Notice:
This event occurs in the past.
13th Annual Legal Studies Graduate Conference
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- In-person event
- Atrium, Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
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.