Events
Upcoming events |
Call for Applications:
Conference on New Directions in Law and Society
The Center for Justice, Law, and Societies, with support from the Law and Science Program of the National Science Foundation and the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, is delighted to put forward this Call for Applications for the 2022 Conference on New Directions in Law and Society (October 7-8, 2022), to take place at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. We have designed this conference to bring together faculty and graduate students from the diverse community of law and society scholars. We hope to provide a collaborative setting in which to deepen law and society as a field, introduce scholars to the field, and foster ongoing dialogue for future events.
We invite graduate student applicants with a project to workshop (Oct. 7), and paper panel (Oct. 8) applicants who will have a full draft to share by the time of the meeting. We hope that the time for each project or paper will be fruitful for developing towards publication. Graduate students will workshop projects with more senior faculty on the morning of Oct. 7, with professionalization panels on funding and publishing in the afternoon. Paper panels on Oct. 8 will be designed to encourage topical synergies across methodologies, with discussants and panelists sharing insights to help develop the work. On both days, all participants are welcome to join plenary sessions with distinguished law and society scholars from the region.
With generous support from the National Science Foundation, we will be able to reimburse travel costs for selected graduate students up to $400, and assistant professors up to $300.
Applications should be submitted by May 15 using the following submission form, where applicants of all career stages will have the opportunity to indicate interest in presenting research, serving as a panel chair, panel discussant, or faculty mentor for the graduate student workshop. We will announce workshop participants, paper presenters, and funding by June 15.
Questions should be directed to conference co-organizers Jamie Rowen (jrowen@umass.edu) and Paul Collins (pmcollins@umass.edu)
We invite graduate student applicants with a project to workshop (Oct. 7), and paper panel (Oct. 8) applicants who will have a full draft to share by the time of the meeting. We hope that the time for each project or paper will be fruitful for developing towards publication. Graduate students will workshop projects with more senior faculty on the morning of Oct. 7, with professionalization panels on funding and publishing in the afternoon. Paper panels on Oct. 8 will be designed to encourage topical synergies across methodologies, with discussants and panelists sharing insights to help develop the work. On both days, all participants are welcome to join plenary sessions with distinguished law and society scholars from the region.
With generous support from the National Science Foundation, we will be able to reimburse travel costs for selected graduate students up to $400, and assistant professors up to $300.
Applications should be submitted by May 15 using the following submission form, where applicants of all career stages will have the opportunity to indicate interest in presenting research, serving as a panel chair, panel discussant, or faculty mentor for the graduate student workshop. We will announce workshop participants, paper presenters, and funding by June 15.
Questions should be directed to conference co-organizers Jamie Rowen (jrowen@umass.edu) and Paul Collins (pmcollins@umass.edu)
Past Events |
Reproductive Justice And the Supreme Court
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On December 8, 2021, a distinguished group of panelists discussed the oral arguments to determine the fate of Roe v. Wade. Speakers focused on the history of the case, its meaning for reproductive justice, and potential social and political challenges as the Supreme Court loses legitimacy.
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On September 14th, 2021, a group of featured speakers discussed the recent developments in Texas abortion law. Each speaker has unique experience in reproductive rights such as the gendered nature of birth control, abortion politics, reproductive justice, and the decriminalization of abortion.
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PRison Education Initiative
Transitional Justice in the USA Speaker Series
Does Criminal PUNISHMENT OF POLICE CONTRIBUTE OR DISTRACT FROM SOCIETAL RECKONINGS OF RACISM?
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In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, the first panel in Part II of our Transitional Justice in the USA Speakers Series took place Wednesday, November 3, 2021, from 12:00 - 1:30 pm EST online via Zoom.
To view the event, click here. |
This panel focused on past and recent truth initiatives on the forced assimilation of Native children through boarding schools and the child welfare system. Indigenous leaders reflected on the experience of the Maine Wabanaki-Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Federal bill to create a national truth commission, and the official investigations launched by the Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland this past summer, upon the revelation of mass graves located at boarding schools. The panel explored how to open the way to transformative justice, overcoming standardized or colonized transitional justice models. The panel convened in recognition of Native American Heritage Month.
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Panelists:
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FOR THE FULL LIST OF CO-SPONSORS, AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS, VISIT THEIR WEBPAGE.
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Transitional Justice in the USA
Comparative Lessons: What is Transitional Justice and How Has it Worked in Other Countries February 24, 2021 PANEL 2 - HOW DO WE BUILD COLLABORATIVE MODELS FOR A TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESS?
This panel explores how human rights and academic institutions, and their affiliates, can best support an existing grassroots network of racial justice advocates working on themes related to Transitional Justice in the United States in ways that do not replicate the same predominant power structures these movements seek to dismantle. |
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Covid-19
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Conspiracy Theories
and the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 3, 2020 |
COVID-19: Social Scientists' Views
On The Pandemic's Impact And What Comes Next, June 3, 2020 |
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Capitol Violence
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Capitol Violence, Impeachment, and Our Political Future
Featuring Paul Collins, Youngmin Yi, Brian Sargent, Alasdair Roberts, and Dean Robinson February 11, 2021 |
Capit0l Siege: Making Sense of What Happened,
Jan. 14, 2021 |
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At The Frontlines: Emerging Voices on the Practice and Politics of Criminal Justice Reform,
July 15, 2020 |
The Legacy Of RBG And
The Future Of Feminist Jurisprudence, October 5, 2020 |
