This is a great opportunity for all to share their research on Renaissance war & peace in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary lightning format!

Questions? Contact Susan Longfield Karr at karrsn@uc.edu

PLEASE pass it on!

📅 DEADLINE: July 14, 2025
Submit:
✉️ Title & 200-word abstract
📄 2-page CV
To: Susan Longfield Karr (RSA Discipline Rep, Legal & Political Thought)
📧 karrsn@uc.edu
Subject: "RSA proposal"
Notifications by July 30, 2025

📝 Possible areas of investigation:

* Legal & political definitions of sovereignty in wartime
* Role of diplomacy in peace-building & treaty-making
* Rights of individuals & communities in conflict
* Confessional, regional, or imperial comparisons

...and how peace could be secured. This lightning panel invites 5-to-7-minute presentations that explore how the legal, ethical, and ceremonial frameworks of war and peace were imagined, contested, and enacted during the European Renaissance.

Possible topics include:

* Legal frameworks & political power
* Sovereignty & its legal justifications
* Critiques of tyranny in legal/political thought
* Impact of legal thought on political rhetoric (& vice versa)
* Regional case studies on law & society

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Don't miss this opportunity to contribute to interdisciplinary scholarship on Renaissance legal-political thought!
Questions? Contact Susan Longfield Karr at karrsn@uc.edu

PLEASE PASS THIS CFP ON :)

📅 DEADLINE: July 1, 2025
Submit:
✉️ Title & 200-word abstract
📄 2-page CV
To: Susan Longfield Karr (RSA Discipline Rep, Legal & Political Thought)
📧 karrsn@uc.edu
Subject: "RSA proposal"
Notifications by July 30, 2025

📝 Possible topics include:

Legal frameworks & political power
Sovereignty & its legal justifications
Critiques of tyranny in legal/political thought
Impact of legal thought on political rhetoric (& vice versa)
Regional case studies on law & society

The goal is to host three panels bridging disciplinary divides—examining how jurisprudence, sovereignty, governance, and rights influenced each other within and beyond Europe during the Renaissance.
Topics welcome across multiple fields!

📝 Possible topics include:

* Legal frameworks & political power
* Sovereignty & its legal justifications
* Critiques of tyranny in legal/political thought
* Impact of legal thought on political rhetoric (& vice versa)
* Regional case studies