News & Events Events The Max Watson Annual Lecture News Subscribe to our newsletter Past events Past FLJS events Year of event -Year201620172018201920202021 Year Apply October142015 Social Media: Foundations of the Cyber-Society and the Role of Law This workshop will identify the key concepts that make-up the cognitive, normative, and regulatory structure of the online social arena, or cyber-society. June92015 The Politics of West Papua: Research and Policy Against the background of an ongoing conflict for independence from Indonesia, West Papua has experienced decades of violence and underdevelopment. This roundtable brings together leading researchers and policymakers to discuss the underlying sources of these problems. June12015 The Science of Constitutions: Measures of Success and Failure A two-day workshop to explore the factors that determine successful constitution-making. May202015 Images and Imagination in Theorizing about Law This workshop will examine the role of images in legal scholarship, and will establish a new network of scholars from various disciplines—art, history, law, anthropology—interested in the intersection of images and law. May162015 AALIMS-Oxford Conference on Political Economy of Islam and Muslim Societies A two-day conference will bring together leading academics and policymakers to investigate the political economy of Islam and Muslim societies. May52015 No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Surveillance State This book colloquium will examine Pullitzer Prize winner Glenn Greenwald's No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. April292015 Free Film Screening: Leviathan A free screening of the winner of the 2014 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Leviathan is a coruscating portrayal of the corruption of the law, Church and State in Putin's Russia. March42015 Freedom of Speech: What It Has Been and What It Should Be Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College Professor Richard Sorabji CBE will deliver this timely lecture on the history and philosophical principles underlying the concept of free speech. February252015 Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution In this Book Colloquium, a panel of experts will discuss Timothy Kuhner's critically acclaimed new book Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution, before opening the discussion to all. Reserve your place by registering at the right of this page. February112015 Patent Policy in Genomics and Human Genetics: A Public Health Perspective This workshop will examine the issue of patent governance in the public interest. The debate will focus on university licensing of patents, the improved quality of patents issued, and the relationship between scientific commons and proprietary assets in research collaborations. February42015 Persepolis A free screening of the co-winner of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, with an introductory talk by Kaveh Moussavi, Associate Fellow at the Center for Socio-Legal Studies. January262015 Balancing Business Innovation with Data Protection? The proliferation of information communication technologies over the past decade represents the single largest challenge to the protection of personal data. This workshop will investigate whether it is possible for regulators and companies to strike a balance between business innovation and data protection in the Digital Age. November282014 The Break-Up of Nations: The Constitutional Dimensions Using Ukraine as a Case Study In this inaugural event in a new phase of our programme on the social and political foundations of constitutions, a group of experts will discuss the constitutional implications of the ongoing political turmoil in Ukraine. November272014 Holey Union: The Constitutional Paradox of Secession This lecture will open a new phase of our programme on the social and political foundations of constitutions, by assessing how democracies manipulate potent constitutional tools to prevent secessionists from achieving their goals. November202014 The New Regulatory Space: Reframing Democratic Governance In this lecture, Frank Vibert will argue that, in order to understand the evolving patterns of governance in modern democratic societies, we need to assess democracies in terms of the complex interplay of systems of social coordination — including the market, the law, regulation, and civil society. October302014 Consumer Dispute Resolution: Implementing the Directive This conference will bring together public officials, regulators, ombudsmen, ADR bodies, consumers, business and academics interested in ADR to examine the major topical issues arising out of implementation of the EU Consumer ADR Directive. October212014 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. October152014 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. October92014 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. June42014 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. « first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last »