Historicising Jurisprudence: First Book Symposium

2025 Selected Book: Natasha Wheatley, The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty (Princeton UP, 2023).

This Symposium is co-sponsored by the Selden Society and the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London. It is co-hosted and co-organised by Maks Del Mar and Michael Lobban.

2-3pm: Opening Conversation with Natasha Wheatley (Princeton), Michael Lobban (Oxford), andMaks Del Mar(Queen Mary)

3-3.15pm Break

3.15 - 4.45pm Panel 1 – Chaired by Isobel Roele(Queen Mary)

Thinking with the book: Roxana Banu (Oxford), Anat Rosenberg (IALS), and Gerry Simpson (LSE)

4.45-5pm: Break

5pm - 6.30pm: Panel 2 – Chaired byGeorgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary)

Thinking with the book:Charlotte Johann(Queen Mary), Alvin Jackson (Edinburgh), andAngus Nicholls(Queen Mary)

6.30pm: drinks and nibbles