CALL FOR PAPERS
7th ANNUAL CARLETON LEGAL STUDIES CONFERENCE:
Conceptualizing Space: Law, Society and the Subject
MARCH 14, 2012
CARLETON UNIVERSITY – LAW DEPARTMENT
OTTAWA, ON
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: FEBRURARY 1st, 2012
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The Law Department at Carleton University is pleased to invite all students to submit abstracts to its annual graduate student conference on March 14, 2012. The Conceptualizing Space theme of the conference invites student submissions from a wide range of interdisciplinary backgrounds and critical perspectives.
OVERVIEW:
Law affects individuals and groups, processes and places. This conference is interested in the place of law in social, political, economic and cultural life. By situating law in relation to other social institutions and social theories it is possible to conceptualize law spatially and uncover unique legal spaces, to present novel perspectives for understanding ideology, culture, identity, and social life.
Conceptualizing space can be a means of uncovering gaps, faults and cracks within traditional spaces of legislation, courtrooms and prisons. Space can be both conceptual and physical in nature. Projects could examine political or social spaces of contestations. By examining inclusion and exclusion, we hope to explore where law can regulate or intervene in socio-politically contested areas.
We invite scholars to investigate the inter-relationships of law within the context of our theme Conceptualizing Space. In the spirit of the interdisciplinary nature of the conference we encourage submissions that blend, cross, enlarge or challenge interdisciplinary boundaries. The proposed paper should situate, evaluate and critique these relationships through a legal lens.
We strongly encourage scholars to be creative in their interpretation of the theme, and give it their own individual meaning. Abstracts from scholars in all fields are welcome. We encourage submissions from disciplines intersecting with law, (including but not limited to economics, political science, anthropology, history, sociology, gender studies, psychology, cultural studies and philosophy.) Upper-year undergraduate students are welcome and encouraged to submit abstracts.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Submissions must include a proposed paper title, an abstract of approximately 300 words, and up to five keywords that best frame your paper. Please include your full name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 1st, 2012.
Please send proposed abstracts, and any questions by e-mail to: legal_studies_conference@
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