The latest issue of Law and Humanities has articles on Kafka as well as arts reviews overseen by @drelenacooper.bsky.social The journal considers reviews of all kinds of law-related works... including buildings!

Law and Humanities@law-and-humanities.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New issue marks 100 years since first publication of Kafka's brilliant unfinished novel 'The Castle': guest editorial (Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko) and all research articles, essays, arts and book reviews now available on the website: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ISHTIP goes to Sao Paulo! Registration for the 17th Annual Workshop is open, and everyone who is interested in history and theory of intellectual property is very welcome to join. Please find more details in the page below.

17th ISHTIP Annual Workshop hosted by Faculty of Law of Univ. of Sāo Paulo

Greetings from the local committee: It is a great pleasure to welcome you to ISHTIP 2026, hosted in the buzzling city of São Paulo.

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PhD scholarship on copyright and private regulation supervised by @kathybowrey.bsky.social, UNSW and L. Buckingham, Arts Law Centre of Australia www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/... Deadline: 13 April 2026

Two social sciences PhD studentships @create-glasgow.bsky.social www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/03... Deadline: 15 April 2026

📣 Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual ISHTIP Workshop is out now 📣 Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy When: 25-26 June 2026 Where: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil Abstract & CV deadline: 22 December 2025 More details: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

CREATe, University of Glasgow (www.create.ac.uk) is looking for a Research Associate:

CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📣Funded postdoc opportunity: CREATe Centre at @uofglasgow.bsky.social is recruiting for an 18-month postdoc to work on critical approaches to technology, culture and regulation. 🤖 🎨 More information and how to apply: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... 📅⏰Closing date for applications - 23Nov!

Isambard Kingdom Brunel to select committee on patents (1851, HL 486): "[W]hat is the result of your experience? I believe them to be productive of almost unmixed evil with respect to every party connected with them, whether those for the benefit of whom they are apparently made, or the public."

A reminder that @law-and-humanities.bsky.social Arts reviews editor @drelenacooper.bsky.social will consider reviews of architecture relating to legal themes.

CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · last yr.

In a new blog post, Elena Cooper explores ‘Scenes from a Repatriation’ – a new play by Joel Tan currently on at the @royalcourt.bsky.social – as a starting point for reflecting on the role of theatre and the arts in grappling with complex legal and ethical debates 👇 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

This was a brilliant talk by @drmarieip.bsky.social

CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · last yr.

Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome Dr Marie Hadley from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for an engaging session with our early career researchers. Marie shared her experiences navigating artistic–academic collaborations 🎨 and offered valuable lessons from the field. Thank you, Marie! 👏

The "Planning Applications Scotland" dashboard covers specific types of development which can, helpfully, also be broken down by local authority.

Built Environment Forum Scotland@thebefs.bsky.social · 2y ago

📈 Major planning data innovation from @improvserv—new dashboard standardising 650,000 planning applications across Scotland (2009-2025). Reveals spike in householder developments in 2021 followed by decline, while listed building applications remain stable. Learn more: www.improvementservi...

Last week at Aberdeen I spoke about a favourite topic from my @leverhulme.bsky.social research fellowship project: architects' insistence that they - not their clients - own architectural plans and drawings.

I was recently introduced to the catchy slogan "What’s it called? Cumbernauld!" when trying to get the pronunciation right and now I'm going to read about Cumbernauld and other Scottish new towns: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/building-...

Building Modern Scotland

Combining architectural and social history, this open access book tells for the first time the in-depth story of Scotland's new towns.One of the most significan…

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Open Up Museums! Prospects and Challenges of Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion Collection edited by G. Dore and M. Arisi based on the workshop collaboration between MUSE (Trento), Mart (Rovereto) and the EU-funded projects reCreating Europe, DANCING, and inDICEs. zenodo.org/records/1428...

Do you have views about a building relating to law or legal themes? The Law and Humanities journal (@law-and-humanities.bsky.social) publishes arts as well as book reviews: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rla...

Law and Humanities

Publishes critical discussion on arts and humanities around the subject of law, focusing on arts, literature, history, philosophy and theology.

