Month: June 2019

In the Sunday, June 23, New York Times, Kwame Anthony Appiah had an oped titled “Stonewall and the Myth of Self-Deliverance," in which he observed that “England basically decriminalized homosexuality…

Many political figures in U.S. history have played musical instruments, including Thomas Jefferson (cello), John Quincy Adams (flute), Chester Alan Arthur (banjo), and Warren Harding (cornet).  Some have been amateurs ...

Charles Reich died in San Francisco.  He was the author of The Greening of America, among many pieces. h/t Karen Tani

This just in: In recognition of the 400 years which have passed since enslaved people were first brought to the U.S., University of Baltimore Law Review’s Fall Symposium will use ...

The 2019 Central States Law Schools Association Scholarship Conference will be held September 20-21, 2019 at The University of Toledo College of Law. CSLSA is an organization of law schools dedicated to…

This just in: Res Philosophica, and special editors, Scott Berman and Chad Flanders, invite papers on the topic of mass incarceration and racial justice for the 2019 Res Philosophica Essay…

Alan Brinkley has passed away.  Columbia University has lost a very distinguished professor of history. The HNN has a memorial notice.

Former Loyola-Chicago and Hofstra law dean, David Yellen, resigned unexpectedly from his position as president of Marist College last year.  He had been in the role since 2016.  The interim…

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law seeks a proven or aspiring scholar and teacher with an interest in teaching first-year Property Law for a tenured or tenure-track position beginning…

I had the honor of travelling to Vienna to comment on Stefan Ossmann’s Ph.D. project on polyamory at a symposium at the University of Vienna earlier this month.  My co-presenters…