Regimes of Normativity Research

Seminar

The Regimes of Normativity Research Seminar provides a space for discussion about work in progress in the department. It focuses on methodological discussions based on preassigned readings. It is open to all colleagues and guests of the institute.

Judicial Reasoning as a Means to Study Legal Positivization in Islamicate Societies

Regimes of Normativity Research Seminar

• Date: Nov 4, 2026
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Baudouin Dupret
• Location: Turmcarrée
• Room: 6th floor
• Host: Thomas Duve
• Contact: sekduve@lhlt.mpg.de

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Language, power and mutual dependencies: Interpreters and justice administration in Colonial Mozambique, 1895-1974

Regimes of Normativity Research Seminar

• Date: Oct 6, 2026
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Mauro Manhanguele
• Location: Turmcarrée
• Room: 6th floor
• Host: Thomas Duve
• Contact: sekduve@lhlt.mpg.de

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The Society of Jesus and the Case of Japanese Slavery (16th-17th c.)

Seminar Historische Normativitätsregime

• Date: Sep 1, 2026
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Rômulo da Silva Ehalt
• Location: Turmcarrée
• Room: 6th floor
• Host: Thomas Duve
• Contact: sekduve@lhlt.mpg.de

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Nation State-Building from Below: The Transformation of Local Governance and its Shifting Knowledge Foundations in Late Imperial China

Regimes of Normativity Research Seminar

• Date: Jun 23, 2026
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Xinran Liu
• Location: Turmcarrée
• Room: 6th floor
• Host: Thomas Duve
• Contact: sekduve@lhlt.mpg.de

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Planning to fail? International organisations and the spatial organisation of African territories in the 20th century

Regimes of Normativity Research Seminar

• Date: Jun 10, 2026
• Time: 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Manuela Camargo
• Location: mpilhlt
• Room: Lecture hall (Z01)
• Host: Thomas Duve
• Contact: sekduve@lhlt.mpg.de

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Understanding Pashtunwali: Concepts, Questions, and Methodological Approach

Regimes of Normativity Research Seminar

• Date: May 19, 2026
• Time: 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Izhar Khan
• Location: Turmcarrée
• Room: 6th floor
• Host: Thomas Duve
• Contact: sekduve@lhlt.mpg.de

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