28 February 2023

Every dissertation is also a report of a personal journey, full of inspiration, challenges, setbacks, and victories. For the Theory and Methods of Law seminars, we have invited people who have recently, or not so recently, obtained their PhD to talk about their journey from appointment to defense. Which methodols of law challenges did they run into? How did they arrive at their (final) research question? How big was the stack of unused materials that ended up in the (digital) trash? When do you approach a publisher? What would they do exactly the same or completely different?

All sessions will start at 17.30 and end at 19.00 at the latest. They are held at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building and are organized by Jorieke Manenschijn from the Department of Jurisprudence in collaboration with Professor Bastiaan Rijpkema. Manenschijn’s PhD research focusses on the resilient rule of law. Rijpkema’s chair focusses on the Theory and Methods of Law in an Interdisciplinary Context. 

The meetings are intended as an informal way to get to know each other. The seminars are intended for PhD candidates from the Department of Jurisprudence but other Leiden Law School PhD candidates are also invited. 

Programme

20 March – Jessie Pool – Room A0.14
Jessie Pool obtained her PhD on 27 September 2022 and is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Company Law.

17 April – Gert Jan Geertjes – Room A0.14
Gert Jan Geertjes obtained his PhD on 2 September 2021 and is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law.

15 May – Geerten Waling – Room A0.14
Geerten Waling obtained his PhD on 24 May 2016 and is currently working as editor at EW (previously Elsevier). A commercial edition of his dissertation was published by VanTilt and nominated for the Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2016. 

19 June – Stijn Voskamp – Room A0.02
Stijn Voskamp obtained his PhD on 13 December 2018 and is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Private Law. 

Registration

For registrations and/or updates on new meetings, please send an e-mail to: J.I.manenschijn@law.leidenuniv.nl.