Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
13th Annual Legal Studies Graduate Conference
March 14, 2018 at 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
| Location: | Atrium Richcraft Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
Hosting presentations on the craft that goes into laws and stories, the fairytale and fallacy of just outcomes, and representation. Paper topics may include but are not limited to:
Socio-legal analyses of pop-culture, film, fiction, myths, and literature
Consequential endings, ongoing stories, utopias, and dystopias
Legal narratives and storytelling
Cliffhangers, climaxes, and To Be Continued…
Feminist and queer futures, interpretations, and retellings
Allegory and symbolism in stories and law
Indigenous legal narratives and justice
Affect and the role of emotions in law and governance
Finding legal tropes and the genres of law
Afrofuturism, critical race theory and constructing ‘ever after’
For questions or submissions, please contact Lauren Menzie.