Deadline for submissions is 31 October 2025.
The Transnational Legal History Group, part of the Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law within the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Oxford Programme in Asian Laws of the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and the Asian Legal History Association are jointly hosting a conference on “Legal History in Asia and Beyond: Lessons from the Past for the Present.” The conference will take place in two parts: first on 17 and 18 March 2026 in Hong Kong, and then on 23 March 2026 in Oxford. Applicants should specify at which venue they would prefer to present when making their application. There is no obligation or expectation to attend both sessions, but participants are welcome to do so.
This unique cross-jurisdictional event will also serve to mark the institutionalization of the Asian Legal History Association (ALHA). The ALHA, which has its Secretariat at CUHK, brings together faculties and institutes from more than a dozen jurisdictions, collectively committed to promoting the study and knowledge of transnational legal history generally, enhancing the status and role of Asia as a generator and hub of global legal history knowledge, and developing collaborative relationships between universities in Asia and around the world.
Application
- Proposals may be for individual papers or panels.
- Individual paper proposals should include a 150-300 word abstract.
- Panel proposals should include a brief description of the panel as well as 150-300 word
abstracts of three to five individual papers. - Applicants should specify at which venue they would like to present their papers.
- Applicants should indicate their academic affiliations on their applications.
- Applications should be submitted via the following link:
https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13715426 - Inquiries may be addressed to: alha@cuhk.edu.hk
Click here for the full CFP – https://www.law.cuhk.edu.hk/app/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Call-for-Papers-Asian-Legal-History-Lessons.pdf
Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society 