SLSA E‐Newsletter
| Published date | 01 September 2017 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12040 |
| Date | 01 September 2017 |
Socio-Legal
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SO CI O -L EG A L NE W SL ET T ER • NO8 0 • A U TU MN / WI NT E R 2 01 6
N E W S L E T T E R
TH E N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E S O C I O - L E G A L S T U D I E S A S S O C I A T I O N AU T U M N / W I N T E R 2016
No 80
SLSA 2017: NEWCASTLE
The SLSA’s Annual Conference next year will be held at
Newcastle University from 5–7 April 2017.
The u niversity’s city campus is loc ated in t he h eart of
Newcastl e-upon-Tyne, w ith hot els, sho ps and r estaurants
within walking distance. The conference hub and the seminar
rooms for each session are centrally located on campus, near the
University Quadrangle’s World War memorial garden.
The conference theme is ‘Visions of Law’: exploring, on the
one hand, the v isual represe ntations and t he relationsh ip
between law and the visual and, on the other, encompassing the
myriad ways of ‘seeing’ law made possible by socio-legal
studies. We are delighted to announce the plenary panel, whose
members will speak to this theme:
lDr Thomas Giddens, whose work explores the intersections
and interactions between comics and legal theor y (co-
convenor of the ‘Graphic justice’ stream);
lProfessor Linda Mulcahy, winner of this year’s prestigious
SLSA Annu al Pr ize (s ee rig ht), who has pub lished
extensively on dispute resolution, courtroom architecture,
and visual representations of justice;
lProfessor Amanda Perry-Kessaris, whose current research
focuses o n the cons equences of desi gn proces ses and
outcomes on econo-legal change (co-convenor of ‘The pop-
up museum of legal objects’ theme at SLSA 2017); and
lLeonora Sau nders, Athe na Project photograph er – the
Athena Project is a portrait exhibition developed with, and
commissioned by, CMS Cameron McKenna to highlight the
importance of female role models, mentors and leaders in
law. Linking to SLSA 2017, it will be displayed at the on-
campus Long Gallery from 5–18 April for delegates to view.
A wine reception will be held on the first evening at the Great
North Museum, Hancock, where the competition posters will be
displayed – in the ‘Living Planet’ exhibition spac e where
delegates can enjoy natural history alongside their socio-legal
studies. The conference dinner, on the second evening, will be
served in the beautiful Great Hall of the Discovery Museum, a
fascina ting mus eum of i ndustry, scien ce and t echnology.
Presentation of SLSA annual prizes takes place at the dinner.
Newcastle has good train, plane and road connections and
the city and campus are easily accessible via walking, bus, or
metro routes. Newcastle and its neighbour Gateshead boast a
cultural infrastructure few cities can match, including the
BALTIC Centre for Con temporary Ar t, th e Lite rary a nd
Philosophical Society and the tilting Gateshead Millennium
Bridge. Short jour neys out side the city le ad to bea utiful
countryside, coastal scenery and two UNESCO World Heritage
Sites – Hadrian’s Wall and Durham Castle and Cathedral.
Call for papers
The call for pape rs and posters i s now open. Pleas e see
pages 4–5 of this issue for details or visit the conference website.
Closing date: 6pm Monday 16 January 2017.
Contacts
For more information, see the conference website
wwww.slsa2017.com. If you have any queries, contact organisers,
Kevin Crosby and Nikki Godden-Rasul at eslsa@ncl.ac.uk.
LINDA MULCAHY AWARDED
SLSA 2016 ANNUAL PRIZE
The 2016 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal
Community has been awarded to Professor Linda Mulcahy.
Linda is Professor of Law, Director of the PhD Academy and
Director of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre at the LSE. Her
contributions to the socio-legal community have been many and
varied over the last 25 years. She has produced ground-breaking
interdisciplinary work on dispute resolution, particularly in the
area of medical mishaps, and on law and architecture. She was a
member of the SLSA Executive Committee for over 12 years,
serving as chair of the association from 1999–2002, and two terms
as treasurer, from 1991–1993 and 2010–2013. She has also helped to
develop the field of socio-legal studies through her role as co-
ordinating editor of Social and Legal Studies for over 10 years and
through her tireless support for postgraduate research students, as
an examiner of many socio-legal PhD theses, as a co-organiser of
the highly successful SLSA postgraduate conference since its
inception, and most recently as organiser of an inter-Doctoral
Training Centre initiative to bring ESRC-funded PhD students in
socio-legal studies together in a Masterclass with experienced
scholars in the field.
She is truly a leading citizen of the socio-legal community and
has played a very important role in helping socio-legal studies
become the dynamic and thriving field it is today.