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Kris Erickson published a new article which explores the intersection of AI and creativity 🤖 Through case studies across industries like music or architecture, the study reveals diverse experiences among creative firms that have commercialised AI-enhanced products 👩‍🎨 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2024/10...

An architectural copyright case: the IPKat reports on a judgment from the Paris Court of Appeal highlighting the importance of making creative choices. "Combination of common architectural elements does not make orangery original" ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/comb...

SAVE THE DATE We are excited to announce the dates for the next ISHTIP - International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property - Annual Workshop, which will take place in Madrid on 25 - 26 June 2025. More details and CfP will follow next month.

I'd be more productive today if I wasn't looking out of my office window every few minutes trying to spot the peregrine fledglings flying from the Gilbert Scott tower.

This article plots the unrelenting opposition to Lawson’s entrepreneurship and explains why her successful litigation to enforce her legal rights was a hollow victory. It raises significant questions of contemporary relevance about law, culture, power and political strategy.

The threat posed by a woman inventor: law, labour and the subjugation of Louisa Lawson

In 1896–1897, Louisa Lawson (1848–1920) filed a number of patent applications. This article explains how her inventions were an expression of modern feminist practice and aligned with the progressi...

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It used to be the best thing about my employer was the monkey puzzle tree but now it's the peregrine falcons in the tower.

"Donor restrictions on galleries and museums" special issue of Art Antiquity and Law co-edited by Elena Cooper and Steph Scholten: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2024/04... It includes fascinating archival work on Whistler's 'Portrait of Lady Eden' which is not allowed to be exhibited... or is it?

It's an exciting time for CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social : not only did we join Bluesky (hooray!), but the centre is being relaunched as the centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy, having secured AHRC infrastructure funding. Want to celebrate with us? Join us in March!

CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · 3y ago

We are thrilled to announce the @create-glasgow.bsky.social relaunch event on 11 March at the ARC. Come along to learn more about our work on creativity, markets & technology, new research themes & join us for a networking reception with a Scottish twist. Register: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2024/02...

There is still time to submit an ISHTIP workshop abstract... the deadline has been extended to Monday 22 January 2024.

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 3y ago

Call for Papers: 2024 Int. Society for the History and Theory of IP Annual Workshop | 26-27 June 2024 | Boston University hosted by Jessica Silbey Abstract deadline: 8 Jan 2024 Theme: Intellectual Property and the Anthropocene Other papers within ISHTIP interests also welcome. More details:

Wonderful to see this published in the Illinois JLTP: "Surrogate IP Rights in the Cultural Sector" by CREATe alumna @andeewallace.bsky.social ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/h...

Happy New Year! Please do not forget to send in an abstract for our meeting in June in Boston.

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 3y ago

Call for Papers: 2024 Int. Society for the History and Theory of IP Annual Workshop | 26-27 June 2024 | Boston University hosted by Jessica Silbey Abstract deadline: 8 Jan 2024 Theme: Intellectual Property and the Anthropocene Other papers within ISHTIP interests also welcome. More details:

Call for Papers: 2024 Int. Society for the History and Theory of IP Annual Workshop | 26-27 June 2024 | Boston University hosted by Jessica Silbey Abstract deadline: 8 Jan 2024 Theme: Intellectual Property and the Anthropocene Other papers within ISHTIP interests also welcome. More details:

The International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property is here! @ishtip.bsky.social

One of the best parts of archival research is viewing so many different examples of beautiful handwriting. Memos and meeting minutes are suddenly works of art.

ISHTIP Book Discussion: Myra Tawfik’s “For the Encouragement of Learning. The origins of Canadian Copyright Law” 23 November online. See details in the CORRECTED flyer or go to www.ishtip.org

Isabella Alexander will be in Glasgow today to give a CREATe Public Lecture on copyright history and cartography based on her fantastic book, read it here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/copyright...

Copyright and Cartography

This open access book explores the intertwined histories of mapmaking and copyright law in Britain from the early modern period up to World War 1, focusing chie…

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