(image source: TREATYLAB ) Three full-time PhD vacancies for the ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB ("The Labyrinth of Treaties, 1712-1763. International Law Behind the Scenes of Early Enlightenment Diplomacy") have been published. More information on the project's website .
Prof. Laurent De Sutter intervenes in Valencia this week to present the Spanish translation of “Décevoir est un plaisir”. More information on the QR-code.
On Thursday 25 June, dr. Raphaël Cahen chaired the panel „Multinormativität“ at the symposium organised by the Institut für Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte“ at the University of Vienna. The gathering was organised by his pupils dr. Sebastian Spitra (Vienna), dr. Nina Keller-Kemmerer (Gießen), dr. Hendrik Simon (Frankfurt) and dr. Anastasia Hanmerschmied (Vienna) to celebrate the 60th. birthday…
The MICOLL ERC project organised the international conference entitled “Have the Gods Fallen? An Interdisciplinary Reconsideration of Lex Mercatoria and Commercial Revolution”, which took place in Venice from 17 to 20 June 2026, between the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani (DSCV) and Venice International University (VIU – Isola di San Servolo). The event, held under the direction of Prof.…
(image source: British Legal History Conference 2026 ) Prof. Dave De ruysscher will speak at the British Legal History Conference in Nottingham next week. More information on the programme here .
(image source: VIU ) dr. Stefano Cattelan will present at the 5th edition of The Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism held at the Venice International University on 26-28 June 2026. More information on the conference website .
(image source: Stämpfli ) dr. Léna Sylvestre contributed a chapter in the collective volume Langues et paroles du droit. Actes des journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit tenues à l'Université de Lausanne du 1er au 4e juin 2023 , published in the "Collection lausannoise" of Stämpfli (edited by Denis Tappy and Anne Peroz). More information with the publisher .
The EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History worked in 2025-2026 on the theme " The End(s) of War" . Students from UPF Barcelona (prof. Alfons Aragoneses), CY Cergy Paris Université (Prof. Caroula Argyriadis-Kervégan), Univerza v Ljubljani (Prof. Katja Škrubej) and VUB (Prof. Frederik Dhondt ) worked hybridly, online and in-person. Following the peak event (February/March, this year in…
(image source ( ACFHAB ) The Conference of Historical and Archaeological Societies of Belgium will return to Brussels for its next edition. The event will take place at the Palace of the Academies from 20 to 23 August 2026 , with the support of the French-Speaking Community of Belgium, the Académie Royale de Belgique, urban.brussels, and the City of Brussels. The section devoted to Institutional…
(image source: TREATYLAB ) Three full-time PhD vacancies for the ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB ("The Labyrinth of Treaties, 1712-1763. International Law Behind the Scenes of Early Enlightenment Diplomacy") have been published. More information on the project's website .