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Join FSSH researcher Dr. Thomas McMorrow in a roundtable discussion: Legal recognition of non-conjugal families – May 20

Dr. Thomas McMorrow, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, will share his expertise in a discussion related to a new book, Legal Recognition of Non-Conjugal Families: New Frontiers in Family Law in the US, Canada and Europe, by , Postdoctoral Researcher at the .

Dr. Palazzo will introduce her book, which illustrates that insufficient recognition of new families is a legal problem that needs fixing in light of recent evolutions in family patterns and normative conceptions of 'family'. A roundtable discussion will follow.

Roundtable participants:

  • Thomas McMorrow, Associate Professor, ºÚÁÏÍø.
  • Mariano Croce, Associate Professor, La Sapienza University of Rome.
  • Sylvie Taylor Armstrong, PhD candidate, European University Institute, Italy.

Moderator: Sophia Ayada, PhD candidate, European University Institute.

When: Thursday, May 20 at 11 p.m.

Where: Zoom (contact Sophia Ayada, event moderator, for the Zoom link).