Pre-conference workshop on South Asian Legal Issues
Thursday, October 16, 2008, 2:00 -6:00
pm
(Followed by
dinner for speakers and invited guests)
LubarCommons (7200 Law), University of Wisconsin Law School
In October 2007,
the first South Asian Legal Studies pre-conference workshop coincided with a Madison
meeting of contributors to Law and Hinduism: An Introduction, bringing together
over 50 scholars based in the US and Asia. The workshop aimed to build a sense
of community among scholars working on law—past and present—in the context of
South Asia and its diasporas. In particular, the meeting aimed to facilitate
contact between those working in law schools and those in the social sciences
and humanities.
The 2008 South
Asian Legal Studies pre-conference workshop continues in the same vein. Narendra
Subramanian (McGillUniversity), Gopika Solanki (CarletonUniversity), and Jeff Redding (St.
LouisUniversity) will speak on
the first plenary session of the afternoon, a panel addressing cultural
accommodation and legal pluralism in South
Asia. The panel, chaired by Marc Galanter
(UW-Madison), will explore the intersection between the personal law system, communal
identities, gender politics, and institutional legal cultures in South Asia. The second panel will
analyze the lawyers’ movement in Pakistan.
Chaired by Anita Weiss (University of Oregon), this session will feature Anil Kalhan (DrexelUniversity),
Ali Ahsan (McKinsey & Co.) and Sahar Shafqat (St. Mary’s College of Maryland).
Please e-mail
Mitra Sharafi (sharafi@wisc.edu) by Friday, October 3, 2008 with
your institutional affiliation and contact details if you would like to attend.
Sponsors: Global LegalStudiesCenter, UW Law School, Center for South Asia & South Asia Legal Studies
Working Group
October 18, 2008: Roundtable at the Annual South
Asia Conference on Legal, Ethical and
Historical Reflections on Veena Das’ Life and Words, including Professors
Mitra Sharafi and Donald Davis, Jr. (chair), Saturday, October 18, 2008,
1:45-3:30pm, Conference Room 4, Concourse Hotel, Madison, sponsored by the
Center for South Asia and co-sponsored by the South Asia Legal Studies Working
Group and the Global Legal Studies Center.
November 5, 2008: “Women’s Rights and Legal Advocacy: Lessons from India” by Dr
Flavia Agnes (women’s rights lawyer, writer and director, Majlis, a center for rights discourse in Bombay), hosted by
Professor Marc Galanter, November 5, 2008, Noon-1:15pm, Lubar Commons (7200
Law) sponsored by Global Legal Studies Center, Center for South Asia, Human
Rights Initiative of UW-Madison, South Asia Legal Studies Working Group, TARGET
Research Circle and the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. This lecture is part of the
speaker series on “Role of Law in Developing and Transition Countries”
sponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center with support from the Division of
International Studies, the International Institute and Global Studies.
December 4, 2008: “Hari and Kumar go to HLS: The South Asian Graduate Experience at
Harvard Law School” by Swethaa Ballakrishnen (Research Associate, UW Law
School and Research Fellow, Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law
School), December 4, 2008, Noon – 1pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, sponsored by the
Center for South Asia, Global Legal Studies Center and South Asia Legal Studies
Working Group.
March 5, 2009: "Equality and Freedom in the Culture of the Developing World," by
Judge Christopher Weeramantry, former Vice President of the
International Court of Justice, part of the speaker series on "Role of
Law in Developing and Transition Countries," sponsored by the Global
Legal Studies Center with support
from the Division of International Studies, the International Institute
and
Global Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia and South Asia Legal Studies Working Group, 206
Ingraham Hall, Noon-1pm. All are welcome.
April 14, 2009: "The Human Right to Identity: The Legal Regulation of Personal Names,"
by Professor Alison Renteln, Professor of Political Science and
Anthropology, University of Southern California, sponsored by GLS and
South Asia Legal Studies Working Group and hosted by Professor Mitra
Sharafi, Noon - 1:15pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law).
April 29, 2009: "Law and the Regulation of Magic in Colonial Cultures," by
Professor Robert McQueen, University of Griffith, Australia, sponsored
by GLS and South Asia Legal Studies Working Group and hosted by
Professor Mitra Sharafi, noon-1:15pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law).
