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