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Conference Announcement: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Thirteenth Amendment at Loyola-Chicago

By Lawrence Solum

Slavery, Abolition, and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Thirteenth Amendment April 17-18, 2009

Conference Website: http://www.luc.edu/law/activities/opportunities/13th_amendment_conf/index.html

The conference will explore the past and present significance of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, providing constitutional authority for eradicating its badges and incidents and, ultimately, to pass wide ranging civil rights laws. The amendment has offered powerful protections for individual rights and equal treatment against wrongs. Yet its enduring emancipatory significance has been little studied. The conference will look anew at the foundations and reach of the Thirteenth Amendment, bringing together scholars in the fields of history, law, philosophy, political science, and literature for robust inquiry into its antislavery career.

The papers presented at this conference will be published in The Promises of Liberty: Thirteenth Amendment Abolitionism and Its Contemporary Vitality (Alexander Tsesis ed., Columbia University Press, 2010).

Organizers and Sponsors

The conference is jointly organized by Amy Dru Stanley (University of Chicago) and Alexander Tsesis (Loyola University) and sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, the University of Chicago School of Law, the University of Chicago History Department, American Constitution Society, the Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture, the Social History Workshop at the University of Chicago.

Participants:

William Carter, Temple University, School of Law
Mary Anne Case, University of Chicago, School of Law
Cathy Cohen, University of Chicago, Political Science
Jane Dailey, University of Chicago, History
David Brion Davis, Yale University, Emeritus, History
Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School, Law and Public Policy
Eric Foner, Columbia University, History
William Forbath, University of Texas, Law and History
Risa Goluboff, University of Virginia, Law and History
Robert Gooding-Williams, University of Chicago, Polictical Science
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University, History
Robert Kaczorowski, Fordham University, School of Law
Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University, School of Law
Alison LaCroix, University of Chicago, School of Law
Darrell A. H. Miller, University of Cincinnati, College of Law
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago, Law and Philosophy
Maria Ontiveros, University of San Francisco, School of Law
James Pope, Rutgers School of Law, Newark
Gerald Rosenberg, University of Chicago, Political Science
George Rutherglen, University of Virginia, School of Law
Adam Samaha, University of Chicago, School of Law
Julie Saville, University of Chicago, History
Rebecca Scott, University of Michigan, History and Law
Eric Slauter, University of Chicago, English
Aviam Soifer, University of Hawaii, School of Law
Amy Dru Stanley, University of Chicago, History
Christine Stansell, University of Chicago, History
Geoffrey Stone, University of Chicago, School of Law
Andrew Taslitz, Howard University, School of Law
Alexander Tsesis, Loyola University, School of Law
Michael Vorenberg, Brown University, History
Kenneth Warren, University of Chicago, English
William M. Wiecek, Syracuse University, Law and History
Rebecca Zietlow, University of Toledo, School of Law

Conference Schedule

Friday, April 17

Morning

8:45 a.m. - Coffee, schmoozing
9:15 a.m. - Opening Keynote: David Brion Davis, Yale University
Panel I: Promises of Liberty

Paul Finkelman
Alex Tsesis
Risa Goluboff
Darrell MIller
Comments
Cathy Cohen
Adam Samaha
Eric Slauter
Geoffrey Stone

Afternoon

Panel II: Rights

Michael Vorenberg
Amy Dru Stanley
Robert Kaczorowski
Aviam Soifer
Comments
Dirk Hartog
Alison LaCroix
Martha Nussbaum
Ken Warren

Saturday, April 18

Morning

8:30 a.m. - Coffee, etc.
9:00 a.m. - Panel III: What Is to Be Done? I - coercion

George Rutherglen
William Wiecek
Jim Pope
Andrew Koppelman
Comments
Mary Anne Case
Eric Foner
Julie Saville
Christine Stansell

Panel IV: What Is to Be Done? II - race and nation

William Carter
Maria Ontiveros
Andrew Taslitz
Rebecca Zietlow
Comments
Jane Dailey
William Forbath
Robert Gooding-Williams
Gerald Rosenberg

4:00 p.m. - Keynote: Rebecca Scott, University of Michigan
4:30 p.m. - Reception

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).