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Legal Humanities: Undergraduate Research Symposium

Apr 29, 2022   1:00 - 4:00 pm  
College of Law Building, Room D
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Supported by the Mellon Foundation.
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HRI

This event is part of Undergraduate Research Week. Please have your Illinois App ready with building access status.

The HRI-Mellon Undergraduate Symposium features a collection of undergraduate research presentations that showcase exploration of law through applications of historical, philosophical, literary, and visual thinking. The event is organized by the HRI-Mellon Undergraduate Interns in Legal Humanities, who have participated in a yearlong exploration with the HRI-Mellon Legal Humanities Research Group, directed by the Mellon Faculty Fellow in Legal Humanities, Professor Colleen Murphy. All are welcome to attend. 

1:00

Opening Remarks

Keynote speaker:
Patrick Keenan, Professor of Law and Heidi Hurd Faculty Scholar

1:30

Presenters:
Alex Wellman, Senior, Economics and Political Science, LAS
HRI-Mellon Legal Humanities Intern, 2021–22

Steph Petrov, Senior, Political Science, LAS

Thomas Ballard, Senior, Political Science and Economics, LAS
HRI-Mellon Legal Humanities Intern, 2021–22

2:30

Coffee Break

2:45

Presenters:
Alice Lee, Senior, Political Science and Psychology, LAS
HRI-Mellon Legal Humanities Intern, 2021–22

Eddie Ryan, Junior, History and Economics, LAS

Clay Ward, Senior, Political Science & Philosophy, LAS

Closing Remarks

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