ASLH Early Career (Virtual) Legal History Workshop

ASLH Early Career (Virtual) Legal History Workshop

Deadline for Applications:  June 30, 2024 

The
American Society for Legal History (ASLH) is delighted to announce a
new virtual initiative – the Early Career (Virtual) Legal History
Workshop – designed to provide support and intellectual community to
early career scholars working in legal history, broadly defined. 
 
Applications
are invited from early career, pre-tenure scholars, publishing in
English, who have completed PhDs or JDs (those working toward a JD/PhD
must have completed the PhD).  Scholars with expertise in all
chronological periods and geographical fields are encouraged to apply,
as are scholars who may not (yet) identify as legal historians. Though
time zones present a challenge, one of the goals of the ASLH’s virtual
initiatives is to increase opportunities for engagement between
international and U. S. based scholars.  With this in mind, we encourage
international scholars to apply.
 
The committee (the ASLH
Working Group for Virtual Initiatives) will select seven (7) Fellows for
the 2024-25 workshop. The workshop will be limited to the Fellows and
Faculty Chairs and will meet once monthly via Zoom from September
through April (no meeting in October because of the Annual Meeting)
giving each fellow an opportunity to share work-in-progress with the
group for discussion and feedback.  The 2024-25 Early Career LHW will be
chaired by Bhavani Raman, Associate Professor of History, University of
Toronto, and Dan Sharfstein, Dick and Martha Lansden Chair in Law and
Professor of History, Vanderbilt University.  The date and time of the
monthly workshops will be established by the Faculty Chairs. Fellows
must commit to participate for the full academic year.
 
Elements of Application
(1)
Cover Letter (1 page) (the cover letter should address the following
points: briefly describe your research and path to the project, note the
intended result (book/article/other) and the stage of the project,
explain your interest in being part of the 2024-25 workshop, and note
your time zone (UTC) and range of flexibility for meeting);
(2) Curriculum Vitae
(2 pages) (including education and degree dates, current appointment,
publications and conference papers, and professional society
affiliations);
(3) Proposed Paper Title and Abstract (up to 100 words);
(4)
1 Letter of Recommendation (the letter should be from someone who knows
you and your work well and who can comment on how you would benefit
from and contribute to the workshop community).
 
Applicants should submit items 1-3 in a single pdf.  And arrange to have the letter of recommendation submitted directly. 
 
All application materials should be sent to Barbara Welke, welke004@umn.edu. 
The deadline for applications is June 30, 2024.  Only complete applications will be considered.
 
Questions? Write to Barbara Welke welke004@umn.edu

— Karen Tani