Home Events Events Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2025 All 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Through the looking glass: Locating litigation privilege under the Indian Evidence Code Common Law Research Seminar Other room Date: Jul 7, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Shaurya Upadhyay Location: mpilhlt Room: Z02 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Martin O'Donoghue Contact: odonoghue@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Mis-uses of comparative law in international development Max Planck Lecture in Legal History and Legal Theory Date: Jul 2, 2025 Time: 04:15 PM - 05:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Fernanda G Nicola (American University) Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 Host: Stefan Vogenauer Contact: ruether@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Jeremy Bentham and the communication of legal authority: The Indian Penal Code of 1861 Common Law Research Seminar Date: Jun 23, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Erica Ollikainen-Read Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Martin O'Donoghue Contact: odonoghue@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Between Norms and Culture: Colonial Governance and Translation of Knowledge of Normativity in Portuguese India Workshop Date: Jun 20, 2025 Time: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: mpilhlt & online Room: G 503 Host: Rômulo da Silva Ehalt and Karoline Marques Machado [more] Writing the history of empires Common Law Research Seminar Other Location Date: Jun 16, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Benedikt Stuchtey Location: Marburg Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Martin O'Donoghue Contact: odonoghue@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Meet the Author: J. J. Moreso (Barcelona) Meet the Author Date: Jun 10, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: J. J. Moreso (Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain) Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 Host: Dr. Melanie Merlin, Prof. Marietta Auer Contact: merlin@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Departure and decree: The HMT Empire Windrush and the 1948 British Nationality Act in the Jamaican perspective Common Law Research Seminar Date: May 26, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Holly French Room: Z01 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Martin O'Donoghue Contact: odonoghue@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Change, Continuity and Modernization of Criminal Law between the Early Modern and Modern Period: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches Seminar Methoden der Rechtsgeschichte Date: May 21, 2025 Time: 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Karl Härter Location: Turmcarrée Host: Peter Collin Contact: collin@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Form and content of dissenting judgments and the doctrine of precedent in the Cape of Good Hope (1828-1890) Common Law Research Seminar Date: May 19, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Alexandra Wielandt Room: Z01 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Martin O'Donoghue Contact: odonoghue@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Grundbegriffe der Schule von Salamanca: 1. Ius naturale bei Vitoria, Soto, Vásquez und Suárez. Salamanca-Kolloquium Date: May 15, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Matthias Lutz-Bachmann und Stefan Schweighöfer (Frankfurt a. M.) Location: Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität Room: IG 2.501 Host: Stefan Schweighöfer Contact: schweighoefer@em.uni-frankfurt.de [more] The punitive origins of 'welfare' legislation Common Law Research Seminar Date: May 12, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prakhar Ganguly Room: Z01 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Martin O'Donoghue Contact: odonoghue@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Grundbegriffe der Schule von Salamanca: Säkularisierung im frühneuzeitlichen Naturrecht? Das Beispiel Hugo Grotius. Salamanca-Kolloquium Date: May 8, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Rudolf Schüßler (Bayreuth) Location: Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität Room: IG 2.501 Host: Stefan Schweighöfer Contact: schweighoefer@em.uni-frankfurt.de [more] English law in India: The introduction and codification of the law of restitution for unjust enrichment in India Common Law Research Seminar Date: Apr 28, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ragini Surana Room: Z01 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Martin O'Donoghue Contact: odonoghue@lhlt.mpg.de [more] The Age of Ambiguity. Concurrence and Competition of Norms ('Normenkonkurrenz') in Early Modern Europe Frankfurter Rechtshistorische Abendgespräche Date: Apr 23, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Hillard von Thiessen (Universität Rostock) Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 Host: Stefanie Rüther Contact: ruether@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Contours of legal history in India Start: Mar 27, 2025 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) End: Mar 28, 2025 06:00 PM Location: NLSIU Bangalore Host: Reeju Ray Contact: ray@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Historical Sociology of Law and Legal History Seminar Methoden der Rechtsgeschichte Date: Mar 18, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Turmcarrée Host: Peter Collin Contact: collin@lhlt.mpg.de [more] “Unlock Your Sources”: Hands-On Workshop Interactive Collation of Multiple Text Variants Using LERA Date: Mar 14, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marcus Pöckelmann (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) Location: mpilhlt, Turmcarree Room: Conference Room, 6th floor Host: Polina Solonets, Manuela Bragagnolo Contact: solonets@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Gender Studies Legal Research Workshop Gender Studies Legal Research Workshop Date: Mar 12, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: B316 Host: Julie Rocheton and Vanessa Massuchetto Contact: rocheton@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Screening and Discussion with co-director Paulo Cruz Vagrants, Vagabonds, Immorals Date: Feb 27, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Paulo Cruz, Federal Fluminense University (UFF) Location: mpilhlt Room: Turmcarree, 6th floor Host: Raquel Sirotti Contact: sirotti@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Knowledge Production, Epistemic Communities, and Epistemic Justice. A View from Global Legal History Date: Feb 25, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Thomas Duve Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 [more] A Cúria Romana e o processo de ereção de dioceses no império português: prerrogativas, normas, agentes e dinâmicas institucionais (Séc. XVI e XVII) Iberian Worlds Date: Feb 25, 2025 Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ellen Marquez Luz Location: mpilhlt, Turmcarree Room: A 601 Host: Pilar Mejia Contact: mejia@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Governare per congregazioni. La Curia romana: un organismo complesso fra teorie e pratiche (metà XVI – inizi XX secolo). I: Aspetti metodologici e problemi storiografici Conference Start: Feb 24, 2025 End: Feb 27, 2025 Location: Villa Vigoni. Centro italo-tedesco per il dialogo europeo, Loveno di Menaggio (CO), Italia Host: Benedetta Albani (mpilhlt), Massimo Carlo Giannini (Università degli Studi di Teramo), François Jankowiak (Université Paris-Saclay, Sceaux) Contact: albani@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Gender Studies Legal Research Workshop Gender Studies Legal Research Workshop Date: Feb 19, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: B316 Host: Julie Rocheton and Vanessa Massuchetto Contact: rocheton@lhlt.mpg.de [more] To study law in Santiago de Chile reading a Gaditano and a Caraqueño. The literary legacy of José Joaquín de Mora and Andrés Bello in the legal curriculum at the National Institute and the University of Chile (1829–1890) Iberian Worlds Date: Feb 11, 2025 Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Fernando Muñoz León Location: mpilhlt, Turmcarree Room: A 601 Host: Pilar Mejia Contact: mejia@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Modernity as Promise and Expectation Seminar Methoden der Rechtsgeschichte Date: Feb 10, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Peter Collin (mpilhlt) Location: Turmcarrée Host: Peter Collin Contact: collin@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Jesuiten, Kapuziner und die Kritik am transatlantischen Sklavenhandel Salamanca-Kolloquium Date: Feb 6, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Matthias Kaufmann (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Location: Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität Room: IG 2.501 Host: Stefan Schweighöfer Contact: schweighoefer@em.uni-frankfurt.de [more] John Wheeler’s Treatise of Commerce and the meaning of ‘police’ in the early modern English-speaking world Common Law Research Seminar Date: Feb 3, 2025 Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gustavo Zatelli Correa (University of Helsinki) Room: Z02 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Matilde Cazzola Contact: cazzola@lhlt.mpg.de [more] History of Labour Law from a Global Perspective Seminar Methoden der Rechtsgeschichte Date: Jan 28, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Johanna Wolf (mpilhlt) Location: Turmcarrée Host: Peter Collin Contact: collin@lhlt.mpg.de [more] The colonial education mould and its consequences: Comparative case studies of the Cape Colony and Northern Rhodesia (c. 1880-1930) Common Law Research Seminar Date: Jan 27, 2025 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Alicia Haripershad (mpilhlt) Room: Z01 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Matilde Cazzola Contact: cazzola@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Slavery and the School of Salamanca. Presentation and debate on the lemma servus/servitus. Salamanca-Kolloquium Date: Jan 23, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Daniel Allemann (Luzern) Location: Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität Room: IG 2.501 Host: Stefan Schweighöfer Contact: schweighoefer@em.uni-frankfurt.de [more] Normative Knowledge and the Emergence of New Spain Conference Start: Jan 23, 2025 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) End: Jan 24, 2025 08:00 PM Location: mpilhlt and online Host: José Luis Egío García Contact: egio@lhlt.mpg.de [more] “Que he o Codigo Civil?”: Knowledge and Practices of Civil Codification in Brazil (1822-1917) Iberian Worlds Date: Jan 21, 2025 Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gabriela Back Lombardi Location: mpilhlt, Turmcarree Room: A 601 Host: Pilar Mejia Contact: mejia@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Legal infrastructures and democracy. Deciphering contemporary battles for the control of law jointly with the 7th Annual Conference on the Legal History of the European Union Start: Jan 20, 2025 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) End: Jan 21, 2025 04:00 PM Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 Host: Basak Cali, Mikael Rask Madsen, Antoine Vauchez, Department Vogenauer Contact: vogenauer.office@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Kirchliche Rechtsgeschichte in der Frühen Neuzeit und Globalgeschichte Salamanca-Kolloquium Date: Jan 16, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Thomas Duve (mpilhlt) Location: Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität Room: IG 2.501 Host: Stefan Schweighöfer Contact: schweighoefer@em.uni-frankfurt.de [more] Meet the author: Yanna Yannakakis Date: Jan 16, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yanna Yannakakis (Emory University) Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 Host: Luisa Stella Coutinho Contact: coutinho@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Aus der Zeitgeschichte des Zivilrechts: Als der europarechtliche Verbraucher entstand Frankfurter Rechtshistorische Abendgespräche Date: Jan 15, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Johannes Liebrecht (Universität Zürich) Location: Hörsaalzentrum, Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main Room: HZ 10 Host: Goethe Universität, Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, MPI für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie Contact: lehrstuhl.pahlow@jur.uni-frankfurt.de [more] Future-making and Custom in Indigenous Land Claims in Colonial Mexico Max Planck Lecture in Legal History and Legal Theory Date: Jan 15, 2025 Time: 04:15 PM - 05:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yanna Yannakakis (Emory University) Location: mpilhlt Room: Z01 Host: Thomas Duve Contact: ruether@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Gender Studies Legal Research Workshop Gender Studies Legal Research Workshop Date: Jan 15, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: B316 Host: Julie Rocheton and Vanessa Massuchetto Contact: rocheton@lhlt.mpg.de [more] The code of tribute: Law and political economy in the Ain of 1854 Common Law Research Seminar Date: Jan 13, 2025 Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Simon Cubelic (Heidelberg University) Room: Z02 Host: Stefan Vogenauer, Matilde Cazzola Contact: cazzola@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Seelsorge in der Schule von Salamanca. Ein Werkstattsbericht Salamanca-Kolloquium Date: Jan 9, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Nebgen (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) Location: Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität Room: IG 2.501 Host: Stefan Schweighöfer Contact: schweighoefer@em.uni-frankfurt.de [more]
