Seminar Series | The Meta-crisis: Law in Transition

Aula Seminari 2, Dipartimento SPGI

Dal 28.10.2025 al 05.11.2025

Scientific coordinator: Giovanna Tieghi, University of Padova.

The SPGI Department is pleased to welcome Alan R. Palmiter, Professor Emeritus at the School of Law, Wake Forest University (USA), as a Visiting Professor during October–November 2025.

During his stay, Prof. Palmiter will deliver three seminars under the overarching theme The Meta-crisis: Law in Transition, exploring the evolving nature of law and reflecting on the shift from “reason” to “awareness” in contemporary legal and social thought.

All sessions will be held in Seminar Room 2 (via del Santo 28), according to the following schedule:

• 27 October and 3 November 2025, 10:30–12:00
  PhD Seminars The Meta-crisis: Rethinking Law and Ourselves
  Target audience: PHD STUDENTS
• 29 October and 5 November 2025, 10:30–12:00
  Open classes Law in Transition: From “Reason” to “Awareness"
  Target audience: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
• 28 October 2025, 15:00
  The Law School in Transition: From “Reason” to “Awareness”
  Target audience: FACULTY COLLOQUIUM

 The Open Classes and the Faculty Colloquium will be available also on line, via Zoom (link below).

28 OCTOBER | 29 OCTOBER | 5 NOVEMBER