General instructions for participants

PAPERS:

All members of the network are invited to present papers in all the events. The papers may be discussion papers, theoretical and methodological essays, project proposals, article manuscripts or other. The purpose of the network is to help Nordic doctoral students to write and publish to an international audience. With this in mind, participants are encouraged to present works in progress, for instance journal articles or thesis developments.

PARTICIPATION:

All members of the network are invited to participate in the meetings. In order to make the network a viable and workable enterprise, it is desirable that all members shall actively participate in its activities. Therefore absence from two consecutive events amounts to a resignation from the network.

COSTS:

Doctoral students are guaranteed to have their travel and accomodation costs reimbursed. All senior members of the network can have their costs linked with travel and accomodation reimbursed, in case their own institutions or projects do not cover such costs.

FLIGHTS:

The network reimburses the cost of ECONOMY-CLASS FLIGHTS ONLY. For some carriers, such as SAS, this normally requires staying the night from Friday to Saturday. Those flying with carriers that require staying the night from Saturday to Sunday are asked to contact the network coordinator.

Call for papers

REUNA Workshop 1; Theoretical and methodological questions in legal history.

15. – 17. April 2004 in Helsinki, Finland.

The network Legal History on the Edge of Europe: Nordic Law in the European Legal Community 1000-2000 A.D. (REUNA) shall organise its first meeting from the 15th to the 17th of April on the theme Theoretical and methodological questions in legal history. ALL members of the network are cordially invited to participate.

The emphasis of the meeting will be on the presentations of the participants in a series of workshops. The two plenary sessions shall concentrate on the comparative method (keynote speaker prof. Dirk Heirbaut, Gent) and the use of theoretical tools (keynote speaker prof. Marie Theres Fögen, Frankfurt/Zurich).

Paper proposals for the workshop sessions are invited on the following topics
1) Internationalisation of Nordic legal history: ideas and proposals;
workshop dedicated to exploring the international dimension of individual research projects
2) Nordic themes in international publications;
publication workshop for discussing article proposals and manuscripts
3) Theoretical and methodological tools for the legal historian

Short synopses of proposed contributions, not exceeding 200 words, should be sent to the organisers upon registration. It is desirable that all participants will present a paper in a workshop. Those wishing to make a presentation in the plenary sessions are advised to contact the organisers.

The languages of the meeting are English and German.

The meeting venue is at the University of Helsinki. The workshop starts on Thursday the 15th of April at 14.00 and finishes on Saturday the 17th at 13.00.

The REUNA-network will cover the flight tickets to and from Helsinki and lodging. We have booked rooms for the participants in the Hotel Helsinki right next to the university. Travel arrangements shall be made upon registration via a travel agency.

Registration for the workshop ends on the 28th of February. Registration details and website addresses shall be sent to you in early February.

Questions and queries and other correspondence to workshop organiser Mr Jussi Sallila, Jussi.Sallila@helsinki.fi