Dr Elena Cooper
@drelena_cooper
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Arts Editor, Law & Humanities: @law_humanities. Senior Lecturer, CREATe, University of Glasgow: @copyrightcentre. Bluesky: @drelenacooper.bsky.social
Richmond, London
Joined December 2023
As a legal historian I know how documents can freeze a moment in time & this - my final X post - is my time capsule;👇my current thinking on arts reviews at @law_humanities through lens of new cutting edge @royalcourt play. Goodbye X but tbc on Bluesky @drelenacooper.bsky.social
In a new blog post, Elena Cooper (@drelena_cooper) explores ‘Scenes from a Repatriation’ – a new play by Joel Tan currently on at the @royalcourt – as a starting point for reflecting on the role of theatre and the arts in grappling with complex legal and ethical debates 👇
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ARTS REVIEWS NEWS: @law_humanities will be covering play 'London Road' @NationalTheatre opening this June: "occupant of No. 79 London Road is arrested, charged & convicted" of 5 murders. Suffolk community's "own words set to an innovative musical score":
nationaltheatre.org.uk
Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork reunite for their award-winning verbatim musical. Rufus Norris directs this 'Extraordinary show' (Financial Times).
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BAFTAs for @ITV show Bates v Post Office! See the @law_humanities arts review of the show by @kedinesson @UoYLaw, now free access: "a powerful and impressive piece of advocacy, drawing public and political attention to a decades long fight for justice":
tandfonline.com
Published in Law and Humanities (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2024)
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... & making the case for why @law_humanities arts coverage is at its best when driven by its interdisciplinary scholarly community.
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...& as always I was also thinking about my other role, as Arts Editor for @law_humanities. What does it mean for academics to build a cultural record at the present moment: the advent of AI saturated cultural world? I'll be reflecting on this at L&H event on 11 July in Exeter...
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Well done @copyrightcentre for hosting European Copyright Soc conference on Fri! In opening, Prof Martin Kretschmer (CREATe Director & ECS President) took us back to 2012 when both ECS and CREATe founded: academics providing neutral voice in law-making, away from lobbying...
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CALL FOR REVIEWER(S): “After the Act”: ‘electrifying’ musical about s. 28 at Royal Court, London, 21 May-15 June; thanks to the Royal Court we have free ticket! Interested scholars from our @law_humanities community should contact @drelena_cooper by email https://t.co/OtcoufPeZT
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We are pleased to co-host a screening of Dahomey and panel discussion on restitution, museums, and African colonial history, with @QMSchoolofLaw. Join us in London on 15 May. Free registration: https://t.co/DqFpRFnwFT
#ArtLaw #Restitution
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Tomorrow 9am Radio 4: In Our Time with @LionelBently, @w758 Will Slauter & @KatieMcGettigan. 3 very clever people talk about history of copyright: from Statute of Anne 1710 to AI, in 1 hour. Perfectly timed morning radio for @copyrightcentre ECS attendees!
bbc.co.uk
The evolution of copyright.
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In attending to "multi-layered dimensions of structural & spatial disenfranchisement... this performance captures... foundational issue": "justice as a perpetual justice-to-come" & "necessity of engaging with... imbalances of power" @law_humanities arts review by @eepwrites 👇
NEW ARTS REVIEW: 'Performing Spacial Justice in the Shadow of Grenfell'. Dr Emma Patchett @eepwrites delves deep into significance of testimony when brought into theatrical space: @GillianSlovo's @NationalTheatre play 'Grenfell: in the Words of Survivors'
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Really looking forward to attending👇 and speaking about value and photography in copyright cases decided by the 19th cent Police courts. Thanks to Prof. Mark Kasumovic and Prof. Kelley Wilder for organising another great conference - I loved last year's!
Photography, Value, History, 16-17 June 2025 #PHRC25 | Registration for our annual conference now open! Follow the link for more information on registration and the event's programme
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More innovative interdisciplinary and interesting research from Prof. @Kris_academic, social scientist and CREATe deputy director... 👇
🧠👾 What happens when fan culture meets generative AI? Inspired by #StrangerThings and @nicolleness prediction of AI’s role in participatory culture, @Kris_academic experimented with LLMs to bring characters from the show into interactive life More 👉 https://t.co/7fP6ofq5sF
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It's a beautiful book by Glasgow Uni criminologist @DrEmilineSmith with enchanting illustrations by artist Krisha Tamrakar of @ARTUDIO_NEPAL. All proceeds go to protect Dolpa's cultural heritage!
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Review just left my desk; online @law_humanities soon! Meanwhile my primary-school children ask: who is the robot on the front of Tan's Script? Wonderfully, they already know about repatriation from @DrEmilineSmith "Pema and the Stolen Statues from Dolpa"
stolenstatues.com
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"Ashes scattered across the stage cling to [audience's] shoes, leave traces on stage" & audience carries "remnants away when leaving theatre: are our footprints part of the story?" @KristinHausler in @law_humanities: on @tkhaydesign's set, @royalcourt Scenes from a Repatriation.
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New Blog 👇 Arts reviews: 'an exciting strand of our dynamic interdisciplinary field' @1mattdyson @AgataFijalkow @SophieMDoherty @paola_zichi @anat_rosenberg @alice_diver @eepwrites @mary1liston @kedinesson @lindsayostern @joseph_owen_ @anat_rosenberg @royalcourt @shailesh_RHUL
In a new blog post, Elena Cooper (@drelena_cooper) explores ‘Scenes from a Repatriation’ – a new play by Joel Tan currently on at the @royalcourt – as a starting point for reflecting on the role of theatre and the arts in grappling with complex legal and ethical debates 👇
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My 2 worlds - as CREATe academic & @law_humanities Arts Editor - connect in this blog 👇 Pleased to quote @AIATSIS @GlasgowMuseums @hunteriandir @reluctantgeorge in reflecting on new @royalcourt play touching on qus to be debated by @IcomOfficiel this yr. @IAL_art_law @artlawalex
In a new blog post, Elena Cooper (@drelena_cooper) explores ‘Scenes from a Repatriation’ – a new play by Joel Tan currently on at the @royalcourt – as a starting point for reflecting on the role of theatre and the arts in grappling with complex legal and ethical debates 👇
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"The reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead." Psychology & art's "purpose & promise".👇 [I feel the arts, but do I have 'Stendhal's syndrome' & is being Arts Ed @law_humanities bad for me?! 🤔]
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As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead
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One of those CREATe blogs 👇is all about arts reviews @law_humanities Coming very very soon...
We’ve got an exciting few weeks ahead 👇 2 May: Working Paper 6 May: Pre-ICN Workshop 7-9 May: ICN Conference 7–13 May: series of blog releases 14 May: "Year in Review" 15–20 May: Spring School 16 May: ECS 22 May: killer acquisitions with David Bosco Stay tuned, we’ll share
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Lucky me to have been at the Preview with @law_humanities reviewer Dr Kristen Hausler @BIICL; review coming soon, as well as my own blog for @copyrightcentre
Throwback to last week's Press Night for Joel Tan's ★★★★★ 'Breathtakingly powerful' (The Stage) Scenes from a Repatriation, directed by emma + pj ✨ 📅 Until Sat 24 May 🎟️ Tickets are now sold out, head to our website to find out how to get a ticket https://t.co/aj8uwzBgVd
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