Seminar Series on Jurisdiction Organised by the Centre for European and International Legal Affairs (CEILA) and the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC), School of Law, Queen Mary University of London The Series will focus on ‘Jurisdiction’, tracing the origins and repercussions of the notion within and across different (international) legal systems, in its different shapes and functions. The Series will be co-convened by Dr Stephen Allen and Dr Paul Gragl. All seminars will be held in Room 313, Law Building, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS. For more information, please contact our events team [email protected] or the series co-convenors, Dr Stephen Allen [email protected] and Dr Paul Gragl [email protected]

Seminars 19 November 2015, 12.00 to 14.00 Seminar 1: Histories of Jurisdiction - Ancient, Imperial, Medieval, Early Modern and Modern www.qm-jurisdiction-1.eventbrite.co.uk

Chair: Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL) Professor Anthony Musson (Exeter) Dr Thomas Lambert (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) Professor Kaius Tuori (Helsinki) Dr Nurfadzilah Yahaya (Singapore)

3 December 2015, 12.00 to 14.00 Seminar 2: Public/Private Dimensions of Jurisdiction www.qm-jurisdiction-2.eventbrite.co.uk

Chair: Professor Chris Reed (CCLS) Dr Alex Mills (UCL) Dr Uta Kohl (Aberystwyth)

21 January 2016, 12.00 to 14.00 Seminar 3: Universal/Regional/Individual Jurisdiction www.qm-jurisdiction-3.eventbrite.co.uk

Chair: Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott (QMUL) Professor Pål Wrange (Stockholm) Professor William Schabas (Middlesex/Leiden) Professor Fiona de Londras (Birmingham)

18 February 2016, 12.00 to 14.00 Seminar 4: Health and Jurisdiction www.qm-jurisdiction-4.eventbrite.co.uk

Chair: Dr Ruth Fletcher (QMUL) Professor Stefania Negri (Salerno) Dr Andraz Zidar (EIUC)

17 March 2016, 12.00 to 14.00 Seminar 5: Cyberspace and Jurisdiction www.qm-jurisdiction-5.eventbrite.co.uk

Chair: Professor Ian Walden (CCLS) Dr Morag Goodwin (Tilburg) Professor Christian Walter (Munich) Dr Christopher Kuner (Cambridge)

28 April 2016, 13.00 to 19.30 Roundtable: Jurisdiction in a Pluralist World - History, Theory, Challenges www.qm-jurisdiction-6.eventbrite.co.uk

Chair: Dr Stephen Allen (QMUL) Chair: Dr Paul Gragl (QMUL) Professor Paul Schiff Berman (GWU) Professor Roger Cotterrell (QMUL) Professor Cedric Ryngaert (Utrecht) Professor Shaun McVeigh (Melbourne) Professor Mariana Valverde (Toronto) Professor Saskia Sassen (Columbia) Professor Caroline Humfress (St Andrews)

For more information, please visit: www.bit.ly/qm-ceila and www.law.qmul.ac.uk/clsgc