Introduction
The Peking University School of Transnational Law's Law and Humanities Seminar Series ("LHSS") was launched in 2020 by Professor Norman Ho. LHSS aims to provide a venue and forum for discussion of and engagement with various topics in the law and humanities, broadly defined, including (but not limited to) law and literature, law and history, law and philosophy, and law and the arts, across all geographical regions, cultures, and traditions. All LHSS seminars are free and open to all. Each seminar is conducted in English and is usually a total of 60 minutes in length, consisting of a presentation/lecture (about 35-40 minutes) by an invited speaker who is an expert in his/her field, followed by open questions & answers/discussion (about 20-25 minutes). LHSS also aims to enhance the profile and visibility of law and humanities as a discipline in China and to encourage local, national, and indeed international exchange and conversations in the law and humanities field among scholars, academics, lawyers, students, and members of the general public and community.
For more information about LHSS or if you have any questions, feel free to contact the organizer Professor Norman Ho.
2023-2024 Academic Year Seminars
*please stay tuned for upcoming seminars, which will be posted here.
Keechang Kim, Professor of Law, Korea University Law School
Li (禮), law and Confucius
Prof. Xingzhong Yu (於兴中), Chair Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau
Normative Dualism: One Way to Understand Confucian Legal Philosophy
Recording on Bilibili
Recording on Youtube
Prof. Rowan Dorin, Associate Professor of History, Stanford University
When Law Leaves the Lawbooks: Legal Diffusion and Normative Instability in Premodern Europe
Prof. James Penner, Kwa Geok Choo Professor of Property Law,National University of Singapore
Are Duties Burdens?
2022-2023 Academic Year Seminars
Prof. Andrew Halpin, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Civilian and Common-Law Understandings of Law as a System of Norms
Prof. Ryan Martínez Mitchell, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Insights from Diplomatic Archival Research on China’s Role in International Legal History: Book Talk–Recentering the World: China and the Transformation of International Law
Prof. Stuart M. McManus, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong
‘Doing’ Legal History: A Very Practical Guide
Prof. Xiaobo Zhai, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau (China)
A Critique of Raz's New Theory of Legality
Prof. Manuel Bastias Saavedra, Leibniz University Hannover & Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (Germany)
"Decentering the History of Property: Law and Land in the Iberian World (1510-1850)”
Prof. Michael W. Dowdle, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
"Transnational Law: A Framework for Analysis"
Recording on Bilibili
Recording on Youtube
Prof. Dmitry Poldnikov, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russia)
"In Search of the Way Between East and West: Understanding Russian Law Through the 'Grammar' of Legal Traditions"
Recording on Bilibili
Recording on Youtube
2021-2022 Academic Year Seminars
Dr. Glenn R. Butterton, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience (USA)
"Common Law, Canon Law, and the English Reformation"
Prof. Karen Tani, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
"Liberalism's Last Rights: Disability Inclusion and the US Anti-Welfare State"
Prof. Norman Ho, Peking University School of Transnational Law (China)
"Thinking About Law Through Music"
Recording on Bilibili
Recording on Youtube
2020-2021 Academic Year Seminars
Dr. Hrafn Asgeirsson, University of Surrey (UK)
"Is Theorizing about the Nature of Law Practically Significant?"
Prof. Qiaomei Tang, Grinnell College (USA)
"Divorce in Early Medieval China (1st to 6th Century CE)"
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