Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law

Prof. Helle Porsdam

We are happy to announce officially that Professor Helle Porsdam (University of Copenhagen) will be coming to Osnabrück in August to convene the workshop “Culture, Cultural Rights, and the Nation State” together with Prof. Leti Volpp.

Helle Porsdam is a Professor of American Studies and American History at the SAXO Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Her primary research interests are focused on American culture and intellectual history, the role of law in American history and culture, American constitutionalism, the relationship between law and politics in the US and Europe, the cultural role of human rights, and law and humanities. She was the project leader of CULTIVATE, a three-year research collaboration between the universities of Copenhagen, Uppsala, London, Utrecht and Iceland and part of the HERA Joint Research Programme for the theme “Humanities as a Source of Creativity and Innovation” (www.cultivateproject.dk).

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We are happy to announce that – due to the strong interest in this year’s Institute – we will offer additional slots for participation. We will therefore extend the application deadline until April 6!

For those who have already applied: we will start the selection process soon and will send out admission letters within a month from the new deadline.

We are happy to announce a special gathering for OSI staff, conveners, and alumni at the 17th annual convention of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities (ASLCH)  in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

We have two events planned:

1. Whoever is up for a guided tour of the historic campus should meet with us at the main entrance of the law school at 5:30pm. After the tour, we will take the bus to downtown Charlottesville to have dinner together…

2. If you want to join us for dinner, please meet us at the The Whiskey Jar in downtown Charlottesville at 7pm. This is a restaurant/pub that specializes in regional cuisine (“new Southern”), local food suppliers, and, as the name implies, in whiskey.

We are excited to see as many of you as possible!

After last year’s participation in the ASLCH conference at Birkbeck Law School, the OSI director, Peter Schneck, will chair a panel at this year’s ASLCH conference, featuring OSI staff, conveners, and alumni. We are very much looking forward to the conference, which will take place on March 10-11 at the University of Virginia School of Law. You will find more information and the full ASLCH program here.

Besides interacting intellectually, we are in the process of organizing another get-together of OSI alumni and faculty members at the conference. If you are an alumni or faculty member and plan on attending the ASLCH conference, please let us know in advance so we can keep you posted.