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Reading Seminar: ‘Historicising Constitutionalism’
April 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
You are invited to a reading seminar on historicising constitutionalism, led by Boglarka Vincze this Friday 10 April at 11-12.30 in Taylor A08 or on Teams.
As part of our reading seminar series ‘What Is a Constitution? Reading Toward a Problem’, co-hosted by the Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law (CCPIL), we are holding another seminar on ‘Historicising Constitutions.’ The seminar is led by PhD candidate Bogklarka Vincze, and asks what becomes possible when we study constitutionalism historically.
There will be a short presentation first, then we will discuss how best to apply on John Tosh’s introductory text about historical awareness to constitutionalism (attached).
Instead of treating constitutions as fixed legal arrangements or inherited truths, we will think about them as shaped over time by conflict, power, ideas, and material conditions. The seminar will focus on how historical awareness can deepen the study of public law and open up questions that are often left aside in familiar constitutional narratives.
Questions to think about before the seminar:
- What do we see differently when we approach a constitution historically?
- How is historical enquiry different from tradition, memory, or national story-telling?
- What becomes visible when the UK constitution is placed in the history of empire and uneven union?
- What is missed when constitutional law is studied without much attention to history?
Please forward this to anyone else who you think might be interested!
