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Rebecca Jane Probert @ProfProbert
Joined March 2017
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Law and Humanities Journal@law_humanities
30 Jan 2025
A reminder about our 2025 Roundtable 'Jane Austen's Legal World'👇 @ExeterLawSchool in July, convened by @ProfProbert - CfA open until Feb 21. @lawlithum @Law_Cult_Huma @Law_History - we welcome abstracts for humanities scholarship on any law theme in Austen's work or life...
Law and Humanities Journal@law_humanities
14 Nov 2024
Announcing the *Law and Humanities Roundtable 2025: Jane Austen's Legal World*, convened by @ProfProbert @ExeterLawSchool. Paper presentations invited on any aspect of law in Austen's novels @LawLitJournal @lawlithum @LawHumanitiesCA @ArsScripta @drelena_cooper @JaneAustenLIVES
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If you missed Richard Moorhead's fabulous lectures on 'Frail Professionalism: Lawyers’ ethics after the Post Office and other cases', they are now available to view on the Hamlyn website: Hamlyn lectures | Law School | University of Exeter
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Looking forward to a fascinating talk on c17th piracy this Wednesday afternoon - still time to sign up if you are interested in attending!
Law and History Network@LawHistNetwork
8 Nov 2024
Coming up next ... free online seminar with Graham Moore, on piracy! Sign up here : eventbrite.co.uk/e/confedera…
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Delighted to be convening the 2025 Law and Humanities Roundtable on Jane Austen's Legal World! @LawHistNetwork @Lucy_Worsley @CamCELH @SeldensSister @SeldenSociety
Law and Humanities Journal@law_humanities
14 Nov 2024
Announcing the *Law and Humanities Roundtable 2025: Jane Austen's Legal World*, convened by @ProfProbert @ExeterLawSchool. Paper presentations invited on any aspect of law in Austen's novels @LawLitJournal @lawlithum @LawHumanitiesCA @ArsScripta @drelena_cooper @JaneAustenLIVES
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
University of Exeter News@UniofExeterNews
2 Sep 2024
Professor @ProfProbert from @ExeterLawSchool helped Spice Girl Mel C trace her family tree on last week's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Watch again here! bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…

Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 21: 3. Melanie Chisholm

Melanie Chisholm is fascinated to discover that her ancestors include a moneylender, a campaigner for social reform and a family fleeing the famine in Ireland.

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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Selden's Sister@SeldensSister
18 Jul 2024
A funded PhD on women in the legal profession?! 😍 Deadline 31 July jobs.ac.uk/job/DIT749/lady-e…

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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Exeter Law School@ExeterLawSchool
7 Jun 2024
📖New book to read: A global perspective on key legal debates surrounding marriage and cohabitation, edited by @ExeterLawSchool's @ProfProbert and @CardiffLaw's @DrSharonThomp #marriage #cohabitation #matrimony #relationships #FamilyLaw
Elgar Law@Elgar_Law
7 Jun 2024
Research Handbook on Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law, edited by @ExeterLawSchool's @ProfProbert & @CardiffLaw's @DrSharonThomp Contributors incl' @RAuchmuty @alexandermaine7 many more More info ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/978180… 🆓 Intro & Chapter 1 ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978180220265…
This insightful Research Handbook provides a global perspective on key legal debates surrounding marriage and cohabitation. Bringing together an impressive array of established and emerging scholars, it adopts a comparative approach to analyse cross-jurisdictional trends and divergences in relationship recognition and family formation.

ALT This insightful Research Handbook provides a global perspective on key legal debates surrounding marriage and cohabitation. Bringing together an impressive array of established and emerging scholars, it adopts a comparative approach to analyse cross-jurisdictional trends and divergences in relationship recognition and family formation.

