Home Events Events Room: Z 01 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec All All 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Reconsidering 'Law' in Traditional China and Beyond: A Shift of Approach from Judicature to Governance Max Planck Lecture in Legal History and Legal Theory Date: Jun 11, 2025 Time: 04:15 PM - 05:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: WANG Zhiqiang Fudan University Location: mpilhlt Room: Z 01 Host: Thomas Duve [more] Violence and the law in the British empire Max Planck Lecture in Legal History and Legal Theory The event has had to be cancelled. Date: Oct 26, 2022 Time: 04:15 PM - 05:45 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lisa Ford (UNSW Sydney) Location: mpilhlt Room: Z 01 [more] Thomas Vesting: Gentlemen, Manager, Homo Digitalis. Der Wandel der Rechtssubjektivität in der Moderne Meet the Author Date: May 5, 2022 Time: 04:15 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marietta Auer, Nils Goldschmidt, Klaus Günther, Albert Ingold Location: mpilhlt Room: Z 01 [more] Colloquium: The Emergence of Scholastic Probabilism in a Global Perspective Colloquium Date: Sep 11, 2019 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: José Luis Egío (Project The School of Salamanca –MPIeR, Goethe University Frankfurt, AdW Mainz) Organisation: Christiane U. Birr, José Luis Egío García Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Max Planck Legal History Quarterly Forum - History of Private Law in East Asia Guest Workshop Date: Sep 3, 2018 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Stefan Vogenauer, Emily Whewell Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Meet the Author - Michele Graziadei Meet the Author Date: Aug 29, 2018 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Professor Michele Graziadei, University of Torin Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Guest Workshop - Legal Transfers, Transplantations and Translations Guest Workshop Date: Jun 20, 2018 Time: 03:45 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Stefan Vogenauer, Victoria Barnes Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Research Colloqium - Francisco Cuena Boy: Contractus Research Colloqium Date: Feb 28, 2018 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: PD Dr. Christiane Birr, Dr. José Luis Egío Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Workshop - Oral History of the European Court of Justice Workshop Start: Feb 19, 2018 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) End: Feb 20, 2018 01:00 PM Organisation: Stefan Vogenauer & Sigfrido Ramírez Pérez Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Police Legal Frameworks and Practices in XX Century Latin America Jour Fixe Date: Feb 12, 2018 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Osvaldo Barreneche, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Opponent: Karl Härter, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Workshop: Circulation and Organization of Normative Knowledge in Early Modern Times Workshop Date: Jan 30, 2018 Time: 02:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nikolaus Weichselbaumer & Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni Organisation: Manuela Bragagnolo Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Research Colloqium - Martin Schlag: The Economic Dimension of the School of Salamanca Research Colloqium Date: Jan 24, 2018 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: PD Dr. Christiane Birr, Dr. José Luis Egío Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Vertical Empire: The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes Meet the Author Date: Dec 12, 2017 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jeremy Mumford, Brown University (USA) Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] The Concept of „Estado de Derecho“ in the History of Argentinean Constitutionalism (1930-2015) Jour Fixe Date: Dec 11, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Agustín Casagrande, Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” Opponent: Gerd Bender, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] 3rd annual conference of the Initiative History of Labour Law Conference Date: Dec 8, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Meeting of the Working Group »Initiative History of Labour Law« Internal Meeting Date: Dec 7, 2017 Time: 01:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Thematic Focus: NS Labour Law Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Research Colloqium - Marco Toste: Ignorantia, infideles Some Fundamental Concepts of the School of Salamanca’s Juridical-Political Language Date: Dec 6, 2017 Time: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: PD Dr. Christiane Birr, Dr. José Luis Egío Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Conflict Regulation: The 1624 Tumult of Mexico in Perspective Focus Area Meeting Date: Nov 30, 2017 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Angela Ballone Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Research Colloqium - Massimo Meccarelli: Lex Some Fundamental Concepts of the School of Salamanca’s Juridical-Political Language Date: Nov 15, 2017 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: PD