Law and Literature: New Perspectives and Methodologies, a Conference at King's College, London, September 14, 2018
The symposium takes place within the framework of the project VehmeLit – Legal Cultures and Literary Trials in the Age of Goethe, based at King’s Department of German.
There are two sessions:
Session 1:
Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives | 14th September, 14.00–18.30
14.00–14.30 Arrival and registration
14.30–14.45 Opening remarks – Dr Daniele Vecchiato (King’s College London)
Chair: Prof Matthew Bell (King’s College London)
14.45–15.45 Keynote Lecture:
Law, Literature, and the Question of Reading – Prof Marco Wan (University of Hong Kong)
15.45–16.00 Discussion
16.00–16.20 Tea and Coffee Break
16.20–16.50 Law, Poetry and Philosophy in an Age of Uncertainty – Prof Lorenzo Zucca (King’s College London)
16.50–17.20 Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights – Prof Lyndsey Stonebridge (University of Birmingham)
17.20–17.40 Discussion
17.40–18.10 The Voyeur in the Archive: Solidarity and Spectatorship in Godard and Meiselas – Dr Anna Bernard (King’s College London)
18.10–18.30 Discussion and Conclusion
Session 2:
German Perspectives (18th and 19th centuries) | 15th September 2018, 10.00–14.00
Chair: Dr Daniele Vecchiato (King’s College London)
10.00–10.30 “What do we owe each other”: Contracts and the Law in Goethe’s Götz – Prof Claudia Nitschke (University of Durham)
10.30–11.00 Schiller’s Demetrius Project: Questions of Legitimacy for the 20th Century? – Prof Maria Carolina Foi (Università degli Studi di Trieste)
11.00–11.20 Discussion
11.20–11.40 Tea and Coffee Break
11.40–12.10 Bridging the Gap: Foreign Language Approaches in Legal Hermeneutics – Dr Hans Jochen Lind (Yale University)
12.10–12.40 Writing for Relevance and Writing for the Nation in German Exile Literature – Dr Steffan Davies (University of Bristol)
12.40–13.00 Discussion
13.00–13.15 Closing remarks
13.15–14.30 Refreshments and networking
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 744413.
This is a free symposium and registration is required.
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