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 2025
January 22 - Lawyers and State Transformation Series
Antoine Vauchez
Research Professor in Political Sociology and Law, French National Centre for Scientific Research
"The Neoliberal Republic: Corporate Lawyers, Statecraft, and the Making of Public-Private France"
Information about the seminar is available in the calendar.
February 5
Joshua Wilson
Professor, Political Science Department, University of Denver
Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies, University of Helsinki (2024-25)
"The Least Dangerous Branch?: Understanding Recent Developments in the US Conservative Legal Movement"
Information about the seminar is available in the calendar.
February 12
Mateo Villamil-Valencia
PhD in Anthropology and Visiting Researcher and Lecturer at Malmö University
"Whirlpools of Solidarity: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and the Struggle for Justice in Political Action"
Information about the seminar is available in the calendar.
March 5
Roger Cotterrell
Anniversary Professor of Legal Theory, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
"Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies: Intersecting Fields"
Information about the seminar will be available in the calendar.
March 19
Yafa Shanneik
Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies, Lund University
"Governing Health, Family and Religion: The Biopolitics of Genetic Counselling and Religious Family Formations"
Information about the seminar is available in the calendar.
March 26
Mekonnen Ayano
Associate Professor, University of Buffalo
"Lawyering on the Eve of War: The Role of Law and Lawyers in Ethiopia’s Civil War"
Information about the seminar is available in the calendar.
April 23 (CANCELLED)
David Cowan
Journal of Law and Society Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, Cardiff University
Emelie Cloatre
Professor in Law, University of Kent
Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen
Associate Professor of Sociology of Law, Aalborg University
Ole Hammerslev
Professor of Sociology of Law, Lund University
"The object(s) of legality"
Information about the seminar will be available in the calendar.
More research seminars may be added during the course of the semester.