A one day colloquium presented by the Humanities Research Centre.

 Image: L'Origine Matteo Arfanotti

In our social imaginary, love has become the major existential goal of our times, which is capable of providing all of us with a sense of worth and a way of being in the world (Beck & Beck-Gernsheim, 1995). Love has become our ‘ultimate source of meaning and happiness’: it is a ‘gift’ that affirms the beloved and transforms us to a higher state of being (May, 2011).

In our political imaginary, law has become our highest political ideal. Life with the rule of law marks us out as a civilized nation and people. Liberal citizenship is defined by one’s belief in the rule of law. No event, actor or claim escapes the rule of law – there is no field of life in which law has not or cannot enter (Kahn, 2000).

This workshop aims to explore the intersection of the ideal of love in our social imaginary and the rule of law in our political imaginary. The workshop invites reflection on the ways in which law understands and interacts with love, and gives and takes meanings from love, and vice-versa.

List of speakers and full program will be available here shortly.

Registration Details will be available here shortly: /events/law-and-love-a-one-day-colloquium-0

Dr Renata Grossi
Freilich Foundation
Australian National University, Canberra 0200            

T +61 2 6125 5527

E Renata.Grossi@anu.edu.au
http://freilich.anu.edu.au/

Joshua Neoh

ANU College of Law 
Australian National University
Canberra 0200

T +61 2 6125 5420

Joshua.neoh@anu.edu.au

The Humanities Research Centre was established in 1972 as a national and international centre for excellence in the Humanities and a catalyst for innovative Humanities scholarship and research within the Australian National University. The HRC interprets the "Humanities" generously, recognising that new methods of theoretical enquiry have done much to break down the traditional distinction between the humanities and the interpretive social sciences; recognising, too, the importance of establishing dialogue between the humanities and the natural and technological sciences, and the creative arts.