Category Archives: Law and Politics

50th Anniversary of Coup in Brazil—Madison, WI

The University of Wisconsin Madison presents 50th Anniversary Symposium of the Military Coup in Brazil April 3-4, 2014 (Thursday evening and all day Friday). The event is organized by the…

Persuasion in Civil Rights Advocacy—East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University College of Law and Michigan State Law Review present Persuasion in Civil Rights Advocacy April 10-11, 2015. Submissions are due by Oct. 10, 2014, 5:00 PM Eastern…

Law, Dissent, and Power—Toronto, ON

The 2014 Osgoode Forum, Osgoode Hall Law School’s Annual Graduate Student Conference, will take place on May 10-11, 2014, with an optional welcome dinner on May 9, 2014. This year’s…

Love and Law—Malibu, CA

The Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion and Ethics, Pepperdine University School of Law, presents Love and Law Feb. 7-8, 2014. Law might bear several sorts of relationships…

Perspectives on Conflict—Glasgow, Scotland

Submissions are invited for the inaugural Glasgow Perspectives on Conflict Conference to be held on Friday June 6, 2014 at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. This interdisciplinary conference seeks to…

Taking Stock of Citizens United—Gulfport, FL

Stetson University College of Law hosts Taking Stock of Citizens United: How the Law Has (and Has Not) Changed Four Years Later Feb. 28, 2014. The symposium is cosponsored by…

Poverty in the New Gilded Age: Inequality in America—Washington, DC

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law presents Poverty in the New Gilded Age: Inequality in America April 2, 2014. Abstracts are due Jan. 10, 2014. See…

Postdoc Fellowships—Violence/Non-Violence—Cambridge, MA

The Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard University) invites applications for one-year postdoctoral fellowships in connection with the Center’s new Andrew W. Mellon Foundation seminar on the topic of violence/non-violence. Applicants for…

Graduate Fellowships—”Liberty-Advancing Careers”

The Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University invites applications for its Humane Studies Fellowships. Humane Studies Fellowships (HSF) are awarded to full-time graduate students embarking on liberty-advancing careers…

Friedman Faculty Fund—Education-Enhancement Activities re Liberty

The Friedman Faculty Fund (Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University) awards grants of up to $5000 to full-time faculty and teaching fellows for education-enhancement activities designed to engage undergraduate…