Out and About

I'm sometimes where I'm next going to be out and about (often, by would-be burglars).  I've accepted a couple of invites to speak next year, so hopefully see some of you at one of these events:

I'll be speaking as part of the Newcastle Law School Seminar Series entitled 'Law, Families, Personal Life:  New Reflections'.  I'm speaking on Thursday 7 February at 4pm in Seminar Room 3 in the Law School.  My presentation is entitled:   ‘Family and the Homonormative: Where Now for Queer Legal Identities?’

For further details contact: Suzanne Johnson, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University, 21-24 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Tel: 0191 222 8637 e.mail Suzanne.Johnson@ncl.ac.uk

Then, on Saturday April 6th, I'll be over at Staffordshire University.  I'm speaking as part of the Staffordshire University Law School Centre for Family Law and Policy Annual Family Law Seminar.  My provision title is the very original:  ‘Family and the Homonormative: Where Now for Queer Legal Identities?’.  You may have seen it used elsewhere...

I'll post more details about that next year.  If you organise a charity, community or academic event, I'm always willing to speak if I can fit in my diary, and providing my expenses are covered.  Don't be afraid of getting in touch:  chris.ashford@sunderland.ac.uk

Out and About

When I started this blog back in 2007 I wasn't sure if it would last the month but with the growth of Facebook and the emergence of Twitter I've had the privilege to interact with more and more of you. Whilst this blog was also designed principally with my students in mind, I'm very much aware that they make up a tiny fraction of the growing number of readers today.

It's for that reason that I thought it might be useful to give you all a heads up on my 'out and about' plans over the next few months. Burglars beware - I'm leaving a house-sitter and fierce ninja cat in charge so don't go getting excited.

So, if you're in the vicinity or plan on attending these events give me a shout. I'd like to meet and interact with as many of you as possible. I'm down in Cambridge 28/29 March for the Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference before dashing off to Bristol (University of the West of England) 30-1 April for the Socio-Legal Studies Annual Conference and then flying home to pretend I'm not turning 30 that weekend.

I'm then over in Chicago 25-31 May for the Law and Society Annual Conference. I'm making a visit to London for a few days at some point to use the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the LSE and heading over to San Francisco for a week (probably June) to do some more research for my public sex book.

This trotting about has been kindly funded by the new Centre for Research into the Experience Economy at the University of Sunderland. Read more about last week's launch here.

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