{"id":11900,"date":"2020-03-10T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?page_id=11900"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:30:46","slug":"transnational-legal-history-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/centre-for-comparative-and-transnational-law\/transnational-legal-history-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Transnational Legal History Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11900\" class=\"elementor elementor-11900\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b50122c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"b50122c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57e1ef1\" data-id=\"57e1ef1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-260a24a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"260a24a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1454b16\" data-id=\"1454b16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21dec42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21dec42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE AND TRANSNATIONAL LAW (CCTL) - <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d500b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d500b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transnational Legal History Group<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7310675 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7310675\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bf9c55\" data-id=\"0bf9c55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a3f106\" data-id=\"4a3f106\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9bde4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9bde4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/centre-for-comparative-and-transnational-law\/\"><< Back to CCTL<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c11a62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c11a62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72869f0\" data-id=\"72869f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3bb02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c3bb02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Transnational Legal History Group at CUHK LAW is geared towards producing innovative work exploring under-studied areas of global legal history. The group is organized around three thematics: Asian Legal History, Comparative Approaches to International Law, and the History of Empire. The group aims to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of scholarship, to explore new opportunities for inter-faculty collaboration, and to develop channels and networks through which the insights generated by scholarship may be connected to, and help to shape, contemporary practices on the global level.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b75fc9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"b75fc9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1921\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1921\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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HO<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<div>Professor of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleRow\">\n<div class=\"peopleItem\">\n<div class=\"peopleItemPhoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.cuhk.edu.hk\/profile\/stuart-m-mcmanus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stuart-MCMANUS.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleItemDesc\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.cuhk.edu.hk\/profile\/stuart-m-mcmanus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Stuart MCMANUS<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<div>Assistant Professor, Department of History, CUHK<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleItem\">\n<div class=\"peopleItemPhoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.cuhk.edu.hk\/profile\/james-morton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/James-MORTON.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleItemDesc\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.cuhk.edu.hk\/profile\/james-morton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. James MORTON<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<div>Assistant Professor, Department of History, CUHK<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleRow\">\n<div class=\"peopleItem\">\n<div class=\"peopleItemPhoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkihss.hku.hk\/en\/people\/christopher-charles-munn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/male-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleItemDesc\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkihss.hku.hk\/en\/people\/christopher-charles-munn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Christopher C. MUNN<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<div>HKIHSS Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleItem\">\n<div class=\"peopleItemPhoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk\/~ant\/memberprofile\/leilah-vevaina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LeilahVEVAINA.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleItemDesc\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk\/~ant\/memberprofile\/leilah-vevaina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Leilah VEVAINA<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<div>Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, CUHK<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1923\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-in-search-of-a-modern-form-chinese-crime-fiction-in-the-late-qing-and-early-republican-period-1900s1910s-by-prof-mengdie-zhao-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018In Search of a Modern Form: Chinese Crime Fiction in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period (1900s\u20131910s)\u2019 by Prof. Mengdie Zhao (Online)<\/a><br \/>16 April 2026<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/conference-legal-history-in-asia-and-beyond-lessons-from-the-past-for-the-present\/\">Conference \u2013 \u2018Legal History in Asia and Beyond: Lessons from the Past for the Present\u2019<\/a><br \/>17 \u2013 18 March 2026<\/li><\/ul><p>2025<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-britain-and-the-intellectual-origins-of-the-league-of-nations-19141919-by-prof-sakiko-kaiga\/\"><\/a><\/p><p><!