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Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Talks:
Monday 13 October 2025
Populist Lawmaking in Indonesia
Date: 13 October 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Adriaan Bedner (Universiteit Leiden)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Thursday 16 October 2025
Is the European Media Freedom Act Necessary? A Comparison of its Article 4 to Existing EU Regulation on Surveillance, Privacy, and Media Freedom
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Sheila B. Lalwani (The University of Texas at Austin)
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group
Thursday 23 October 2025
Deep Trust, Political Hope, and the Future of Democracy – Professor Michele Moody-Adams, Astor Visiting Lecturer 2025
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Michele Moody-Adams (Columbia University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Manor Road Building Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 27 October 2025
Evidence based climate law? The case of new climate mitigation technology
Date: 27 October 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Bettina Lange (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Thursday 30 October 2025
Protests and Precedent: How Nepal’s Supreme Court Interprets Equality
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Sachin Siwakoti (CSLS)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group
Monday 3 November 2025
Legal Mythologies and Competing Narratives of Sovereignty in Contemporary Britain
Date: 3 November 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Francesca Uberti (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 10 November 2025
Searching for Universals in Law
Date: 10 November 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Carlton Patrick (University of Central Florida)
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Thursday 13 November 2025
Restorative Justice as Governance: Tracing Trajectories of Penal Politics in the UK
Date: 13 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Ethan Ostrow (CSLS)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 17 November 2025
The Justice Trap: the politics of war crimes accountability in Uganda’s modern authoritarian regime
Date: 17 November 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Anna Macdonald (University of East Anglia)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 24 November 2025
Seeking justice back home: new technologies and dispute resolution among Johannesburg’s migrant communities
Date: 24 November 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Nicole Stremlau (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 1 December 2025
Book Launch: Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia by Dominik Krell
Date: 1 December 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Dominik Krell (CSLS)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Thursday 4 December 2025
Algorithmic Systems and Public Banking: Curse or Blessing for Fundamental Rights and Financial Inclusion?
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Laurenz Döring (University of Münster)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G & Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group
