📢 FINAL CALL FOR NETWORKS. LHub invites applications for research networks of law & humanities for 2026-27. Open to all academics with relevant research interests. ⏰ Deadline: 6 Sept 2026 🔗Further information: tinyurl.com/catx3vsn 📚 Application form: tinyurl.com/rkaybujy #LawandHumanities
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📢 CALL FOR NETWORKS. LHub invites applications for research networks of law & humanities for 2026-27. Open to all academics with relevant research interests. ⏰ Deadline: 6 Sept 2026. 🔗Further information: tinyurl.com/catx3vsn 📚 Application form: tinyurl.com/rkaybujy #LawandHumanities
Applications are open for LHub Law & Humanities Research Networks 2026-27, connecting law, arts and humanities through collaborative, interdisciplinary research. Deadline: 6 Sept 2026. Further information here: 🔗 ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu... #InnovationandLaw #HumanitiesandLaw
🌟 Interested in Law & the Humanities? Apply for an LHub Visitorship for 2026-27. Open to PhD/postdoctoral researchers, early & mid-career researchers, and visiting artists. A unique opportunity to creatively shape work in Law and Humanities. ⏰Apply by: 6 Sept 2026 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yetkzpn3
Hosted by @ials.bsky.social, an exciting National Year of Reading event celebrating legal fiction! What would you add to the collection? ials.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026 #LawSky #AcademicSky #LegalFiction
National Year of Reading 2026 - IALS Library Legal Fiction collection launch event
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'Insiders and Outsiders in the History of Law' also publishes in October, in association w/ @ials.bsky.social, & published #OpenAccess w/ funding from @jisc.bsky.social 👏 'This book ... offers both cutting-edge scholarship and rich inspiration for historians of law.' uolpress.co.uk/book/insider...
Insiders and Outsiders in the History of Law - University of London Press
Writing the history of law involves choices: whose stories are to be told, and how? Traditionally, legal history has focused on influential ‘insiders’ like judges, lawyers and legislators, and on stud...
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We are delighted to announce that Amicus Curiae, Series 2, Volume 7, Issue 3, has now been published. This issue was edited by Professor Pablo Cortés, University of Leicester, who is one of Amicus Curiae’s team of three Co-editors. Dive in: journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus/issue...
And it's back .... Printing at IALS has now been fixed. You can print as normal using your account.
We're experiencing some printer problems here at @ials_law library. The issue has been reported and hopefully should be fixed soon.
Join our WG HART WORKSHOP: The Metrics of Legally Responsible Digitalisation at IALS on 08/06/2026 9am-7pm Programme (PDF) available on our website Free to attend, but booking is required. Book now: ials.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Public Lecture: Artificial Intelligence and International Law 04/06/2026, 5pm-6.30pm, Birkbeck Clore Management Centre. Exploring AI’s impact on legal systems and global governance. Addresses by Justice Surya Kant, Prof. Carl Stychin, IALS and Harish Salve KC Book now: ials.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join us online for IALS event Computational Communications and Freedom of Speech 19/05/26. Speakers include: Jennifer Petersen, @usc.edu, @bernardkeenan.bsky.social, UCL, Claudy Op den Kamp, @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Free to attend, booking required: tinyurl.com/2234xrn3 @sas-news.bsky.social
The IALS Library Reader Satisfaction Survey 2026 is now open to all members. Your feedback helps shape our services. Running through April and May, past responses led to improved spaces, facilities, and accessibility. Take the survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/mseTGyWfLY
What could you win? 🎁 ✅ Signed Chelsea FC shirt or Arsenal FC football ✅ £100 restaurant vouchers ✅ Wine, comedy tickets, fitness programmes & more 🎟️All for just £2 per ticket. 👉 Buy your tickets for the London #LegalWalk raffle today: zurl.co/ip1Ei
The IALS Library Reader Satisfaction Survey 2026 is now open to all members. Your feedback helps shape our services. Running through April and May, past responses led to improved spaces, facilities, and accessibility. Take the survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/mseTGyWfLY
Call for Papers: Four Nations Law and the Humanities. CFPs open for Cardiff (2 July 2026) and Warwick (17 July 2026) workshops. Deadline: 30 April 2026. Initiative supports UK‑based early‑career scholars working in Law and Humanities. Details: ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu... @sas-news.bsky.social
📝NEW BLOG POST! Read Dr Toni Lester's post on the "Colonial Legacies of Intellectual Conference", held in January at the IALS. Read the full post here at 👇 🔗 ials.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #IALS #LawAndInnovation #Conferences #IntellectualProperty #Decolonisation
IALS 2026 "Colonial Legacies of Intellectual Property" Conference A Great Success
March 2026
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Congrats to Devyani Prabhat @bristoluni.bsky.social on the publication today of 'Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law'! Part of the #OpenAccess Reimagining Law and Justice series published with @ials.bsky.social. uolpress.co.uk/book/migrati... @sas-news.bsky.social @icws-sas.bsky.social
Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law - University of London Press
Borders not only demarcate nations and territories, but transform people into migrants. Hand-in-hand with law and law enforcement, borders create residents and foreigners. The law ascertains who cross...
