histories, theories, pitfalls and potentials – call for applications – UK Constitutional Law Association

The Queen Mary Centre of Regulation and Society in a World Context (CLSGC) is thrilled to announce a Masterclass with Professor Philipp Dann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) that may happen on 14-16 January 2025.

The legacies of empire and colonialism have gotten seen all over the place nowadays. They form varied debates in public regulation but additionally point out a brand new part of globalization. The Masterclass will examine these legacies and talk about their varied dimensions and implications in comparative constitutional, public worldwide and European Union regulation. The Class will draw on historical past and political principle, particularly post-/decolonial theories to contextualize public regulation. It would use examples (such because the idea of improvement and democracy) to know how empire and colonialism have formed constitutional, worldwide and European Union regulation and their scholarly reflection over time. However it would additionally flip to the long run and ask contributors to discover the potentials (and pitfalls) for re-imagining public regulation and its scholarship within the twenty first century by means of the colonial lens. The Class is an invite to rethink public regulation and the function of authorized scholarship in a really world method aware of the broader legacies of modernity and colonialism.

For extra details about the workshop and to use, click on right here.

Organisers: Mohsin Bhat, Tanzil Chowdhury and Eva Nanopoulos. 

When: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 – Thursday, January 16, 2025, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Please be aware the beginning and finish instances listed are provisional and can be confirmed at a later date.)The place: TBC