Dr. Christiane Birr, Dr. José Luis Egío Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Actio Funeraria: On what it took to get buried in ancient Rome Jour Fixe Date: Nov 13, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Oliver Unger, Hamburg Opponent: Victoria Barnes, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Meet the Author - Kenneth Stow Meet the Author Date: Oct 23, 2017 Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Pr. Kenneth Stow, University of Haifa Presentation: Anna and Tranquillo. Catholic Anxiety and Jewish Protest in the Age of Revolutions, New Haven - London, Yale University Press, 2016 Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Strikes, dictatorships and the circulation of ideas: investigating dialogues between Brazil, Portugal and Italy (1930-1945) Jour Fixe Date: Oct 16, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Opponent: Massimo Meccarelli, associate Researcher MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Some Fundamental Concepts of the School of Salamanca’s Juridical-Political Language Date: Oct 11, 2017 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: PD Dr. Christiane Birr, Dr. José Luis Egío Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Conciliar Decision Making in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (6th–mid-9th Centuries) International Conference Start: Oct 5, 2017 End: Oct 7, 2017 Organisation: Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Agapitos, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Brandes, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leppin Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: The Lived Space: Land Sales, Local Knowledge, and Interethnic Relations on the Chilean Frontier, 1790-1830 Jour Fixe Date: Sep 11, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Manuel Bastias Saavedra, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, MPIeR/University of Bremen Opponent: Mariana Armond Dias Paes, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Guest Workshop: Legal Historiography Guest Workshop Date: Jul 21, 2017 Time: 02:00 PM - 06:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Organisation Victoria Barnes Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Judicial Development of Law of Maintenance (1377-1485) Jour Fixe Date: Jul 10, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jonathan Rose Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Opponent: Stefan Vogenauer, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Constructing legal spaces – byrsa, bourse, Börse, or exchange Jour Fixe Date: Jun 19, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Johannes W. Flume, Universität Tübingen Opponent: Jasper Kunstreich Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Lecture: John F. Schwaller: Mexico in 1585: The Backdrop of the Tercer Concilio Provincial Lecture Date: Jun 1, 2017 Time: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: John F. Schwaller Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Meet the Author – Tamar Herzog Tamar Herzog Date: May 31, 2017 Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Workshop: Philology and Digital Humanities: Old Questions and New Approaches for Working with Texts Workshop Date: May 15, 2017 Time: 02:30 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Manuela Bragagnolo, Andreas Wagner Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: HyperMachiavel. First results of a comparison tool between the first edition of The Prince and its French translations of the XVIth century Jour Fixe Date: May 15, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Séverine Gedzelman (CNRS, UMR Triangle), Jean-Claude Zancarini (ENS de Lyon, UMR Triangle) Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Guest Workshop: Law and Diversity – Legal Categories and Identity Guest Workshop Date: May 5, 2017 Time: 02:30 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Lorena Ossio Bustillos Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jan Schröder: Gibt es zeitlose Theorien in der Rechtswissenschaft? (Are there timeless theories in jurisprudence?) Frankfurter Rechtshistorische Abendgespräche Date: Apr 26, 2017 Time: 06:00 PM c.t. (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jan Schröder Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Kaala Paani and the Archive: South Asian Indenture to Jamaica Jour Fixe Date: Apr 10, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Eddie Bruce-Jones (University of London) Opponent: Otto Danwerth Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Italian Judges and Judicial Practice in Libya Jour Fixe Date: Mar 13, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Alessia Maria Di Stefano Opponent: Peter Collin Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Workshop: Land Ownership and Conflict in a Global Context: Transfer, Adaptation and Translation of Normative Systems Workshop Start: Feb 20, 2017 End: Feb 22, 2017 Registration deadline: Feb 13, 2017 Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 Contact: mckee@rg.mpg.de [more] Jour Fixe: Multinormativity in Western Arguments Regarding Punishment of the Boxers and their Patrons, 1900-1901 Jour Fixe Date: Feb 13, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Timothy L. Schroer University of West Georgia Opponent: Donal Coffey Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] International Workshop: Convivencias Today: Reflections on a Historiographical Concept International Workshop Date: Feb 3, 2017 Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: The Federal Evolution of Imperial Germany and the Creation of the German Civil Code Jour Fixe Date: Jan 16, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Oliver F. R. Haardt University of Cambridge Opponents: Philip Bajon / Philipp Schmitt, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: ‘Obstructive Collaboration’ – Rulers, Printers, and the Publication of Ordinances in the 16th Century Jour Fixe Date: Dec 12, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Saskia Limbach University of St Andrews Opponent: Manuela Bragagnolo, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] SvSal colloquium: „Digital Editions as a Task for Research Libraries" Colloquium Date: Dec 7, 2016 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Thomas Stäcker Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] 2. Annual Meeting of the Initiative History of Labour Law Conference Date: Dec 2, 2016 Time: 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Topic: Labour Constitutions During the First World War Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 Host: Hugo Sinzheimer Institut für Arbeitsrecht and Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte [more] Guest Lecture: 500 Years of the Reinheitsgebot Guest Lecture Date: Dec 1, 2016 Time: 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Barbara Sturm Universität Kassel Topic: 500 Years of the Reinheitsgebot: The Development of Beermaking and its Associated Regulations Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Meeting of the Working Group »Initiative History of Labour Law« Meeting Date: Dec 1, 2016 Time: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Topic: Discussion of a new publication Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Christopher Thornhill: The Sociology of Law and the Global Transformation of Democracy Jour Fixe Date: Nov 14, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Christopher Thornhill University of Manchester Opponent: Gerd Bender, MPIeR Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] History of the Law-related Max Planck Institutes since 1945 Workshop Date: Nov 11, 2016 Time: 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Catharine MacMillan: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Frankfurter Rechtshistorische Abendgespräche Date: Nov 2, 2016 Time: 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Catharine MacMillan King’s College London Topic: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Law and the British Empire Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe extraordinaire: Jean-Louis Halpérin: History of the "Juristenstand" in Germany during the 19th and 20th Centuries Jour Fixe extraordinaire Date: Oct 31, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jean-Louis Halpérin École Normale Supérieure Paris Topic: History of the "Juristenstand" in Germany during the 19th and 20th Centuries Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Research Colloquium: Knowledge and Information Regimes in Early Modern Times Research Colloquium Date: Oct 18, 2016 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Manuela Bragagnolo, Otto Danwerth, David Rex Galindo Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Tatiana Borisova: Power Politics and the Problem of the Originality of Russian Law in Late Imperial Russia Jour Fixe Date: Oct 17, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Tatiana Borisova National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Topic: Power Politics and the Problem of the Originality of Russian Law in Late Imperial Russia Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Felix Lange: Between Foreign Policy Advice and Systematization Jour Fixe Date: Jul 11, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Felix Lange Topic: Between Foreign Policy Advice and Systematization – Hermann Mosler and Western German International Legal Scholarship after 1945 Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Gauri Parasher (Heidelberg): Notes on the Administration of Justice to the Indians by the French (ca. 1765-1827) Jour Fixe Date: Jun 13, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gauri Parasher PhD Candidate, Heidelberg University Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Markus D. Dubber (Toronto), New Historical Jurisprudence: Legal History as Critical Analysis of Law Jour Fixe Date: Jun 6, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Markus D. Dobber Professor of Law, University of Toronto Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more] Jour Fixe: Prof. Baudouin Dupret (Paris), "Is Law an Analytical Concept?" Jour Fixe Date: May 9, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Baudouin Dupret Directeur de recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, EHESS/IMM/CEMS (France) Topic: Is Law an Analytical Concept? Some Thoughts on the Basis of Language Games Location: MPIeR Room: Z 01 [more]
