American Society for Legal History Conference

2:50 PM – 4:15 PM Innovation and Enslavement: Adapting Legal Instruments in the 19th Century Law of Slavery (Pelican 1) Chair: Justene Hill Edwards, University of Virginia ([email protected]), Commentator: Justene … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Innovation and Enslavement: Adapting Legal Instruments in the 19th Century Law of Slavery,” November 5, 2021 @ 2:50 – 4:15 pm

2:50 PM – 4:15 PM Indigenous Peoples and Settler Colonial Law: Contesting Citizenship, Justice, and Equality. (Acadian) Chair: Jacqueline Briggs, University of Toronto ([email protected]), Commentator: Jacqueline Briggs, University of Toronto … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Indigenous Peoples and Settler Colonial Law: Contesting Citizenship, Justice, and Equality.,” November 5, 2021 @ 2:50 – 4:15 pm

2:50 PM – 4:15 PM Roundtable: Identity and Criminal Responsibility in Comparative Historical Perspective (Frenchman 1) Commentator: Susanna Blumenthal, University of Minnesota Law School ([email protected]), Chair: Simon Stern, University of … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Roundtable: Identity and Criminal Responsibility in Comparative Historical Perspective,” November 5, 2021 @ 2:50 – 4:15 pm

2:50 PM – 4:15 PM Family Matters: Status and Citizenship in Modern America (Pelican 2) Chair: Margot Canaday, Princeton University ([email protected]), Commentator: Margot Canaday, Princeton University ([email protected]) Kristin Collins, Boston … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Family Matters: Status and Citizenship in Modern America,” November 5, 2021 @ 2:50 – 4:15 pm

1:15 PM – 2:40 PM What’s Public and Private in the History of American Slavery? Private Controls, Public Interests and Open Secrets under Southern Slavery (Poydras) Chair: Brittany Farr, University … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “What’s Public and Private in the History of American Slavery? Private Controls, Public Interests and Open Secrets under Southern Slavery,” November 5, 2021 @ 1:15 – 2:40 pm

1:15 PM – 2:40 PM The Multiplicity of International Persons: State, Empire and Sovereignty in the Global Public Order of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Frenchman 1) Chair: … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “The Multiplicity of International Persons: State, Empire and Sovereignty in the Global Public Order of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries,” November 5, 2021 @ 1:15 – 2:40 pm

1:15 PM – 2:40 PM Author Meets Readers: Fei-Hsien Wang, Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China (Melpomene) Chair: Pär Cassel, University of Michigan ([email protected]), Commentators: … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Author Meets Readers: Fei-Hsien Wang, Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China,” November 5, 2021 @ 1:15 – 2:40 pm

1:15 PM – 2:40 PM The Politics of Land Registration: National Determination, Imperial Expansion, and Juristic Debate in the Long 19th Century (Pelican 1) Chair: Anna di Robilant, Boston University … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “The Politics of Land Registration: National Determination, Imperial Expansion, and Juristic Debate in the Long 19th Century,” November 5, 2021 @ 1:15 – 2:40 pm

1:15 PM – 2:40 PM A Divided Nation: Federalism in the Early National Period (Frenchman 2) Chair: Gautham Rao, American University ([email protected]), Commentator: Gautham Rao, American University ([email protected]) Kevin Arlyck, … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “A Divided Nation: Federalism in the Early National Period,” November 5, 2021 @ 1:15 – 2:40 pm

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM The Katherine T. Preyer Award Panel (Frenchman 1) Commentators: Karen Tani, University of Pennsylvania ([email protected]) and Joanna Grisinger, Northwestern University ([email protected]), Chair: Elizabeth Katz, Washington … Continue reading American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “The Katherine T. Preyer Award Panel,” November 5, 2021 @ 10:15 – 11:45 am