[Editor's note: the following announcement is posted on behalf of me, my colleagues Michael Rappaport and Steven Smith, and the USD Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism.]
On February 17-18, 2017, the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego Law School will hold its Eighth Annual Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference. The conference will include approximately 6 or 7 unpublished papers on originalism, with commentary from invited scholars, and then questions from the other participants at the conference.
We invite all interested scholars to submit a work-in-progress for the Eighth Annual Conference. A work in progress is a draft paper in article or book chapter form that is not yet published as of the conference date. An originalism paper is defined broadly to be any paper that argues for or against originalism as a matter of theory, or applies originalism to some aspect of the Constitution.
Submissions should take the form of a one to three page abstract (and, if you like, an initial draft). The Originalism Center will select an appropriate range of papers to be presented at the conference. Submissions can be sent to us now, if possible, but in any event by the end of August. We will ask that the selected papers be circulated to conference participants in late January, 2017. The Center will cover travel expenses, lodging, and meals for paper authors and commentators. The Call for Papers page is here.
In addition to paper authors and commentators, we would like to invite all scholars who do work on originalism to attend and participate in the conference by reading the papers and joining in the discussion. The Center would be happy to pay for the principal meals for those attending the entire conference but not giving a paper or serving as a commentator.
We hope you will be able to join us in San Diego. Also, feel free to forward this invitation to anyone you believe would be interested. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact any of us.
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