International Symposium on Magna Carta

Why What Happened at Runnymede 800 Years Ago Still Matters Today

Opening Address: From (Bad) King John to (Good) Magna Carta, How an 800 year-old Charter Changed the World

  • Nicholas Vincent | Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Panel: The U.K. Magna Carta Project Members

  • Louise Wilkinson | Professor of Medieval History Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom
  • Sophie Ambler | Senior Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Magna Carta Project
  • Nicholas Vincent | Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
 

Panel: Magna Carta in The Twenty-First Century

  • Fred Gedicks | Guy Anderson Chair & Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School
  • R. Shawn Gunnarson | Attorney and Shareholder, Kirton McConkie Law Firm
  • David Kirkham | Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, ICLRS, Brigham Young University Law School
 

Finale and Keynote Address : Magna Carta and the Origins of American Constitutionalism

  • Gordon Wood | Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus, Brown University