Thinking about the law and justice with strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity and legal critique
Bringing together diverse yet overlapping strands in the study of law with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity and critical theoretical analysis. The focus of the Lab's activities is firmly placed on the link between the
applied and the theoretical. The Lab seeks to facilitate common scholarly
activities and projects, thus acting as a bridge between the applied and the
theoretical, and pro
29/03/2025
Sound, Law, Place with Derek Baron at University of Westminster on Monday, at 4-6 pm. Part of the Légal Otologies series, we are co-organising with Danilo Mandic, at the Law and Theory Lab. Join us if you can!
Sound, Law and Place Legal Otologies | Hear Law Sound is a series of workshops at the Westminster Law & Theory Lab at University of Westminster.
London friends: Gustavo, a PhD researcher visiting our Lab, is looking for accommodation up to £1000 a month, mid June till mid Dec. Please contact Gustavo Borges Mariano and kindly fw this to anyone who might have available accommodation.
29/11/2023
New PhD Scholarships in Law: we welcome applications on any aspect of theoretical law and interdisciplinary theory. Anything on art (any practice) in relation to a general understanding of law and normativity (so, no Intellectual Property law etc) would be of particular interest to me and The Westminster Law & Theory Lab
Deadline 2nd of Feb. Feel free to contact me with ideas for feedback.
Please apply and circulate widely.
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31/10/2023
An amazing lineup for our riotously fun event Friday 10th of November with performances and presentations by Julie Peters Julie Peters, Thom Giddens, Lucy Reynolds Lucy Reynolds, Margareta KernMargareta Kern, Marie Anne Jacobs, Anna Macdonald, Lucy Finchett-Maddock, Danae TheodoridouDanae Theodoridou, Carey YoungCarey Young and discussants Julia ChryssostalisJulia Chryssostalis, Daniela GandorferDaniela Gandorfer, Luke Mason, Julie MarshJulie Marsh, Yoriko OtomoYoriko Otomo and Harriet Samuels
Part of The Westminster Law & Theory Lab
Link for free but limited spaces:
Law as Performance A workshop/symposium on the intersection between law and performance art, with performances and presentations.
29/06/2023
Elated. Also because, you know, law. Nice when you see it working as it should.
Rwanda policy: Court of Appeal rules government's asylum policy unlawful
Rwanda policy: Court of Appeal rules government's asylum policy unlawful The government suffers a setback as judges said Rwanda is not a safe third country.
16/06/2023
Call for Artist in Residence - 2023/24 - PLEASE SHARE WIDELY with UK-based artist colleagues
https://www.lawandtheory.com/residencies
The Westminster Law & Theory Residency programme is a new, fresh approach to bring law into the realm of artistic exploration and theoretical discourse. We are thrilled to announce an open call for 2023/24, for one distinguished artist to join the Lab as our Artist in Residence.
We are looking for someone interested in working along legal and interdisciplinary scholars at the Westminster Law School and The Westminster Law & Theory Lab in particular. We welcome expressions of interest from artists working in the intersection between law and art; or who use law as an artistic medium/base/inspiration; or whose practice can benefit from thinking along legal parameters; or whose work can be described as political and engaged.
We understand law in its broader possible manifestation as normativity (of social rules, of artistic practices, of spatiality and temporality) and not just in its textual manifestation as statutes and caselaw. We welcome academically unaffiliated artists who want to explore the normativity of their own practice in relation to that of the legal academic practice. There is no preference in terms of medium but we would encourage a flexibility of expression in order to fit in the multiple engagements of the law school.
You will collaborate with the staff of the Westminster Law & Theory Lab as well as the Law School staff in general, depending on your project and its demands.
You will work alongside final year students preparing their projects for the Final Year Law School Degree Show (we are the only Law School globally that has a Degree Show, where all students are expected to present an artefact/performance/poem/prose in a material form that reflects on their connection to the law). You will be offered the opportunity to showcase your work alongside the Degree Show at Ambika P3 in March 2024. You will be offered a working space, access to library and other university resources. There will be opportunities to get involved in teaching and other paid aspects of the School’s activities.
The appointment is scheduled to start in September 2023 and last for one year.
Interested? Please send an email to Professor Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos at [email protected] by Friday 30th of June, explaining your practice and how it will fit in the law school, the project you are envisaging to complete while resident with us, and a brief portfolio/website/instagram with examples of relevant work
Residencies | Law & Theory Lab *Art Klaxon* 🖼️ We are on the lookout for an artist to join us in residency at the Westminster Law and Theory Lab, to start in September 2023.
08/11/2022
Join a pop-up reading+viewing group led by our Artist in Residence, Helene Kazan, on 23 November, at 4-6 pm, at The Mosaic Rooms, on Brenna Bandar's book "The Colonial Lives of Property" and Marwa Arsanios films. Entry is free but places are limited. Please register through Eventbrite
Law & Theory Pop-up Reading+Viewing Group with Helene Kazan @ Mosaic Rooms Helene Kazan, 2022-23 Artist-in-Residence at the Law and Theory Lab (WLS), leads this pop-up reading and viewing group at The Mosaic Rooms.
01/10/2022
Thrilled to host, support and participate in the two-day Fossil Fuel Treaty Sympossium The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty on the 29th and 30th September
Rapid Transition Alliance on Twitter “Day two of the symposium is well underway, where participants are discussing openings, opportunities, and paths forward”
29/01/2022
Law and Video Art - 10 Feb 22 15:00-19:00 on-site at the Westminster Law & Theory Lab. A day of showing work by stupendous artists Ifor Duncan Helene Kazan Mhammad Safa and Nicole Zilberszac followed by open discussions on the connection between video art and law. Free but limited places. Registration via eventbrite in link.
Law & Video Art | Law & Theory Lab Video art and law. Does video art allow for an escape from law? Does it confirm the existing law? Does it imagine a new law? We will be exploring these questions, and many others, in an open discussion following the display of our participating artists' work.