EXTENDED CFP: 40th annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society - University of Technology, Sydney 1-3 December 2022 [DEADLINE 2 September 2022]

Courtroom scene, Sydney c1817. Painting by Edward Charles Close (1790-1866).  

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Extended Call for Papers: deadline 2 September 2022

The 40th annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society annual will be held at the University of Technology, Sydney 1-3 December 2022. It is a hybrid conference.

The theme of the conference is – *Tenuous Histories and Provable Pasts: How Legal Historians Create Knowledge*.

Papers addressing any aspect of legal history, not limited to the theme, are welcomed.

Our keynotes are:

*Constance Backhouse, Distinguished University Professor, University of Ottawa*

Reckoning with Racism: Disturbing Evidence of Police and Judicial Racism in Canada’s RDS Case

*Katherine Biber, Distinguished Professor, University of Technology Sydney*

Touching the death of Joe Governor: Coronial violence and the scientific

body trade

More information can be found at our website anzlhs.org.

Submissions can be sent to ANZLHS2022@uts.edu.au