(linked to the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research)
Follow these links to see details of forthcoming seminars and conferences organised by members of ICHPCJ.
The centre regularly organises one-day seminars at The Open University with participants drawn from across Britain and Europe. Attendence is diverse and often includes serving police officers as well as academic researchers and other interested parties. Forthcoming seminars are listed here, and details of past seminars can be found on the past events page. In addition, the Centre also runs a mailing list which can be subscribed to on our 'further information' page.
23 March 2012: Military Justice
10:30am, Rooms 1, 2, 3, Wilson A, Walton Hall.
This themed seminar will explore the links between criminal justice history and military history.
Terry Patton (Open University) ‘Corporal Punishment in the Royal Navy, 1784-1812’
Nick Hiley (University of Kent) ‘”The Fellowship of the Four Winds”: British Conscientious Objectors on the run during the First World War’
Barry Sheehan (Open University) ‘Replacing the Civilian Courts: Martial Law and the British Army in Ireland, 1919-1921’
Clive Emsley (Open University) ‘”Why ‘Crucify’ Tommy?” Punishment and the British Army during the First World War’
To register your attendance, please use the attached form, or email Yvonne Bartley.
British Crime Historians Symposium
6-7 September 2012
The Open University, Milton Keynes
Call for Papers
Following on from the success of the British Crime Historians Symposia at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2008 and Sheffield University in 2010, the Open University is pleased to host the next in Milton Keynes on September 6th and 7th, 2012.
We would like this to be an opportunity for all those who work on the criminal justice history of the British Isles, or on other topics illuminated through criminal justice archives, to participate. We would like therefore to invite papers on any aspect of the history of criminal justice in the British Isles.
We are also especially keen to accept papers which:
Given the gratifyingly large number of historians studying this topic and the need to keep the meeting as affordable as possible while not fragmenting it into an excessive number of parallel sessions, it is unlikely that we will be able to give a verbal presentation slot to everyone who has something interesting to say. Thus we are also keen to receive proposals for poster presentations: we would particularly like to give space to posters from graduate students at any stage in their research. We will make sure that there is a critical mass of posters and that they are a central feature of the conference. We are also open to being approached with proposals for panels of papers on a linked theme.
The deadline for (200-word) abstracts for (15-20 minute) papers, panels (of 3-5 speakers) and (A1) posters is January 31st 2012. Please submit to BCHS2012@open.ac.uk. For further information, contact Paul Lawrence or Chris Williams. We will distribute a preliminary version of the programme by 29 February 2012.