--StartFragment --><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-to-detain-or-to-punish-magistrates-and-the-making-of-the-london-prison-system-1750-1840-by-dr-kiran-mehta-online\/\" style=\"color: #89229b; opacity: 0.75;\">Book Talk \u2013 \u2018To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840\u2019 by Dr. Kiran Mehta (Online)<\/a><br \/>4 November 2025<\/li><li><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/call-for-papers-legal-history-in-asia-and-beyond-lessons-from-the-past-for-the-present\/\"><span class=\"cf0\">Call for Papers\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Legal History in Asia and Beyond: Lessons from the Past for the Present<\/a><!--EndFragment --><br \/><\/span><span class=\"cf1\">Submission deadline:\u00a0 31 October 2025<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-gclhss-joint-book-talk-legal-histories-of-hong-kong-in-conversation-iextradition-and-empire-sovereignty-and-subjecthood-in-hong-kong-i-and-ipenalties-of-empire-capital-trials-in-colonial-hong-kon\/\">Joint Book Talk- \u2018Legal Histories of Hong Kong in Conversation: Extradition and Empire: Sovereignty and Subjecthood in Hong Kong and Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong\u2019<\/a><br \/>22 October 2025<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-citizen-marx-republicanism-and-the-formation-of-karl-marxs-social-and-political-thought-by-dr-bruno-leipold-online\/\">Book Talk \u2013 \u2018Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx\u2019s Social and Political Thought\u2019 by Dr. Bruno Leipold (Online)<\/a><br \/>2 April 2025<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-britain-and-the-intellectual-origins-of-the-league-of-nations-19141919-by-prof-sakiko-kaiga\/\">Book Talk \u2013 \u2018Britain and the Intellectual Origins of the League of Nations, 1914\u20131919\u2019 by Prof. Sakiko Kaiga <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-britain-and-the-intellectual-origins-of-the-league-of-nations-19141919-by-prof-sakiko-kaiga\/\">[Watch Video]\u00a0<\/a><br \/>28 March 2025<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/call-for-papers-the-5th-asian-legal-history-conference\/\">Call for Papers \u2013 The 5th Asian Legal History Conference<\/a><br \/>Submission deadline: 15 March 2025<\/li><\/ul><ul><\/ul><p>2024<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-trials-of-sovereignty-mercy-terror-and-the-making-of-criminal-law-in-british-india-1857-1922-by-prof-alastair-mcclure\/\">Book Talk \u2013 \u2018Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Terror and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922\u2019 by Prof. Alastair McClure<\/a><br \/>21 November 2024<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-pan-asianism-anti-imperialism-and-international-law-historical-perspectives-by-prof-mohammad-shahabuddin-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Pan-Asianism, Anti-Imperialism, and International Law: Historical Perspectives\u2019 by Prof. Mohammad Shahabuddin (Online)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-pan-asianism-anti-imperialism-and-international-law-historical-perspectives-by-prof-mohammad-shahabuddin-online\/\">[Watch Video]<\/a><br \/>13 November 2024<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-chinese-workers-of-the-world-colonialism-chinese-labor-and-the-yunnanindochina-railway-by-prof-selda-altan-online\/\">Book Talk \u2013 \u2018Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism, Chinese Labor, and the Yunnan\u2013Indochina Railway\u2019 by Prof. Selda Altan (Online)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qNbWU1DcWCs&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.cuhk.edu.hk%2F&amp;embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.cuhk.edu.hk&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Watch Video]<\/a><br \/>17 October 2024<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-labor-law-and-social-crisis-in-colonial-french-west-africa-by-mr-wallace-teska-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Labor Law and Social Crisis in Colonial French West Africa\u2019 by Mr. Wallace Teska (Online)<\/a><br \/>3 April 2024<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-completing-humanity-the-international-law-of-decolonization-1960-82-by-prof-umut-ozsu-online\/\">Book Talk- \u2018Completing Humanity: The International Law of Decolonization, 1960-82\u2019 by Prof. Umut \u00d6zsu (Online)<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aNH9O1uosaE&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>19 March 2024<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/call-for-papers-the-4th-asian-legal-history-conference\/\">Call for Papers \u2013 The 4th Asian Legal History Conference<\/a><br \/>Submission deadline: 15 March 2024<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-economic-law-and-dispute-settlement-group-seminar-cross-border-insolvency-between-the-mainland-and-hong-kong-by-dr-shuai-guo-online\/\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-from-decolonization-to-decent-work-the-international-labour-organisation-after-1945-by-prof-daniel-roger-maul-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018From Decolonization to Decent Work \u2013 The International Labour Organisation after 1945\u2019 by Prof. Daniel Roger Maul (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5FyuBi199rw&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>4 March 2024<\/li><\/ul><p>2023<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-restored-and-rejuvenated-colonial-rule-in-postwar-hong-kong-by-prof-lu-yan\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Restored and Rejuvenated: Colonial Rule in Postwar Hong Kong\u2019 by Prof. Lu Yan<\/a><br \/>22 November 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cuhk-law-the-3rd-asian-legal-history-conference\/\">The 3rd Asian Legal History Conference <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/webapp3.