Canadian Network of Law & Humanities

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The network aims to increase the visibility of law and humanities study in Canada by facilitating collaborative projects, ideas, and events. Find more here: https://cnlh.ubc.ca/

My latest article, “The Legal Somatics of Body Bequests Before the Anatomy Act 1832”, is published in Mortality, an interdisciplinary journal on death and dying. In the article, I analyze the medico-legal history of 18th- and 19th-century body bequests in England and Ireland. doi.org/10.1080/1357...

The legal somatics of body bequests before the Anatomy Act 1832

Without the authority of legislation in the United Kingdom, some bequeathed their bodies to physicians, surgeons and apothecaries to dissect and create anatomical specimens in the eighteenth and ea...

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Introduction to Podcasting

A full-day online workshop by The Sociological Review Foundation guiding academics on how to create, produce, and launch research-focused podcasts.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2026 HOLBERG PRIZE AND NILS KLIM PRIZE. Deadline: 15 June 2025. The Holberg Prize is an international award for outstanding research in humanities, social sciences, law, or theology. The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to scholars under 40 from/in the Nordic countries.

The nomination process

We welcome nominations for the Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize by 15 June. Both prizes are awarded annually for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences…

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