Stanford Center for Law and History
Stanford Center for Law and History
Stanford’s Law and History Workshop Series: October 14, 2025
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for our workshop series this Fall. Our first speaker is Anne Twitty (Stanford History Dept.). We will discuss her paper, "Roger Taney, Memory Entrepreneur." The workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 14, at 5pm. We will meet in SLS Room 230. Snacks and wine will […]
Stanford’s Law and History Workshop Series: October 30, 2025
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for our workshop series this Fall. Our speaker is Ronit Y. Stahl (UC Berkeley History Dept.). We will discuss her paper, "Leasing Religion: Catholic Sisters and the American Public Hospital." The workshop will be held on Thursday, October 30, at 4 pm. We will meet in […]
Stanford Center For Law and History Workshop Series: January 22
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for a workshop this Winter 2026. Our speaker is Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford). We will discuss his paper "The Meaning of the United States: Debating Union Before the Constitution." The workshop will be held on Thursday, January 22 at 4 pm. We will meet in SLS Room 320D. […]
Stanford Center For Law and History Workshop Series: February 5
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for a book event this Winter 2026. Our speaker is John Fabian Witt (Yale Law). We will discuss his new book The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America. Rob Reich (Stanford) will serve as the interlocutor. The book event will […]
Stanford Center For Law and History Workshop Series: February 12
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for a book event this Winter 2026. Our speaker is Jessica Lake (Melbourne Law). We will discuss her new book Special Damage: The Slander of Women and the Gendered History of Defamation Law. The book event will be held on Thursday, February 12 at 4 pm. We will […]
Stanford Center For Law and History Book Talk: April 9
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for a book event this Spring 2026. Our speaker is Serena Mayeri (Penn Carey Law). We will discuss her new book Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law. The book talk will be held on Thursday, April 9 at 4 pm. We will meet in […]
Stanford Center For Law and History Workshop Series: April 28
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for a book event this Spring 2026. Our speaker is Nader Hakim (University of Bordeaux). We will discuss his paper "Lawyers of the Moon: What can legal history and legal imagination both do?" The workshop will be held on Tuesday, April 28 at 12:45 pm. We will […]
Stanford Center For Law and History Workshop Series: May 5
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Center for Law and History for a book event this Spring 2026. Our speaker is Saskia Lettmaier (University of Hamburg). We will discuss her paper, "Marriage and Madness: The Origins of the Marriage of Lunatics Act of 1742." The workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 5 at 12:45 pm. We will meet in […]
Legal History in Times of Crisis: May 15
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOn May 15, 2026, the Stanford Center for Law and History will host its eighth annual conference, “Legal History in Times of Crisis.” Our contemporary world is in crisis—on this much, there is widespread agreement. But the nature, scope, and causes of our present crisis—indeed, crises—are subject to fierce debate, whether they be crises of democracy, technology, the rule of […]