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/conf\/20230620\/conference-presentation-day1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Videos<\/a>]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cuhk-law-the-3rd-asian-legal-history-conference\/\"><\/a><br \/>20-21 June 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-book-launch-buddhism-and-comparative-constitutional-law-cambridge-university-press-2022\/\">CCTL Book Launch \u2013 \u2018Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law (Cambridge University Press 2022)\u2019 <\/a><span>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_GmnNCP8a5M&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>(<\/span><em>Co-organized with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/centre-for-comparative-and-transnational-law\/comparative-constitutional-law-research-forum\/\">Comparative Constitutional Law Research Forum<\/a><\/em><span>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>19 June 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-ss-ventnor-a-tragic-new-zealand-shipwreck-hungry-ghosts-and-bitter-controversy-by-mr-keith-gordon-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018SS <em>Ventnor\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 A Tragic New Zealand Shipwreck, Hungry Ghosts and Bitter Controversy\u2019 by Mr. Keith Gordon (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QREqqG75WjE&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>18 April 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-seminar-perceiving-law-without-colonialism-revisiting-courts-and-constitutionalism-in-south-asia-by-dr-cynthia-farid\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Perceiving Law without Colonialism: Revisiting Courts and Constitutionalism in South Asia\u2019 by Dr. Cynthia Farid <span>[<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jqSsLVhxQV8&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/><span>(<\/span><em>Co-organized with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/centre-for-comparative-and-transnational-law\/comparative-constitutional-law-research-forum\/\">Comparative Constitutional Law Research Forum<\/a><\/em><span>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>12 April 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-smallpox-vaccination-and-the-limits-of-governing-through-contagion-in-the-straits-settlements-1868-1926-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Smallpox Vaccination and the Limits of Governing through Contagion in the Straits Settlements, 1868-1926\u2019 (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rqYojgpWnXM&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>21 March 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/call-for-papers-asian-legal-history-conference-136\/\">Call for Papers: 3rd Asian Legal History Conference<\/a><br \/>Submission deadline: <span>15 March 2023<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-by-law-or-persuasion-learning-to-speak-a-national-language-in-early-twentieth-century-china-by-prof-janet-y-chen-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018By Law or Persuasion? Learning to Speak a National Language in Early Twentieth-century China\u2019 by Prof. Janet Y. Chen (Online)<\/a><br \/>7 February 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-what-makes-a-global-classic-of-international-law-by-prof-dr-ignacio-de-la-rasilla-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018What Makes a Global Classic of International Law?\u2019 by Prof. Dr. Ignacio de la Rasilla (Online)<\/a><br \/>31 January 2023<\/li><\/ul><ul><\/ul><p>2022<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-political-censorship-in-british-hong-kong-freedom-of-expression-and-the-law-1842-1997-cambridge-university-press-2022-by-dr-michae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Talk \u2013 \u2018Political Censorship in British Hong Kong: Freedom of Expression and the Law (1842\u20131997) (Cambridge University Press, 2022)\u2019 by Dr. Michael Ng<\/a><br \/>21 November 2022<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-book-talk-imperial-incarceration-detention-without-trial-in-the-making-of-british-colonial-africa-by-prof-michael-lobban-online\/\">Book Talk \u2013 \u2018Imperial Incarceration: Detention without Trial in the Making of British Colonial Africa\u2019 by Prof. Michael Lobban (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PaD1zXzQQKI&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>24 October 2022<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-hong-kong-as-historical-crucible-of-refugee-and-migration-crises-and-governance-by-dr-christopher-szabla-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Hong Kong as Historical Crucible of Refugee and Migration Crises and Governance\u2019 by Dr. Christopher Szabla (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o_HN629GY2s&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>25 March 2022<\/li><\/ul><p>2021<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-going-the-distance-eurasian-trade-and-the-rise-of-the-business-corporation-1400-1700-by-prof-ron-harris-online\/\">Book talk &#8211; \u2018Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700\u2019 by Prof. Ron Harris (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I6_rDwsAKoM&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>12 November 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-thomas-spence-and-common-property-a-political-plan-against-poverty-and-empire-by-dr-matilde-cazzola-online\/\">Seminar &#8211; &#8216;Thomas Spence and Common Property: A Political Plan against Poverty and Empire&#8217; by Dr. Matilde Cazzola (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pGHYLL6o1Cs&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>28 October 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-jack-the-ripper-the-first-media-serial-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"transition-property: all;\" rel=\"noopener\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Jack the Ripper, The First Media Serial Killer\u2019 <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f87b3tFbc9c&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>] <br \/>22 October 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-talk-the-suicide-of-miss-xi-a-crime-of-economics-by-prof-bryna-goodman-online\/\">Book talk &#8211; \u2018The Suicide of Miss Xi: A \u201cCrime of Economics\u201d?