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ICYMI - @susanbreau.bsky.social, Professor of International Law at the @ials.bsky.social, was a guest on BBC Radio 4's The Law Show this afternoon. Listen now on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Law Show - When is it legal to go to war? - BBC Sounds
Under international law, when can a country use force against another?
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Applications for IES Fellowships in the 2026/27 academic year are now open! You can apply for an ECR or Research fellowship, with terms from 6 months to 3 years. The application deadline is 10 April. ies.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Fellowship Applications and Renewals
Applications for the 2026/27 academic year are now open.
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Join us tonight at the IALS for 'In Media Lex: Authority and the Mechanization of Judgment in the 19th Century', with Xavier Nueno (EPFL) 📅 10/03/2026 🕒 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm 📍 IALS Conference Room All welcome - this event is free to attend but booking is required 👇
Xavier Nueno, In Media Lex: Authority and the Mechanization of Judgment in the 19th Century
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📚The IALS Annual Review for 2025 is now available to download or read online. Available here 👇 ials.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @sas-news.bsky.social #IALS #AnnualReview2025 #SchoolofAdvancedStudy #UniversityofLondon
IALS Annual Review for 2025 Now Available
IALS Annual Review for 2025 now available to download or read online.
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Call for Papers: Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums - Glasgow and Belfast Workshops. 📍 Glasgow ials.sas.ac.uk/sites/defaul... 📍 Queen's University Belfast ials.sas.ac.uk/sites/defaul... 🔗 More information about the programme ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu... @sas-news.bsky.social
The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums
Collaborative forums connecting early-career scholars across the UK to explore interdisciplinary approaches to law and the humanities.
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Professor @susanbreau.bsky.social, Senior Associate Research Fellow at @ials.bsky.social, is featured in a recent article in @theguardian.com as part of a panel of legal experts offering insight into international law issues connected to the war in Iran. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...
What is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?
Legal experts give their views on the lawfulness of the countries’ actions, including the UK’s ‘defensive’ operation
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An event to celebrate the launch of this brilliant new #OpenAccess book, published with @ials.bsky.social: uolpress.co.uk/book/migrati...
Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law - University of London Press
Borders not only demarcate nations and territories, but transform people into migrants. Hand-in-hand with law and law enforcement, borders create residents and foreigners. The law ascertains who cross...
uolpress.co.uk
Excellent panel discussion coming up at IALS @sas-news.bsky.social - launching new book by Devyani Prabhat (@bristoluni.bsky.social) 'Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law', feat Ruvi Ziegler, Sharon Cowan, @evehayes123.bsky.social and myself @icws-sas.bsky.social ials.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ials.bsky.social is very pleased to announce the appointment of Nothando Lunga as its 2026 Creative Practitioner in Residence. 👉 Read full announcement here: ials.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #CreativePractitionerInResidence #LegalStudies #AcademicSpaces
IALS Appoints Nothando Lunga as Creative Practitioner in Residence
South African architect Nothando Lunga appointed as IALS's Creative Practitioner to explore Charles Clore House through decolonial spatial practices in its anniversary year.
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📚 CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums 2026 We are excited to announce the calls for papers for Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums 2026! Download call here 👇
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums 2026
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We have 2 great #IWD2026 events coming up, organised as part of a larger 2-day conference on the book journey from idea to the global shelf. 📢 Author-Reading Event: The business of producing and promoting women’s writing. How are books born? From idea to the global shelf 📅 12 March, 3:30-6:30 1/2
Author-Reading Event: The business of producing and promoting women’s writing. How are books born? From idea to the global shelf
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📣New publication out today from @uolpress.bsky.social: 'Law and Justice in the 1950s: Case Studies From a Neglected Decade'. Edited by Fiona Cownie and Rosemary Auchmuty. Published in association with the @ials.bsky.social. 📕Available now for purchase or via open access: https://bit.ly/3NwA1BK
CALL FOR PAPERS: LHub's new project: law and humanities in the 'Four Nations', ECR network: with forthcoming workshops in England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland. Fab events for our ECR community 👏 👇 @adiver.bsky.social @ials.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yrk86hyp
The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums
Collaborative forums connecting early-career scholars across the UK to explore interdisciplinary approaches to law and the humanities.
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