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Feb 11 2022

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OSI 2022: “No Trespassing? Property/Theory between the Disciplines”

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Alive and Kicking!

We are happy to announce that the 8th International Osnabrück Summer Institute (OSI) on the Cultural Study of the Law will be held from July 16 to 24, 2022 at Osnabrück University. We are hard at work organizing the OSI 2022, which will address questions of property from an interdisciplinary perspective.

More details will be announced here and on @osi_tweets in the following weeks. So be on the lookout for updates!

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Mar 06 2017

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OSI 2017 Announced!

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We are happy to announce the call for applications for the 7th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law (OSI) today. It will be held from August 6 to 13, 2017 in Osnabrück, Germany. This year the title of the OSI is “Contentious Claims – Negotiating Ownership in Law and Culture,” a topic that is represented in the workshops that will be held by a diverse international faculty.

For more details please visit the OSI 2017 page.

Information on eligibility, the application process and fees are available on our applications page.

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Apr 08 2015

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Stephen Best joins the 2015 Osnabrück Summer Institute

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We are photo_Stephen Best_July 2014_New Yorkpleased 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 »

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Mar 12 2015

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Applications for OSI 2015 Now Open

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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.

>Go to application page

 

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Mar 04 2015

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Announcing the 2015 Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law

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OSI 2015 Poster_2We are happy to announce that the sixth International Osnabrueck Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law will be held from August 3 to 9, 2015 at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany. It aims to encourage and further promote the interdisciplinary study and research of the interrelations between law and culture, based on the idea that the extended cultural study of the law will foster profitable scholarly exchange and dialogue between legal studies and the humanities.

The Institute will offer a combination of thematic workshop sessions, small group seminars and a final symposium for 15-20 international participants (doctoral, post-doctoral and advanced M.A. – see below for eligibility). The introductory workshop will address the range and potential of interdisciplinary studies and approaches in field of law and the humanities. The remaining thematic sessions and small group seminars will focus on key issues and debates in current cultural legal studies, for example:

  • The tripartite relationship between culture, cultural rights, and the nation state
  • The historical emergence of dominant (legal) concepts of property as well as current struggles about culture as heritage, property and resource for creativity (including concepts such as copyright, intellectual property and authorship)
  • The cultural presence and representation of the law and the role of culture in the representation and dissemination of the concept of rights (e.g. law and literature, life writing and human rights, visual culture and rights rhetoric)

The main objective of the Institute is the encouragement of scholarly exchange across disciplines and the critical debate of current research projects and work in progress. Participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own work both within the larger group and in individual sessions with members of the OSI faculty.

Faculty for the 2015 OSI include:

  • Stephen Best (Berkeley, English)
  • Cristina S. Martinez (Ottawa, Visual Arts)
  • Richard Perry (CSU San José / Berkeley Law)
  • Leti Volpp (Berkeley Law)
  • Martin Zeilinger (Toronto, OCAD)

In addition, the OSI will feature a professional workshop presenting and discussing scholarship and grant opportunities for young international researchers sponsored by the EU and the German Academic Exchange Service.

You can download the announcement poster here.

We will post more information and the program of the 2015 OSI soon. To stay tuned subscribe to our mailing list, like us on Facebook or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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