American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “The Johnson Panel for First Book Authors,” November 6, 2021 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM

The Johnson Panel for First Book Authors (Poydras)

Chair: Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (schiller@uchastings.edu)

Pedro Cantisano, University of Nebraska at Omaha (pcantisano@unomaha.edu) Rio de Janeiro on Trial: Public Health, Urban Reform, and Law in Modern Brazil

Marie-Amelie George, Wake Forest University School of Law (georgemp@wfu.edu) Becoming Equal: American Law and the Rise of the Gay Family, 1961-2015

Amanda Laury Kleintop, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (amanda.kleintop@mcla.edu)
The Balance of Freedom: Abolishing Property Rights in Humans During and After the U.S. Civil War

Evan Taparata, Harvard University (etaparata@fas.harvard.edu)
Refuge of Oppression: The Making of the United States Refugee Regime

Kalyani Ramnath, Yale University/N.U.S. College (kalyaniramnath@fas.harvard.edu)
Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia 1942 – 1962

Adnan Zulfiqar, Rutgers Law School (adnan.zulfiqar@rutgers.edu)
Duties to the Collective: Jurists, Islamic Law and the Search for Cohesion, 945 to 1258 CE

Note from the organizers: We are very excited about the upcoming program our program committee has developed, and wanted to make sure a working link to the conference schedule reached your inbox. So please, take a moment to look at the terrific panels and other events on tap this year at the 2021 ASLH annual conference. Additionally, we know the course of the COVID-19 pandemic can change rapidly. New Orleans policies are detailed here. The Society is committed to updating the 2021 ASLH annual conference webpage as such information comes to us. We invite you to check back often for additional updates.