Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law

Cristina S. Martinez will return to Osnabrück, bringing her expertise in art history and the law to the 2015 Osnabrück Summer Institute. Together with Martin Zeilinger, she will convene the introductory workshop on interdisciplinarity, Humanities and the Law.

She holds a PhD in Art History and Law from Birkbeck College, University of London, and completed a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto. Cristina S. Martinez is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa and a lecturer in the School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University. She is currently working on her book  ‘Art, Law and Order: The Legal Life of Artists in Eighteenth-century Britain’ which will be published by Manchester University Press. The forthcoming book has been recognized by the Historians of British Art with its annual Publication Award. Continue Reading »

We are happy to announce that Dr. Martin Zeilinger will join the Summer Institute as a faculty member again, sharing his expertise in law and culture in the introductory workshop “The Complex Relation between Culture and Law: Methods, Concepts, and Approaches.”

Martin Zeilinger holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto. His research interests include appropriation as an artistic practice in analog and digital media; theories of authorship, creativity and cultural ownership; and alternative intellectual property models emerging in digital creative communities. Continue Reading »

We are pleased to welcome Stephen Best at this year’s Summer Institute for the first time, granting the student insights into his work at the intersection of law and the humanities.

Stephen Best is Associate Professor of English at UC-Berkeley. He is the author of The Fugitive’s Properties: Law and the Poetics of Possession (University of Chicago, 2004), a study of slavery, property, and legal hermeneutics in nineteenth-century American literary and legal culture. Continue Reading »

We are happy to announce that Leti Volpp will be returning to this year’s Summer Institute, sharing her expertise in the field of law and the humanities with the students.

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We are pleased to officially announce the opening of the application platform for the 6th International Osnabrück Summer Institute (OSI), Emergent Paradigms: Current Issues and Debates in Cultural Legal Studies, that will take place August 3 to 9, 2015. Hosted by the Institute of English and American Studies (IfAA), the Summer Institute seeks to promote and examine the interdisciplinary study and research of law and culture.

Applicants should complete:

• An application form.
• A statement of purpose not exceeding two pages, describing current scholarly interests, current research, and a short statement on how the Summer Institute would specifically further said interests and research.
• A curriculum vitae.

Both PhD students and post-docs interested in taking part in the OSI should submit their applications no later than April 15, 2015.

We are looking forward to your applications!

Questions
Questions about the OSI may be directed at the Summer Institute Coordinator via email.

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