Law & Extractivism in the Anthropocene Extractivism, as an organising concept of our times, turns on appropriation, non-reciprocity, depletion, and subjugation. Its ideology and practices are entwined with the histories and legacies of colonialism and...
Taking the Law out for a Walk in the Anthropocene Conference What is “the Anthropocene”? Prevailing scholarship identifies it as nomenclature for time, a marker of temporality. But it could also be framed as: a place, a spatio-temporal landscape, a utopia, a dystopia,...
Gender and Law at Durham (GLAD) supported by Durham Centre for Academic Development (DCAD) Will hold a zine fest at Durham University on 9th of June 2023! We invite all academics (especially PGRs, ECRs), and those outside of academia interested in gendered issues...
All around the world we are witnessing rights mobilisations for a more just and egalitarian world and ecology. From the feminist revolutions in Rojava and Iran, the anti-colonial struggle in Palestine, to feminist and indigenous movements in Argentina, India, Brazil,...
As a fundamental component of the liberal script, human rights represent a favoured terrain of academic inquiry across the social sciences. Over the last few years, in particular, the subject’s historiography has become increasingly contested. This historiographical...