Workshop on Legal History on Contours of Legal History In India- Pedagogy and Research by NLSIU, Bangalore [March 27-28; Offline]: Submit by Oct 20

About NLSIU

National Law School of India University, or simply the National Law School, is a public law school in Bangalore Karnataka, India. The school is one of the leading law schools in India.

About the Workshop

Emerging research on legal history in India has emphasized upon the dynamic life of law, going beyond its doctrinal imperatives, and highlighting histories of petitioners, lawyers, and litigants both in the courtrooms and outside it. Legal historical research includes new archives and methodologies for rethinking the relationship of law with society – that is, between the normative imaginings rooted in the realm of ideas and intellectual legacies and the everyday experiences of law rooted in mundane operations.

About the Event

The Contours of Legal History in India workshop invites contributions from PhD students and early career researchers working on the history of law and legal practices in India. The organisers are interested in research that focuses on the social, cultural, economic, political, and the textual world of law across the colonial, postcolonial, and pre-colonial time periods. By keeping the temporal scope of the submissions wide, this workshop also aims to forge a critical dialogue between the fields of modern, pre-modern, and early-modern legal histories.

Contours of Legal History in India is a two-day workshop to be held at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru on 27 & 28 March 2025. PhD students (preferably in their writing stage) and early career researchers affiliated to Indian universities are encouraged to apply. The workshop organisers will provide financial and infrastructural support towards travel and accommodation.

Themes

Legal Histories, Archives, and Methods
Imperialism, Nationalism, Sovereignty
Material and Visual Histories of Law
Borders, Migrations, and Legal Regimes
Science in Law
Hierarchy, Inequality, Legal Identities

General Details

Date: March 27 and 28, 2025.
Mode: Offline
Venue: NLSIU, Bangalore

How to Submit?

Those interested should send in a 400 word abstract of their work and a 200 word biography by to clhi@lhlt.mpg.de.
Please make sure to attach your abstract and bio as a single PDF document using your full name as the title of the file.
Please mention which theme your work fits into in your abstract. If your research speaks to multiple themes or neither of the above, do mention that too.

Submission Deadline

Abstract and Biography submission by October 20, 2024 before 11:59 PM IST.
Selected applicants will be contacted by December 20, 2024.
Workshop participants will have to submit a 4000 word draft developing their proposal and submit by February 15, 2025.