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Paolo Vargiu

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Associate professor, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester. Interested in law, religion and the humanities. Visibly disabled. The usual caveats apply. More at bit.ly/m/vargiu

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European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int · 03/12/2025
📍 To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Court is launching a new transversal theme page on the rights of persons with disabilities. 🔎Explore it on the Court’s Knowledge Sharing platform. 🔗 go.coe.int/1bcyt
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Rights of persons with disabilities - ECHR-KS - Knowledge Sharing
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Dr Aristi Volou @aristivolou.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Counting down to Book Launch International Protection of Socio-Economic Rights: An Interactional Approach. Will be joined by H Flynn, K Boyle & R O'Connell. 20 November, 12:15–2:00 pm (UK) Uni of Leicester, Law School - Fielding Johnson Building, Jan Grodecki Room or online via link in comment
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid @ucm.es · 21/10/2025
🏛️ Facultad Derecho UCM Inaugurada en octubre 1956, esta emblemática facultad fue diseñada por el arquitecto Agustín Aguirre López. Sobrio y funcional se amplió en los años 70 para incorporar la biblioteca, bajo la dirección de Javier Carvajal. #ArquitecturaSingular #EdificiosQueCuentanHistorias 💫
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and actio popularis: a note on Figel’ v Slovakia [ECHR] 2025 - Figel's application was declared inadmissible: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/09/05/f...
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Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and actio popularis: Figel’ v Slovakia | Law & Religion UK
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Guest post by Christopher Grozdoski on Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Against Scottish Event Campus Ltd [2022] SC GLW 33: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/09/09/r...
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Revisiting the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Case and Its Legacy | Law & Religion UK
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A note on Rafiyev v Azerbaijan [2025] ECHR 171: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/07/10/p...
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Praying in private and Article 9 ECHR: Rafiyev | Law & Religion UK
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Burial in the wrong plot: Re An Exhumation [2025] ECC Por 1: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/07/01/b...
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Burial in the wrong plot – a cautionary tale | Law & Religion UK
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 01/07/2025
My take on @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social’s "Rethinking Law and Religion" is now out for the types of Amicus Curiae at journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus/artic.... Spoiler: it’s easily among the finest reads of 2024, so you’d be well within your rights to ignore my scribblings and go straight to the book itself.
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Rethinking Law and Religion by Russell Sandberg | Amicus Curiae
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Roundup: Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, Archbishop of Wales retires, Scots consultation on dissolution of SCIOs, Gypsies and Travellers in Scotland, N Ireland consultation on dissolution of marriage & civil partnership, CofE General Synod - & more: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/06/29/l...
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Law and religion roundup – 29th June | Law & Religion UK
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Socio-Legal Studies Assocation @slsauk.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The SLSA is looking for a new PG Rep to its Board as one of our current PG reps, Mini Saxena, has recently stepped down after two years of service. Thanks @min-i.bsky.social it's been great working with you! For further info about the role email-slsapgrep@gmail.com. 7/7/25 closing see below
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 10/06/2025
I’ve never played basketball above the lofty heights of Italy’s 4th division, but today I did what I do best at a venue where larger humans do what they do best: arbitration, morality, and Kantian ethics (which, come to think of it, might be rougher than rugby) at the Leicester Tigers stadium!
Cover of my paper "The Invisible Bench - Arbitration as a Moral Practice"Me presenting my paper with my usual verveThe view from the conference venue (the Leicester Tigers' Clubhouse)
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James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Look, if you want to learn more about legitimate violent protest against government injustices in failing liberal democratic states... www.routledge.com/Justifying-V...
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Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States
This book presents a radical, but compelling, argument that liberal democracies must be able accommodate violent protest. We often think of violent protest as being alien to liberal democracy, an extr...
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 06/06/2025
I recently reviewed Guus van Harten and David Schneiderman's "Rethinking Investment Law" in the pages of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review. Spoiler alert: it’s very good. Everyone should read it, but if you need convincing, my review is here. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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Book review: <i>Rethinking Investment Law,</i> edited by David Schneiderman, Gus van Harten. (UK:Oxford University Press. Published December 2023) [pre-publication] - European Investment Law and Arbit...
View Book review: <i>Rethinking Investment Law,</i> edited by David Schneiderman, Gus van Harten. (UK:Oxford University Press. Published December 2023) [pre-publication] by - European Investment Law ...
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 05/06/2025
In the delirium surrounding the release of my book, I forgot to mention to my legions of aficionados that I’ve also published a brief reflection on res judicata in investment arbitration, thanks to the superstars at the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2025/06/04/f...
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Frenkel v. Croatia: The Boundaries of Res Judicata in Investment Arbitration - Kluwer Arbitration Blog
The recent award in Ahron G. Frenkel v. Republic of Croatia has already succeeded in dividing the very tribunal that rendered it—never an encouraging omen. It is unlikely to cease causing a stir in th...
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 04/06/2025
I would like to remind my audience of aficionados that this masterpiece is out and there's still a nice discount, so you really have no excuse not to educate yourself and contribute to extinguishing my mortgage at the same time. In case you're partial to Amazon, here's the link tinyurl.com/Vargiu1
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Investment Arbitration’s Tightrope: Ethics, Power and Responsibility: Amazon.co.uk: Vargiu, Paolo: 9781839993565: Books
Buy Investment Arbitration’s Tightrope: Ethics, Power and Responsibility by Vargiu, Paolo (ISBN: 9781839993565) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Katja Ziegler @profziegler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...
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Call for Papers | Centre for European Law and Internationalisation - CELI
Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR  PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th ...
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 20/05/2025
My book is out 3 June! If investment arbitration excites you more than baking bread, it’s your lucky day. Written for lawyers, arbitrators & ethics enthusiasts. Discount code in the QR codes, courtesy of @anthempress.bsky.social. I’d be thrilled if you read it - my ego and mortgage will thank you.
Cover of Paolo Vargiu's Investment Arbitration's TightropeDiscount QR codes for Paolo Vargiu's Investment Arbitration's Tightrope
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Law and Humanities @law-and-humanities.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Blog by our Arts Editor👇 "our arts reviews, in forging new connections between original scholarship & cultural sphere, & in individually & collectively creating a cultural record formed through a scholarly mantle, are an exciting strand of our dynamic interdisciplinary field." @martailj.bsky.social
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Dr Danielle Watson @danielledoeslaw.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
New Blog Post - Finding Joy in Academia With the summer assessment period approaching, I wanted to take the time to think about the parts of my job that I truly love, and some lessons I have learned as an early career researcher. open.substack.com/pub/danielle...
