Decolonising EU Law
The EU Law Discussion Group and the Oxford Law Black Alumni Network have the pleasure to welcome Professor Iyiola Solanke, Jacques Delors Chair of EU Law, to talk about Decolonising EU Law.
Speaker
Iyiola Solanke was previously a Professor of European Union Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds Law School and the Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for the University. She is a Visiting Professor at Wake Forest University School of Law and Harvard University School of Public Health and a former Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute. She is the author of ‘EU Law’ (Pearson 2015), ‘Making Anti-Racial Discrimination Law’ (Routledge 2011), ‘Discrimination as Stigma - A Theory of Anti-Discrimination Law’ (Hart 2017), and many articles in peer reviewed journals. Professor Solanke is an Academic Bencher of the Inner Temple and judicial member of the Valuation Tribunal for England (VTE). She founded the Black Female Professors Forum and the Temple Women’s Forum North, to promote engagement between legal professionals and students in and around Yorkshire. She recently chaired the Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL and is leading two research projects: Co-POWeR, an ESRC-funded project looking into the impact of COVID on practices for wellbeing and resilience in Black, Asian and minority ethnic families and communities; and Generation Delta, a RE/OfS-funded project promoting access to PGR study for BAME women.
Chairs
Aikaterini is a DPhil Candidate at the University of Oxford, Keble College. Her research concerns taxpayers' procedural rights and tax authorities' accountability in the context of Exchange of Information procedures among EU Member States. Her research is funded by the AHRC-Keble college and the Onassis Foundation. She holds an LLB and LLM in EU law degrees from the University of Athens. She also holds an MJur degree from the University of Oxford (St Peter’s Distinction Award). Her main research interests concern EU law, human rights law and administrative law. She is a convenor of the EU Law Discussion Group. She is one of the founders of the Oxford Responsible Technology Alumni Network.
DPhil candidate in Law at the University of Oxford, Hertford College. His thesis examines the European Union's promotion of human rights in China through law. He holds an MPhil in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge (Ramón Areces scholar) and a BBA and an LLB (Law Faculty Extraordinary Prize) from the Public University of Navarre. His main research interests span EU external relations law and freedom of religion, areas where he has several publications. He is a convenor of the Oxford EU Law Discussion Group and founder and president of the Oxford Spanish Society.
Sfiso is a DPhil Candidate at the University of Oxford and President of the Oxford Law Black Alumni Network (OLBA). His research concerns the development of an African jurisprudence towards human rights and establishing a bill of duties. He holds an LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a BCL degree from the University of Oxford. He worked at Bowmans Inc as a candidate attorney and as a law clerk at the South African Constitutional Court, working under Justice Khampepe and Justice Majiedt. He is also a Constitutional Court Ismail Mohamed fellow and a Chevening scholar. He is broadly interested in private law, property law, constitutional law and administrative law.
