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Law and Diversity in European History -19th Annual Graduate Conference in European History (GRACEH)

Oct. 12, 2024

Place: University of Vienna (Austria) / Zoom
Time: 7 - 9 April 2025

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 5 January 2025

GRACEH 2025 offers a platform to explore the complex interplay between legal systems and the diverse social fabric of Europe across different historical spaces and periods. Europe’s rich cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity has shaped numerous legal traditions, often oscillating between integration and exclusion. The conference seeks to examine the interaction between legal structures and social diversity as well as the role of law in promoting or suppressing diversity from a historical perspective. In this context, diversity can be understood as the variety of identities, social groups and cultural backgrounds. It includes among other aspects, differences in terms of encompassing gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social class and Disabilities.

Proposed contributions could, for example, deal with the legal challenges and developments in the area of minority rights. Migration and the legal measures of integration, as well as DisAbilities and LGBTIQ* are further central topics. Moreover, questions could revolve around diversity of the law itself, for example in the context of colonialism, multinormativity or around spaces of “lawlessness” which offer insights into normative practices and opportunities outside of the legal system.

A list of suggested topics and further information can be found in the official Call for Papers downloadable below.

The organizers particularly encourage submissions from those who have yet to present their work at conferences or are from underrepresented regions and/or institutions. They hope to be able to support travel and/or accommodation for a limited number of presenters without access to institutional funding. Participants should cover their accommodation and travel through their home institutions if possible.

If you have questions, you can get in touch with the organizational team here: graceh2025.hkw@univie.ac.at.


Source: https://graceh2025.univie.ac.at/call-for-papers/ (12.10.2024)