Past FLJS events

FLJS Films - We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks

A free screening of the 2013 film We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, directed by Oscar Award winner Alex Gibney, with an introductory talk by Dr Jonathan Bright from the Oxford Internet Institute.

Killing by Drones: The Legal and Public Policy Dimensions

In this lecture, Rory O. Millson, Partner at Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP, will explore the legal and policy issues surrounding the increasingly common use of military drones to carry out "targeted killings" in the ongoing fight against non-State actors in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere.

Social Media: A Critical Introduction

Christian Fuchs, Professor of Social Media at Westminster University, will lead the discussion of his recently published book Social Media: A Critical Introduction, which navigates the controversies and contradictions of the complex digital media landscape.

Could Scotland Join the European Union?

With Scotland set to vote on independence in September 2014, this public debate will focus on the question of an independent Scotland and its membership of the EU.

Reassessing the Civil Law Tradition: the Changing Role of the Judge

Professor Carlo Guarnieri from the University of Bologna will deliver the 2014 Annual Lecture in Law and Society, assessing the changing nature of the civil law judge in the context of legal culture around the world.

The Business of Traffic in Humans

This workshop will explore the role of the state and businesses in the fight against trafficking in human beings, with participants including Frank Field MP, Chair of the Commission on the Anti-Slavery Bill, addressing recent developments in the European and national policy context.

Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television and Social Media

This book colloquium invites attendees to rethink their understanding of development issues in favour of a holistic approach encompassing literature, film, and other non-conventional forms of representation.

FLJS Films: The Act of Killing

A free screening of the 2014 BAFTA-winning documentary, The Act of Killing, with talk by human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, Director of Legal Advocacy at the Bertha Foundation and Wikileaks lawyer.

Trusting the ‘middle man’: Impact and Legitimacy of Ombudsmen

Recent EU legislation requires each member state to provide an ADR body for nearly every consumer sector. This conference will explore the implications through expert opinion from academic, practitioner, and policy perspectives.

Social Media in the Modern World: Legal, regulatory and human rights issues

A workshop to explore the legal, political, constitutional, and human rights issues raised by the prevalence of social media in modern life.

Social Media and the Culture of Connectivity

This lecture will reflect on how social media have become normalized in everyday life, and ask: what are the implications of the fact that large parts of everyday life are increasingly commercialized and engineered through social media?

(In)formal Economies, Economies of Favour: The End of Transition?

Twenty-five years on from the collapse of communism in the Eastern Bloc, we discuss two new publications on the importance in everyday life of the informal economy in a post-Soviet, post-Socialist era.

Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards and Democratic Legitimacy

This debate will address the controversy surrounding the use of quotas as a legal mechanism to address gender inequality in corporate boards of directors.

Shakespeare and the Lower Register of Constitutional Thought

In this lecture, Professor Denis Galligan will assess constitutional thought in the plays of Shakespeare, and argue that it is the view of the common people depicted in the plays that offers the key to a more authentic understanding of constitutionalism and constitutional history.

Can We Save Countries from Economic Crises? Some lessons from IMF and EU experience over three decades

Max Watson, a former senior official at the IMF and the European Commission, will discuss what lessons emerge from three decades of experience in handling economic crises, and how change can be catalysed in the face of deeply entrenched obstacles to reform.

The New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy

This book colloquium will examine The New Global Rulers by Professors Tim Büthe and Walter Mattli, winner of the 2012 International Studies Association's Best Book Award.

The Lives of Others

Winner of the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language film, The Lives of Others is a political thriller set in the East Berlin of the 1980s, which explores issues of privacy and state control through the eyes of a Stasi officer.

Machiavelli's The Prince: 500 Years On

Professor Paolo Carta from the University of Trento, Italy will lead this discussion to mark the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's The Prince, thought to be one of the first works of modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than abstract ideals.

Law and Literature: a Dilettante's Dream?

William Twining, Emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, will deliver the inaugural lecture in a new programme on Law, Film, and Literature.

The Deep Roots of Social Systems Theory: Reconsidering the Contribution of Max Weber

Professor Alberto Febbrajo delivers this lecture on Max Weber's multilevel approach to socio-legal studies, as exemplified by the innovative concept of law developed in Economy and Society, considered to be the greatest sociological treatise of the twentieth century.

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