Derrida and his Legacy within Critical Legal Studies: Twenty years since his Death
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Central
Twenty years have passed since Jacques Derrida's death, yet his profound philosophical contributions to the Critical Legal Studies movement in both the UK and the US continue to reverberate. His concept of deconstruction, which challenges traditional philosophical dichotomies and concepts through meticulous analysis of language and reason, has been a driving force for numerous Critical Legal Theorists at the School of Law at Birkbeck, too many to mention individually. Similarly, Derrida's philosophical insights on justice, sovereignty, cosmopolitanism, and citizenship have prompted many of us to rethink formalist understandings of justice, human rights, property, and the very foundations of law.
The event, 'Derrida and its Legacy within Critical Legal Studies: Twenty years since his Death', invites participants to reflect on Derrida's lasting contribution to the field of Critical Legal Studies and to pose questions regarding some of his important philosophical concepts from the perspective of the present and the horizon of the future.
Date: 6th of June 2024
Time: 10:00-17:00
Place: Birkbeck Central, Room 206
Programme and Participants:
10:00 10:15: Introductory Remarks - Professor Elena Loizidou, School of Law, Birkbeck College
10:15- 11.30 Criminal Law and the Question of Justice
Chair: Dr. Carson Cole Arthur, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Law
Criminal Law and the Man Problem: A Man's Response (via Jacques Derrida and Drucilla Cornell) - Chris Lloyd, Senior Lecturer in Law, Oxford Brooks
Justice to come: Derrida, police violence and legal accountability- Dr Ceylan Begum Yildiz -Lecturer in Criminology, University of Westminster
11:30-13:15 Questioning Sovereignty and the Sovereignty of Language
Chair: João Tiago Freitas Mendes- Phd Candidate, CORE, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Visiting Doctorate Student, School of Law Birkbeck College
The Beast & the Sovereign in the Time of the Anthropocene- Professor Stewart Motha, School of Law, Birkbeck College
Obligation and Epistemic Humility: Reflections on the formative influence of Derrida's work on law and language, - Dr Victoria Ridler, Senior Lecturer, Head of the School of Law, Birkbeck College
13:15-14:15 Lunch Break - Lunch Tea and Coffee will be provided
14:15 - 15.30 Time and Psyche
Chair: Kanika Gauba, Doctorate Candidate, School of Law, Birkbeck University
As nobody I was sovereign- Professor Patrick Hanafin, School of Law, Birkbeck
The Earth is not an Object: Derrida, Husserl and the Time of Law -Dr Piyel Haldar, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Birkbeck College
Derrida and Psyche -Professor Adam Gearey, School of Law, Birkbeck College
15:30-16:30 Keynote Address
Chair: Professor Elena Loizidou, School of Law, Birkbeck College
Derrida's Anarchism: Malabou, Another World and the F(r)iction of Governmentality- Assistant Professor Emile Fromet de Rosnay, Acting
Chair,Department of French and Francophone Studies ,University of Victoria
16:30-17:00 Closing Remarks: All participants
Contact name:
Elena Loizidou