on a range of issues germane to decolonising sociology of law, including the role of researchers, positionality, and knowledge production, re-evaluating and reimagining foundational scholarship in the discipline, and exploring ongoing decolonial practices and processes.

Download the seminar series poster.
 

January 17

Seda Kalem
Assistant Professor at the Human Rights Law Research Center, Istanbul Bilgi University

"Ethics of Feminist Lawyering in Turkey"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

January 24

Kobil Ruziev
Associate Professor with the Faculty of Business and Law at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)

"Navigating the Soviet Legacy: Challenges in Reforming Doctoral Education in Uzbekistan"

Peter Finke
Professor and Vice-Dean for the Study Affairs Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Zurich

"A Study in Human Adaptability: Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

January 31

Jan Bazyli Klakla
Specialist in Social Sciences at the Center for Social and Economic Research

"Law and Acculturation. Conceptualisation and Empirical Case Study: Long-Term Slavic Migrants in Poland"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

February 7 - Reza Banakar Memorial Lecture

Mark Fathi Massoud 
Politics and Legal Studies Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz

"Fieldwork and Positionality in Law and Society"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

February 14

Sara Dezalay 
Professor at The Catholic University of Lille (ESPOL)

"Decolonizing Global Value Chains: Lawyers, Symbolic Value and the New Rush for Africa's ‘Green’ minerals"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

March 13

Ndongo Samba Sylla
Head of Research and Policy for the Africa Region at International Development Economics Associates

"Democracy as Imperialism: Elections and Elite Reproduction in Francophone Africa"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

March 20

Foluke Adebisi
Professor at the Law School, University of Bristol

"Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

April 17

Astri Dankertsen
Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University

"Sámi survivance: Homemaking as decolonization of everyday life"

Information about the seminar is available on the calendar.

 

More seminars may be added during the semester.