\u2019 by Prof. Bryna Goodman (Online)<\/a><br \/>12 October 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-assembling-international-order-inter-organizational-relations-as-translation-by-dr-guy-fiti-sinclair-online\/\">Seminar &#8211; \u2018Assembling International Order: Inter-Organizational Relations as Translation\u2019 by Dr. Guy Fiti Sinclair (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3WsCNg3CHHk&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>] <br \/>5 October 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-shifting-sands-history-of-land-reclamation-in-hong-kong-in-the-twentieth-century-by-prof-nurfadzilah-yahaya-online\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018Shifting Sands \u2013 History of Land Reclamation in Hong Kong in the Twentieth Century\u2019 by Prof. Nurfadzilah Yahaya (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oMNTKlRBDpg&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>] <br \/>13 September 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/asian-legal-history-conference\/\">Asian Legal History Conference (Online)<\/a> <br \/>24 &#8211; 25 July 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-book-seminar-thai-legal-history-online\/\">Book Seminar \u2013 \u2018Thai Legal History\u2019 (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ovsb5gcEcQA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>8 July 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-history-of-international-law-and-china-eurocentrism-multi-normativity-and-the-politics-of-history-by-prof-maria-adele-carr\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u2018History of International Law and China: Eurocentrism, Multi-Normativity and the Politics of History\u2019 by Prof. Maria Adele Carrai (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Eq08dFPLffg&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>7 July 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-the-constitutional-history-of-macau-by-prof-jason-buhi-online\/\">Seminar &#8211; \u2018The Constitutional History of Macau\u2019 by Prof. Jason Buhi (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S2zhtS6RZUY&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>11 May 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-a-hundred-gates-open-for-entrance-the-expansion-of-the-english-east-india-company-within-the-frameworks-of-asian-power-1600-2\/\">Seminar \u2013 \u201cA Hundred Gates Open for Entrance\u201d: The Expansion of the English East India Company within the Frameworks of Asian Power, 1600 \u2013 1765 by Dr. David Veevers (Online) <\/a><span> <br \/>22 April 2021<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>2020<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/call-for-papers-asian-legal-history-conference\/\">Call for Papers &#8211; Asian Legal History Conference<\/a> (Submission Deadline: <span>15 December 2020<\/span>)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-seminar-constitution-making-in-the-1780s-by-dr-adam-lebovitz-online\/\">Seminar &#8211; \u2018Constitution-making in the 1780s\u2019 by Dr. Adam Lebovitz (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GNNKKP8PGsk&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-seminar-constitution-making-in-the-1780s-by-dr-adam-lebovitz-online\/\"><\/a><br \/>(<em>Co-organized with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/centre-for-comparative-and-transnational-law\/comparative-constitutional-law-research-forum\/\">Comparative Constitutional Law Research Forum<\/a><\/em>)\u00a0<br \/><span>29 October 2020<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-protecting-women-and-morals-contagious-diseases-laws-and-the-rule-of-law-ideal-in-the-british-empire-1886-1899-by\/\">Seminar &#8211; \u2018Protecting Women and Morals? Contagious Diseases Laws and the \u201cRule of Law\u201d Ideal in the British Empire, 1886-1899\u2019 by Dr. Jack Jin Gary Lee (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AORyS7uRgIA&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-protecting-women-and-morals-contagious-diseases-laws-and-the-rule-of-law-ideal-in-the-british-empire-1886-1899-by\/\"><\/a><span><\/span><span><br \/>22 September 2020<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-seminar-new-dominion-constitutionalism-and-new-directions-in-comparative-constitutional-research-online\/\">Seminar &#8211; &#8216;New Dominion Constitutionalism and New Directions in Comparative Constitutional Research&#8217; (Online) <\/a>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bKeoSm0eeSI&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-seminar-new-dominion-constitutionalism-and-new-directions-in-comparative-constitutional-research-online\/\"><\/a><br \/>(<em>Co-organized with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/centre-for-comparative-and-transnational-law\/comparative-constitutional-law-research-forum\/\">Comparative Constitutional Law Research Forum<\/a><\/em> ) <br \/>7 July 2020<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/cctl-transnational-legal-history-group-seminar-book-presentation-and-discussion-from-the-colonial-to-the-contemporary-images-iconography-memories-and-performances-of-law-in-indias-high\/\">Book Presentation and Discussion &#8211; &#8216;From the Colonial to the Contemporary: Images, Iconography, Memories, and Performances of Law in India\u2019s High Courts&#8217; (Online)<\/a><br \/>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Ktjq6XJtMc&amp;list=PLYRXypxwZaYI_xJU7fC7v2dQBLsu72MhQ&amp;index=65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a>]<br \/>29 June 2020<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1924\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1924\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" 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