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Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
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Come and join us for the Launch of the Dance and Legal Materialities Network which explores how dance can animate legal materials. Led by IALS librarian Marilyn Clarke, legal researcher Marie Andree Jacob & dance artist/researcher Anna Macdonald. Book your place today! ials.sas.ac.uk/events/dance...
Dance and Legal Materialities Network: Embodied acts of Reading
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November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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My colleagues at the @ials.bsky.social and I were saddened to learn of the death of our staunch supporter, Fellow, and friend, Professor William Twining, on 9th October. I am grateful to @davidsugarman.bsky.social, who has written an appreciation: ials.sas.ac.uk/news/profess...
Professor William Twining: An Appreciation
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Professor William Twining (aged 91) peacefully at home on 9 October 2025.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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New forum ‘Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage Forum’ on Thu 6 Nov 2025, Senate House (hybrid) from BRAID Fellow @amsichani.bsky.social with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

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BRAID Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage forum
This forum brings together the cultural heritage and research community to discuss current and future challenges of embracing AI in cultural heritage responsibly and ethically.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Feeling confused? Join us for our legal research training sessions to help you get to grips with the library, finding resources, and using databases. See the full schedule and book a place: buff.ly/O25yFnZ
October 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
From Monday 29th September, we will return to our term time opening hours. See full details of our opening hours here: ials.sas.ac.uk/library-term...
September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
LHub has published a number of calls for 2025/26, including for visiting academics at different career levels, visiting artists, networks, and more.

Details, deadlines and application forms are here at: ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu...
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Our now! Our latest issue of Amicus Curiae, series 2, vol 6, issue 3. Edited by Pablo Cortés, Professor of Civil Justice, University of Leicester with a special section on ESG regulation, guest-edited by Dr Navajyoti Samanta.

Read it here:

journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus/index
July 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A reminder that our summer opening hours start from today! 🌞 From now until September, we'll be closing earlier on weekdays and Saturdays, and we are closed on Sundays.
June 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Join us here at the IALS on 10th June 2025 for the next event in the LHub Seminar Series, 'Digitising Exclusion: Identity, Citizenship and RightsLogged'.

Speaker: Dr Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf, @ihr.bsky.social‬ , School of Advanced Study, University of london

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June 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study @uolondon.bsky.social.

Details here:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...
New Open Access in the Humanities online training course launched! - University of London Press
We are excited to share details of our new online training course on open access publishing, developed by the University of London Press with the School of Advanced Study. The course is free and avail...
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June 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Join us at ‪@ials.bsky.social‬ on 30 May 2025 at 1:30pm for 'What is an arrest? A performance-as-research legal history workshop'.

Organised by, Dr Jonah Miller, @kingscollege.bsky.social‬ and Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Booking recommended

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May 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New date added! 📅 One more chance to Get Dissertation Ready with our afternoon of training sessions on finding sources, referencing with OSCOLA, and formatting with Word. Held online via Zoom on 29th May at 1pm. Book your place now: buff.ly/kCCQ56q
May 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@ials.bsky.social is happy to announce that the film 'Changes in Light', created by @annamacdonaldart.bsky.social , Practitioner in Residence at IALS in 2024, won the award for best short documentary at the #Kiez Berlin Film Festival.
'Changes in Light' wins award at the Kiez Berlin Film Festival
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May 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Delighted to announce that Marcus Bokkerink will be delivering the ILPC Annual Lecture 2025.

This will launch the ILPC Annual Conference 2025 -

Regulating AI in a Changing World: Oversight & Enforcement

Registration and more details available soon.

We hope you can join us!
April 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Join us on 13 May for the LHub Seminar: Melting into Space: Enemies of Mankind (Pirates and Other Incalculable #Environmental Contingencies). Speaker: Prof. Bernhard Siegert, @bauhaus_uni

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#media #communications

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Lhub Seminar Series: Prof. Bernhard Siegert (Bauhaus Universität Weimar), Melting into Space: Enemies of Mankind (Pirates and Other Incalculable Environmental Contingencies)
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May 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How are we doing? Let us know what you think and help us to improve our services by taking part in the IALS library annual reader satisfaction survey. All named entries will be automatically entered into a £50 prize draw! 👉 buff.ly/8IHm7dg
April 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Not long until the Easter weekend! Here are our opening times over the bank holiday period for your calendar 🐰🐣
April 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
IALS is delighted to share a post by Prof David Sugarman, “The Politics of #Judicial Decision-Making in the UK’s Top Court: Lessons from the #Pinochet Case”, U.K. Const. L. Blog (31st March 2025) 👇
UK Constitutional Law Association
In an earlier blog post, I noted that we would be waiting with interest to see how the (then […]
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April 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
OUT NOW! The IALS Library spring newsletter. Included in this issue: a look at using AI for academic work and an update on our reading room projects.

Read it here 👇
IALS Library spring newsletter 2025
Cover of the IALS Library spring newsletter on a light blue and mauve background with purple crocus shoots randomly placed around the cover image.
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March 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@lselaw.bsky.social @slsauk.bsky.social @oxfordcrim.bsky.social

Join us on 18 March for the LHub Seminar Series: Re-orienting #Punishment towards #Forgiveness: The role of interpersonal concepts in legal reconstruction. Free to attend, all welcome.
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LHub Seminar Series: Re-orienting Punishment towards Forgiveness: The role of interpersonal concepts in legal reconstruction
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March 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Registration is now open for the Humanities Summits 2025! Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK. Manchester 15 May, and London 22 May. Free to all but booking is essential. Register now: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Out now, the latest issue of Amicus Curiae (Series 2, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2025). Included in this issue, a special section on surrogacy, edited by Professor Maya Unnithan and Dr Maria Federica Moscati, @sussex.ac.uk

Download or read online here 👇
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): Series 2 | Amicus Curiae
SAS Open Journals, Open Access Journals
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March 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join us for the LHub Seminar Series event, Mycelium Law on 25 Feb. Speaker: Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, University of Westminster . All welcome but booking essential 👇
LHub Seminar Series: Mycelium Law
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February 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The call for applications for Being Human 2025 is now open!💥

We've got funding grants of up to £8,000 available for researchers to hold events as part of this year's national festival of the humanities.

Find out more: www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved
February 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.'

We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures:

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Call for proposals: Humanities Futures book series - University of London Press
We are delighted to announce the details of our exciting new book series, Humanities Futures, and to invite book proposal submissions.  Humanities Futures is a new book series that advocates powerfull...
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February 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM