Upcoming Events
September 26, 2024
Legal History Workshop: Ofra Bloch (Tel Aviv University, Buchmann Faculty of Law)
Professor Ofra Bloch, from Tel Aviv University, will present her paper, “Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and the Memory Wars”.
October 10, 2024
Legal History Workshop: Beth Lew-Williams (Princeton University), “John Doe China Man: Race and Law in the American West.”
Participants can join via Zoom or attend in Tanenbaum 145 from 3:30pm-4:45pm. Light refreshments will be available. The Zoom link and paper will be circulated to those who RSVP. Individual invitations to follow. If you have any questions, please contact Cole Lederhandler at cleder@law.upenn.edu.
October 17, 2024
Legal History Workshop: Sarah Seo (Columbia Law School), “The Necessity of the Circumstantial Case”
Participants can join via Zoom or attend in Tanenbaum 145 from 3:30pm-4:45pm. Light refreshments will be available. The Zoom link and paper will be circulated to those who RSVP. Individual invitations to follow. If you have any questions, please contact Cole Lederhandler at cleder@law.upenn.edu
October 18, 2024
A More Perfect Union: Histories of Voting in America
Dr. Hardeep Dhillon and Dr. William Sturkey will host a symposium on the history of voting rights and elections in American History. RSVP is required. Breakfast & lunch will be provided.
Past Events
November 21, 2024
Legal History Workshop: Saul Cornell (Fordham University), “The Paradox of Heller’s Anti-Originalist Originalism: The Original Understanding of Rights. Regulation, and Firearms”
Participants can join via Zoom or attend in Tanenbaum 145 from 3:30pm-4:45pm. Light refreshments will be available. The Zoom link and paper will be circulated to those who RSVP. Individual invitations to follow. If you have any questions, please contact Cole Lederhandler at cleder@law.upenn.edu.
November 14, 2024
Legal History Workshop: Gautham Rao (American University), excerpts from White Power: Policing American Slavery (manuscript under contract) (introduction and chapter 5, “The Other Reconstruction: The Enslavers State After Emancipation”)
Participants can join via Zoom or attend in Tanenbaum 145 from 3:30pm-4:45pm. Light refreshments will be available. The Zoom link and paper will be circulated to those who RSVP. Individual invitations to follow. If you have any questions, please contact Cole Lederhandler at cleder@law.upenn.edu.
October 18, 2024
A More Perfect Union: Histories of Voting in America
Dr. Hardeep Dhillon and Dr. William Sturkey will host a symposium on the history of voting rights and elections in American History. RSVP is required. Breakfast & lunch will be provided.
October 17, 2024
Legal History Workshop: Sarah Seo (Columbia Law School), “The Necessity of the Circumstantial Case”
Participants can join via Zoom or attend in Tanenbaum 145 from 3:30pm-4:45pm. Light refreshments will be available. The Zoom link and paper will be circulated to those who RSVP. Individual invitations to follow. If you have any questions, please contact Cole Lederhandler at cleder@law.upenn.edu