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Finding Joy in Academia
What I have learned as an early career researcher, and advice I would give my younger self
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Roundup: does Cardiff Council trust in Jesus?, the Government on the Lords Spiritual, headstones moved to make way for "activity space", funding rectories in Guernsey, “net zero” in the Church of England (again): lawandreligionuk.com/2025/04/20/l...
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Law and religion roundup – 20th April | Law & Religion UK
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 17/04/2025
[thread] Well, it’s over. The #SLSA2025 has wrapped up its final curtain call, the house lights are up (metaphor suggested by an amazingly theatrical presentation I’ve attended today), and I am back in Leicester with my suitcase now filled with laundry instead of lanyards. This morning I gave
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Dr Danielle Watson @danielledoeslaw.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
My article is finally out in the Human Rights Law Review (part of a symposium on Next-Generation Thinking on the CRPD) where I argue that the CRPD is a queer document! 'The CRPD is Here and queer! A lesson in queering human rights law' academic.oup.com/hrlr/article...
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The CRPD is Here and queer! A lesson in queering human rights law
Abstract. This article argues that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a queer document. The Convention tackles the issues
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 16/04/2025
[thread] The rain is still falling with the sort of determined enthusiasm one associates with Liverpool in its element, and I got wet all day in the manner of a person who has accepted their fate but insists on remaining vaguely stylish while doing so. My spirits, however, remain decidedly
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Dr Danielle Watson @danielledoeslaw.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Starting off the final panel with @paolovargiu.com, discussing Ivan Ilyich and the Meaning of Suffering.
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 15/04/2025
[thread] First day of the #SLSA2025 and already it feels like slipping into a familiar old coat. I ran into some old friends I hadn’t seen in donkey’s years, and met a few colleagues I’d only seen once or twice before - ghosts of conference past and social media present who have now
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Roundup: not much to write about this week: still no provision for humanist weddings in England & Wales, a Northern Ireland religious discrimination claim, “Net zero” in the Church of England, and illumination of church towers: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/04/13/l...
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Law and religion roundup – 13th April | Law & Religion UK
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 14/04/2025
Off to Liverpool for the #SLSA2025. I might have gone a touch feral with the slides this time.
Promo slide for my talk "The Death of Ivan Ilyich and the Meaning of Suffering" at the SLSA Annual Conference 2025.Promo slide for my talk "Blasphemy, Law, and the Stories we Tell" at the SLSA Annual Conference 2025.
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Burial of a baptismal font – some considerations: a note on Re St Paul Heslington [2025] ECC Yor 1: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/03/21/b...
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Burial of a baptismal font – some considerations | Law & Religion UK
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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
www.reuters.com/world/europe... The #surveillance turn in Sweden is really interesting. This comes hot on heels of lots of other extensions to policing powers.
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Swedish government proposes bill to allow police to use AI face-recognition
Swedish police should be allowed to use real-time, AI-powered face-recognition to combat crime, Sweden's government proposed on Thursday, as it seeks new tools to stop sometimes violent offences rocking the Nordic country in recent years.
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 22/03/2025
[1/4] Funny thing: the teaching year's just about dead (one straggler of a tutorial next Friday, assuming anyone bothers to turn up) and instead of slipping into summer torpor I’m already sketching out next year like some unseasonably motivated careerist. Proactive? Professional? Maybe.
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Dr Stuart Wallace @echrhawk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Great news, people are submitting papers! The fear that you throw an academic party and no one turns up is dissipating. Please share details of the conference (looking at 25 years of the Human Rights Act) if you can
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Roundup: Listed Place of Worship Grant Scheme, more on the Makin Report, Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Act 2025, burial & cremation - & more: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/01/19/l...
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Law and religion roundup – 19th January | Law & Religion UK
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 07/01/2025
I'm seriously considering delivering all the lectures for Law and Religion with a soundtrack in the background. I know it's unorthodox but hey, I'm literally talking about God - shouldn't I add some gravitas to it?
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The Church of England has issued a statement on the case of the former Church of England rector David Tudor, highlighted in the BBC File on Four documentary: lawandreligionuk.com/2024/12/16/s...
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Statement on BBC File on 4 on abuse by David Tudor | Law & Religion UK
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 18/12/2024
[1/3] There was a time, not so long ago but measured now in the soft ache of memory, when my legs could carry me, and life itself seemed stitched together by simple movements. I did not think much of the freedom back then, because freedom,
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 11/12/2024
"In doing so, the ECtHR can define a distinctly European model of pluralism that honours the shared principles of the Convention while embracing the interplay of traditions that make up the contemporary European society." Man that's anticlimactic.
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 09/12/2024
It's Monday, it's quite early in the morning, and I'm wondering why am I already up since I've got no class this week.
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Roundup: Collecting ethnic data on Jews and Sikhs?, Political opinions are not protected beliefs, Parochial fees in the C of E and C in W - & more: lawandreligionuk.com/2024/12/08/l...
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Law and religion roundup – 8th December | Law & Religion UK
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Law and Humanities @law-and-humanities.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Check out the brilliant new research article 'Naked ambitions and masked violence' by Stephen M Young, on the role of storytelling in Law and legal critique, focusing on Frank Herbert's #Dune @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
It's been 15 minutes since I posted about my books, so it's GIVEAWAY TIME!!! If you want a FREE copy of my new @routledgelit.bsky.social collection (with @drmitchtravis.bsky.social & Kieran Tranter) Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary, like & reskeet this - winner chosen at random on 5 January. 1/2
A picture of the books in question, next to my little statue of Richard Wagner.
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 02/12/2024
"Just because you're making money out of it, it doesn't mean it's developed"
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 02/12/2024
In Warwick with @celinetan.bsky.social @vzivkovic.bsky.social @anilyilmaz.bsky.social and the rest of the gang for the UK leg of David Schneiderman's 2024 World Tour!
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Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Roundup: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Makin Review, non-religious and belief weddings, marriage, family and succession law in Scotland, “impact reporting” for charities, religious minority rights – & more: lawandreligionuk.com/2024/12/01/l...
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Law and religion roundup – 1st December | Law & Religion UK
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 01/12/2024
Crip time means setting aside one's Sunday to catch up with work and wasting it with their body catching up with them.
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 01/12/2024
TFW you feel like the term has flown by but you feel like you've been lecturing non-stop fro 74 weeks in a row.
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Save the date for the world's best-sized international law conference! The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University. The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’. Please re-post!
Dear ANZSIL members and friends,

ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025: Save the Date and Conference Theme

It is with great pleasure that the ANZSIL Annual Conference Organising Committee announces the dates, location and theme of the ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025!

The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.

The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’.

The Postgraduate Research Student Workshop will be held on Tuesday 1 July 2025.

Save the dates now!  The Call for Papers will be issued shortly.

We look forward to seeing you in Canberra in July 2025.

Best wishes,

Imogen Saunders and Douglas Guilfoyle (Co-Chairs of the ANZSIL Conference Organising Committee 2025)
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 25/11/2024
[1/12] There are subjects that sit quietly on the edges of our days, waiting for us to turn toward them. They don’t demand attention with a shout or a bang but, with a slow inevitability, they make themselves known nonetheless.
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Paolo Vargiu @paolovargiu.com · 24/11/2024
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Law and History Network @lawhistnetwork.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Who wants some fabulous, free, online #LegalHistory with added #Pirates ??? Well of course you do! Law and History Network will be hearing from Graham Moore on 20th November, 5.30-6.30 UK time. Sign up! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confederac...
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'Confederacy, treason or robbery? Defining piracy in 17C HC of Admiralty'
Law and History Network seminar given by Graham Moore Confederacy, treason, or robbery? Defining piracy in the 17C High Court of Admiralty
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
ICYMI we’ve launched a new beta tool using HESA data to track if university departmental closures are leading to geographical ‘cold spots’ for the availability of particular social science/humanities/arts subjects www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
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Mapping SHAPE provision in UK higher education
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