Rosemary Hunter, SLSA chair
TWO SOCIO-LEGAL
SCHOLARS CONFERRED AS
ACSS FELLOWS
We are delighted to announce that two of our eminent
members have become fellows of the Academy of Social
Sciences (AcSS).
lProfess or Gillia n Do uglas, Pr ofessor o f L aw, Cardi ff
University – Gillian is a leading legal and socio-legal scholar
with a strong reputation for her work in family law and
justice, particularly on the experience of parental divorce on
children.
lProfessor Va nessa Munro , Professor of Law, War wick
University – Vanessa is the leading scholar of her generation
in the socio-legal study of sexual offences.
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© Socio-Legal Studies Association 2016 ISSN: 0957-7817
SLSA EXEC UTIVE COMMITTE E
2016—201 7
CHAIR
Rosemary Hunter
QMUL
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rosemary.hunter@qmul.ac.uk
VICE-CHAIR AND SEMINAR COMMITTEE
Rosie Harding
University of Birmingham
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r.j.harding@bham.ac.uk
SECRETARY
Kevin Brown
Queen’s University Belfast
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k.brown@qub.ac.uk
TREASURER
Mark O’Brien
Oxford Brookes University
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mark.obrien@brookes.ac.uk
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Maebh Harding
Warwick University
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maebh.harding@warwick.ac.uk
RECRUITMENT SECRETARY
Lydia Hayes (JLS representative)
Cardiff University
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hayesl@cf.ac.uk
PUBLISHER LIAISON
Francis Sheridan
Westminster University
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f.king@westminster.ac.uk
INTERNATIONAL LIAISON/SCOTTISH REP
Sharon Cowan
Edinburgh University
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s.cowan@ed.ac.uk
EDITOR: NEWSLETTER, WEB, eBULLETIN
Marie Selwood
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marieselwood@btinternet.com
Newsletter sponsorship
The Socio-Legal Newsletter is sponsored
by a consortium of law schools interested
in promoting socio-legal studies in the UK.
If your institution would like to become
involved in this initiative, please contact
SLSA chair Rosemary Hunter
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rosemary.hunter@qmul.ac.uk.
Newsletter academic sponsors 2013—2016
are: Birkbeck; Cardiff Law School; Centre
for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford; University
of Exeter; Kent University; University of
Liverpool; the LSE; Newcastle University;
Northumbria University Newcastle;
University of Nottingham; QMUL; Queen’s
University Belfast; University of Leicester;
University of Sheffield; University of
Strathclyde; University College London;
University of Warwick; University of
Westminster; and University of York.
The newsletter is also sponsored by the
Journal of Law and Society.
. . . n e w s l e t t e r s p o n s o r s . . . n e w s l e t t e r s p o n s o r s . . .
WEBMASTER
Jed Meers
University of York
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jed.meers@york.ac.uk
SOCIAL MEDIA
Jen Hendry
University of Leeds
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j.hendry@leeds.ac.uk
GRANTS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jess Guth
Leeds Beckett University
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j.guth@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
NEWCASTLE 2017 CONFERENCE ORGANISERS
Kevin Crosby
Newcastle University
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kevin.crosby@newcastle.ac.uk
Nikki Godden-Rasul
Newcastle University
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nikki.godden-rasul@newcastle.ac.uk
POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE
Jessica Mant
Leeds University
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j.l.mant@leeds.ac.uk
SLSA EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Diamond Ashiagbor
IALS, University of London
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diamond.ashiagbor@sas.ac.uk
Lois Bibbings
Bristol University
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lois.s.bibbings@bristol.ac.uk
Sarah Blandy
Sheffield University
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s.blandy@sheffield.ac.uk
Nwudego Chinwuba
Lagos University, Nigeria
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uchinwuba@unilag.edu.ng
Emilie Cloatre
Kent University
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e.cloatre@kent.ac.uk
Dave Cowan
Bristol University
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d.s.cowan@bristol.ac.uk
Naomi Creutzfeldt
University of Westminster
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n.creutzfeldt@westminster.ac.uk
Carla Crifo
Leicester University
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cc116@leicester.ac.uk
Jill Dickinson
Sheffield Hallam University
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jill.dickinson@shu.ac.uk
Jonathan Garton
Warwick University
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j.garton@warwick.ac.uk
Neil Graffin
Open University
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neil.graffin@open.ac.uk
Petra Mahy
SOAS, University of London
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petra.mahy@soas.ac.uk
Lancaster University
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b.mayfield@lancaster.ac.uk
Michael Thomson
University of Leeds
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m.a.thomson@leeds.ac.uk
Tom Webb
Lancaster University
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t.webb@lancaster.ac.uk
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