UCL Laws is hiring! We are looking to appoint at least two posts as Professor, Associate Professor or Lecturer in Corporate and/or Finance Law. Applications from colleagues who can also teach in other areas are most welcome. Deadline: 16 October 2024 ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

P. Schofield, 'Jeremy Bentham: Prophet of Secularism' has now been published in the Journal of Bentham Studies, as has his further article, 'David Lieberman (1953–2022) and His Contribution to Bentham Scholarship' (Open Access 🔓) journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/article/id… journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/article/id…

Sneak peek of the forthcoming book "State Silence Across International Law: Meaning, Context and Developments" European Research Council (ERC) StateSilence UCL Faculty of Laws Download the introduction chapter to see table of contents and the amazing contributors papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

It is both astonishing and deeply disturbing that the publishers are, at the same time, selling their birthright to the LLM companies for a mess of pottage and pursuing archive.org for short-term e-book lending to actual human beings/

Started at UCL as a callow youth 14 years ago today - but much more remarkably, congratulations to Professor Philip Schofield, the Director of the Bentham Project, on his 40 (count em!) years at UCL as of today.

UCL Museums & Cultural Programmes acquires two rare Jeremy Bentham mourning rings, specifically those bequeathed to Dr Neil Arnott (1788–1874) and Henry Bickersteth (1783-1851) 💍 ucl.ac.uk/culture/news/u… @UCL_Culture UCL

Introducing UCL Press Play! A new initiative sharing UCL research in videos and podcasts, the inaugural series The Greatest Good explores the influence of Jeremy Bentham. Read more and watch the flagship documentary, Bentham’s Defence of Sexual Liberty: ow.ly/PYBU50THAGw

Structural Injustice & the Law that I coedited with Jo Wolff published & available to download! discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1019… Our stellar authors: Lea Ypi Colm O'Cinneide G Letsas Dr Maeve McKeown H Collins, Alan Bogg N Lacey, V Munro, @BethWatts494 & L McMordie, J Browne & G Mundlak

ONLINE EVENT: In this talk, Jonathan Connolly will discuss his book WORTHY OF FREEDOM, a history of Indian indentured labour in British Guiana, Trinidad, and Mauritius after the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Book now ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/americas/event…

The first episode of The Greatest Good, a @UCLPress podcast, in which Professor Gregory Dart discusses 'Bentham, Romanticism, and the "Cockney College"' with Professor Philip Schofield, is now available to listen to online🎧 uclpress.co.uk/ucl-press-play/ soundcloud.com/uclsound/episo…

Introducing the first podcast from UCL Press Play! In episode one of The Greatest Good, Philip Schofield is joined by Gregory Dart from UCL Arts & Humanities to talk Jeremy Bentham, Romanticism and the ‘Cockney College’. Listen free via UCL Press: ow.ly/nioh50TMtpS

Very proud to announce the publication of the Research Handbook on Law and Utilitarianism I have had the pleasure to edit : e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/resea…

IT'S THE MOST WOMBATFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. Happy #WorldWombatDay to all who celebrate. #Wombat #Tasmania #MammalWatching #wombats #fieldwork

Iona, Inner Hebrides. (2024) Pic: Angus Macpherson.

I'm giving this talk tomorrow in London, registrations are still open! kcl.ac.uk/events/tom-mbo…

Ya podéis escuchar “No lo entiendo” youtu.be/dpzJuT7o1yE?si…

Slavery in the time of Thomas Muir: symposium next Wed (6th Nov): whatsonglasgow.co.uk/event/144779-s…

#OnThisDay 1992 : Ghostwatch was broadcast on BBC1. Despite being a recorded drama, the narrative was presented as live tv. It has only been shown once on UK tv. There was many that didn't realise it was a drama. Happy Halloween! #Halloween #TrickorTreat #Halloween2024