The 50th anniversary of the Centre for Criminological Research: 'Conflicts as property' then and now

This event celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Centre for Criminological Research (CCR) in the School of Law and the University of Sheffield. 

The CCR was established in September 1975, with its inaugural lecture by Nils Christie on ‘Conflict as Property’ taking place in March 1976. The proposed anniversary event will not only commemorate this lecture but also celebrate that it took place at the University of Sheffield as part of the establishment of the CCR. It is therefore an opportune moment to look back at the Centre’s history and the role played in it by the ‘Conflicts as Property’ lecture and to consider the CCR’s place on the national and international stage of criminological research for the last 50 years. 

Taking place at 10am-6pm on 3 June 2026, the title of the anniversary event is ‘Nils Christie’s ‘Conflicts as Property’: then and now’. It will include a discussion of the Centre’s 50 year history and some of the interdisciplinary implications and strands of criminological research driven by the ‘Conflicts as Property’ lecture. The event includes presentations by Dr Diana Batchelor (University of Sheffield), and Professors Albert Dzur (Bowling Green State University); Alan Norrie (University of Warwick), Anthony Pemberton (KU Leuven and NCSR, Amsterdam) and Joanna Shapland (University of Sheffield). The event will be chaired by Professor Layla Skinns (Director of the CCR).

Please find the draft agenda attached.