Faculty Events Calendar: Colloquia, Workshops, Lectures and Conferences

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Brishen Rogers of Temple University will present a lecture entitled “Rethinking the Future of Work: Law, Technology, and Economic Citizenship.”

October 5, 2017
Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Sean H. Williams

Faculty Colloquium - Scott Hershovitz

Speaker:

Scott Hershovitz
Professor, University of Michigan

October 9, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

John M. Golden

Drawing Board Lunch: Denise Gilman & Elissa Steglich

Speakers:

Denise L. Gilman
Clinical Professor, University of Texas
Elissa C. Steglich
Clinical Professor, University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch: Denise Gilman & Elissa Steglich

October 13, 2017
Friday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Moderator:

Jens C. Dammann

Bookfest - William Sage

Speakers:

William M. Sage
Dell Medical School, University of Texas
Allison Hoffman
Professor, UCLA
Glenn Cohen
Professor, Harvard

Commentators: Glenn Cohen - Harvard School of Law Allison Hoffman - University of California @ Los Angeles

October 16, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

John M. Golden

Drawing Board Lunch: Stephen Vladeck - Military Control of Civilians

Speaker:

Stephen I. Vladeck
Professor, University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch: Stephen Vladeck - Military Control of Civilians

October 16, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

“Modern Slavery, Unfree Labour and Migrants’ Rights”

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Judy Fudge of the University of Kent will present a lecture entitled “Modern Slavery, Unfree Labour and Migrants’ Rights.”

October 19, 2017
Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

William E. Forbath

Faculty Colloquium - Jane Schacter // Stanford

Speaker:

Jane Schacter
Professor, Stanford University

Putting the Politics of 'Judicial Activism' in Historical Perspective

October 19, 2017
Thursday

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)
5:30pm - 7:00pm

Immigration and the Future of American Families

Speaker:

Ai-jen Poo
Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Rothko Chapel are pleased to announce that labor organizer and activist Ai-jen Poo will headline the 3rd Annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights.

The presentation will focus on the role of immigrant women in the American care economy, which is increasingly a central part of our entire economy. The talk will begin with Poo’s personal story, and weave in the stories and solutions of immigrant women and the movement for a more caring economy and democracy.

A reception will follow in the Jamail Pavilion.

We invite you to register via the link below.

October 23, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

John M. Golden

Drawing Board Lunch: Larry Laudan - Different Strokes for Different Folks: Fixing the Error in Criminal Prosecutions by “Empiricizing” the Rules of Criminal Law and Taking False Acquittals and Serial Offenders Seriously

Speaker:

Larry Laudan
Lecturer, University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch: Larry Laudan - Different Strokes for Different Folks: Fixing the Error in Criminal Prosecutions by “Empiricizing” the Rules of Criminal Law and Taking False Acquittals and Serial Offenders Seriously

October 26, 2017
Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:15am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Jane M. Cohen

Faculty Colloquium // Susan Klein & Elissa Steglich

Speakers:

Susan R. Klein
Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law, University of Texas
Elissa C. Steglich
Clinical Professor, University of Texas

October 30, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

John M. Golden

Drawing Board Lunch: Louise Weinberg - Against Deference

Speaker:

Louise Weinberg
William B. Bates Chair for the Administration of Justice, University of Texas

Drawing Board Lunch, paper presented by Louise Weinberg - Against Deference

October 30, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

“Dying for a Living: Economic and Moral Restructuring in a French Factory”

Speaker:

Pascal Marichalar
Sociologist, The National Center for Scientific Research, Paris

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Pascal Marichalar of the National Center for Scientific Research (Paris) will present a lecture entitled “Dying for a Living: Economic and Moral Restructuring in a French Factory.”

November 2, 2017
Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Jens C. Dammann

Faculty Colloquium - Steven Ratner // University of Michigan

Speaker:

Steven Ratner
Professor, University of Michigan

John Deigh Commentator

November 9, 2017
Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

William E. Forbath

Faculty Colloquium - Robert Post // Yale Law

Speaker:

Robert Post
Professor, Yale Law School

Jeffrey Abramson Commentator

November 13, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

“Labor Migration, Degrees of Privilege, and the Politics of Hope in Turkey”

Speaker:

Ayshe Parla
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Sabanci Universitesi, Istanbul

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Ayshe Parla of Sabanci University (Istanbul) will present a lecture entitled “Labor Migration, Degrees of Privilege, and the Politics of Hope in Turkey.”

November 16, 2017
Thursday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
11:30am - 1:00pm

Moderator:

Joseph R. Fishkin

Faculty Colloquium -- Jamal Greene // Columbia

Speaker:

Jamal Greene
Professor, Columbia Law

November 27, 2017
Monday

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm

“The Future of Labor Rights in Trade Agreements”

Speaker:

Alvaro Santos
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

As part of the Rapoport Center's fall colloquium on Labor, Inequality and Human Rights, Professor Alvaro Santos of Georgetown University Law Center will present a lecture entitled “The Future of Labor Rights in Trade Agreements.”