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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Law and History Network@LawHistNetwork
4 Jun 2024
Last one of the academic year! Sign up! #LegalHistory
Russell Sandberg@sandbergrlaw
4 Jun 2024
All are welcome at the next @LawHistNetwork webinar on Monday 10th June at 5pm. @bharatmalkani from @CardiffLaw will be talking about 'Racial justice and law: Where do we go from here?', drawing on his new @BrisUniPress book. Register for the Zoom at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bharat-ma…
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Law and History Network@LawHistNetwork
22 Apr 2024
Want to hear about treasure? Of course you do! We have Prof Norma Dawson up next in the Law and History Network online seminar series. Join us for free and fabulous online #LegalHistory on 30th April eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-and-h…
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
HistoryExtra@HistoryExtra
5 Apr 2024
On the podcast | Legal historian @ProfProbert explores the history of marriage in England and Wales over the last 500 years: spr.ly/6019ZIZCW
A purple-tinted photo of a couple on their wedding day. The woman is on the right wearing a tradtional veil and dress and holding a big bouquet, and a man in a smart suit stands on her left. They are posing in front of a garden scene.

ALT A purple-tinted photo of a couple on their wedding day. The woman is on the right wearing a tradtional veil and dress and holding a big bouquet, and a man in a smart suit stands on her left. They are posing in front of a garden scene.
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
History of Law and Governance Centre@HLGCentre
11 Mar 2024
Our final @HLGCentre event of the term sees us welcome @ProfProbert from @ExeterLawSchool on Monday 25 March from 6-7:30pm online via MS Teams. We hope to see you there virtually! Click here for more: nottingham.ac.uk/research/gr…
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Russell Sandberg@sandbergrlaw
11 Mar 2024
One week to go to the next @LawHistNetwork webinar. All are welcome to hear from @DrEmilyIreland from @LivUni_Law Reserve your place for free at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-and-h…
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Society of Genealogists@SocGenealogists
6 Feb 2024
Join @SoGGenealogist, @SeasideFerry, @PostedInThePast, @WestSussexRO, @ScientistSoph, @genesblog, @GenealogyLass, @JanetFew, @celiaheritage, @juliegoucher, @HelenEDTovey, @holtsfamilyhis1, @rob_s_smith, @ProfProbert & @LMHistory for Feb! ow.ly/g7mg50QwXXG #AncestryHour
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If you missed the second Hamlyn lecture by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd on 'Law for Commerce: English Commercial Law as a System for Transnational Commerce', it can now be viewed at law.exeter.ac.uk/hamlyn/lect…

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Looking forward to giving the CELH annual lecture next Tuesday on 'Women and the Crime of Bigamy in English Law, 1603-2023' - to register to attend online or in person go to celh.law.cam.ac.uk/press/eve…

CELH 2023 Annual Lecture: 'Women and the Crime of Bigamy in English

Speaker: Professor Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter Law School) The talk will be followed by a drinks reception in the atrium of the Faculty. Professor Probert's slides are available to

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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Northern Legal History Group@NorthernLHGroup
10 Nov 2023
We are pleased to announce our seminar series for the academic year. Come to the North for some legal history! More information here: northernlegalhistory.com/upc…
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Russell Sandberg@sandbergrlaw
7 Nov 2023
This is not a drill! The next @LawHistNetwork webinar is this Thursday at 5pm. @lara_tessaro from @KentLawSchool will be speaking. All are welcome! Book now at eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-and-h…
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Sharon Thompson@DrSharonThomp
3 Nov 2023
Excited to welcome @lara_tessaro as our next speaker in the @LawHistNetwork online seminar series, taking place Thurs 9 November 5-6pm GMT. Organised by the legal historians @BristolUniLaw @ExeterLawSchool and @CardiffLaw and open to all! Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-and-h…
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Rebecca Jane Probert retweeted
Faculty of Law@cambridgelaw
30 Oct 2023
The Centre for English #LegalHistory (@CamCELH) is hosting @ProfProbert (@ExeterLawSchool) who will deliver the 2023 Annual Lecture on 'Women and the Crime of #Bigamy in English Law, 1603-2023' on 21 Nov - in person or register to attend for free online: celh.law.cam.ac.uk/press/eve…
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If you missed the first of Lord Thomas' Hamlyn lectures (on 'Law for a Nation - Wales'), the recording is now available at law.exeter.ac.uk/hamlyn/lect… - where you can also sign up for the second, on 'Law for Commerce', to be hosted by Birmingham on 1 November.
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