Home Events Events Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2020 All 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Corporations, normative pluralism, and jurisdictions in early modern Iberian polities. Potential and limits of an interpretive framework Colloquium Methods for Legal History Date: Dec 15, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Pedro Cardim, CHAM-Universidade Nova de Lisboa Organisation: Stefanie Rüther Room: For further information please contact ruether@rg.mpg.de [more] Interpretation of Contracts and Control of Unfair Terms in Asia Common Law Research Seminar Date: Dec 14, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Stefan Vogenauer Location: online. For further information please contact whewell@rg.mpg.de [more] Conference: Law and Diversity - European and Latin American Experiences from a Legal Historical Perspective –Public Law II– Conference Start: Dec 10, 2020 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) End: Dec 11, 2020 04:30 PM Organisation: Peter Collin, Manuel Bastias Saavedra Location: Online. Contact: collin@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Auslegung und Inhaltskontrolle von Verträgen in Asien: Vorstellung eines Forschungsprojekts Conference Date: Dec 8, 2020 Time: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online [more] A Separate Head of Judicial Review: Divergent Paths in Common Law Rights Review Common Law Research Seminar Date: Dec 7, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Kevin Gray (York University - Osgoode Hall Law School) Location: online. For further information please contact whewell@rg.mpg.de [more] Conference: Law and Diversity - European and Latin American Experiences from a Legal Historical Perspective –Public Law I– Conference Start: Nov 26, 2020 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) End: Nov 27, 2020 04:15 PM Organisation: Peter Collin, Manuel Bastias Saavedra Location: Online. Contact: collin@lhlt.mpg.de [more] Separate but Together: Subjecthood and Justice in the (Post-)Ottoman World Workshop Date: Nov 25, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ninja Bumann (MPIeR Guest), Mariusz Kaczka (MPIeR Guest), Murat Burak Aydin (MPIeR) Organisation: Ninja Bumann, Mariusz Kaczka, Murat Burak Aydin Location: Online. For further information please contact aydin@rg.mpg.de [more] The Development of the Parol Evidence Rule in the United States Common Law Research Seminar Date: Nov 23, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Christoph Resch MPIeR Location: Online. For further information please contact whewell@rg.mpg.de [more] Effects of Gender and Origin in Grading State Exams in Law in Germany? Forum Date: Nov 10, 2020 Time: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Emanuel V. Towfigh (EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Wiesbaden/Oestrich-Winkel) Location: Online – for further information please contact ruether@rg.mpg.de [more] Re-assessing the Impact of the Empire Marketing Board during the Interwar Period Common Law Research Seminar Date: Nov 9, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: David Higgins University of Newcastle Location: online. For further information please contact whewell@rg.mpg.de [more] Online launch: Court Cases in African Archives Global Legal History on the Ground Date: Nov 5, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Mariana Armond Dias Paes, Maysa Espindola, Juelma Matos, Raquel R. Sirotti (MPIeR) Location: Online. For further information please contact diaspaes@rg.mpg.de [more] 'The Rise of Fiscal Capacity' Colloquium Methods for Legal History Date: Nov 3, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: David Cantoni, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Location: video conference Room: For further information please contact ruether@rg.mpg.de [more] ¿Dominga Gutiérrez o Beatriz del Corazón de Jesús? Una disputa interforal en el Perú decimonónico. Seminar on Legal History in the Iberian Worlds Date: Nov 2, 2020 Time: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Armando Guevara Gil Organisation: Pilar Mejía Room: Videoconferencia [more] Juana de Godínez Colloquium Methods for Legal History Date: Oct 6, 2020 Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Michelle McKinley (University of Oregon) Location: video conference Room: For further information please contact ruether@rg.mpg.de [more] Workshop: Using Normative Knowledge from the Past Workshop Date: Sep 10, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Alexandra Woods, Fupeng Li Location: video conference [more] Crossing boundaries. Legal History between Methodological Approaches and new Challenges and Identities Colloquium Methods for Legal History Date: Sep 8, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Luigi Lacchè (University of Macerata / LUISS ‘G. Carli’ Rome) Location: Online. For further information please contact ruether@rg.mpg.de [more] The invention of Custom and the School of Salamanca Salamanca Colloquium Date: Sep 2, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Christiane Birr, José Luis Egío, Andreas Wagner Location: video conference [more] Transformaciones jurídicas e identidades políticas de indios y esclavos durante la era de las revolucionesSeminar on Legal History in the Iberian Worlds Seminar on Legal History in the Iberian Worlds Date: Jul 2, 2020 Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marcela Echeverri Muñoz Organisation: Pilar Mejía Location: MPIeR Room: Online. (GMT +2, local Frankfurt time, via DFNConf) [more] Research Colloquium on Global Legal History Research Colloquium Date: Jun 30, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speakers: Murat Burak Aydin (MPIeR); Luca von Bogdandy (MPIeR) Organisation: Thomas Duve, Manuel Bastias Saavedra (MPIeR) Location: Max Planck Institute for European Legal History Room: Online. For more information bastias@rg.mpg.de [more] Research Colloquium on Global Legal History Research Colloquium Date: Jun 23, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speakers: Juelma Matos (MPIeR); Damián Gonzales (MPIeR) Organisation: Thomas Duve, Manuel Bastias Saavedra (MPIeR) Location: Max Planck Institute for European Legal History Room: Online. For more information bastias@rg.mpg.de [more] Workshop: Current topic in legal history: What is a legal book? Crossing perspectives between legal history and book history Workshop Date: Jun 18, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speakers: Maria Idalia García Aguilar (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México & MPIeR Guest Researcher), Natalia Maillard Álvarez (Universidad de Pablo Olavide), Airton Ribeiro da Silva (MPIeR Guest Researcher), Pedro Rueda Ramírez (Universidad de Barcelona) Location: MPIeR Room: Online Meeting Manuela Bragagnolo [more] 'Virtual' Meet the Author - Ann Blair Meet the Author Date: Jun 8, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Ann Blair Organisation: Manuela Bragagnolo Location: MPIeR Room: Online Meeting [more] Workshop: Using Normative Knowledge from the Past Workshop Date: Apr 30, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Alexandra Woods, Fupeng Li Location: video conference [more] Guest lecture: "Fakes in the House of Osman: The Domestication of Forgery Cases in the 19th-Century Ottoman Empire" - cancelled! Guest lecture Date: Mar 25, 2020 Time: 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Marc Aymes is Chair of the Centre for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies (CETOBaC) / Research Professor (Directeur de recherche) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, France Organisation: Zülâl Muslu Location: MPIeR Room: Lecture hall of the MPI [more] Conference: Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History - cancelled! Conference Start: Mar 19, 2020 End: Mar 20, 2020 Organisation: Sigrid Amedick, Andreas Wagner Location: Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte Room: Lecture hall of the MPI [more] Conference: „Alles falsch!“ Comments on Wolfram Brandes - cancelled Conference Date: Mar 17, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Dr. Carola Föller, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen / Dr. des. Daniel Föller, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt / Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leppin, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt [more] Workshop: Using Normative Knowledge from the Past Workshop Date: Mar 4, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Alexandra Woods, Fupeng Li Location: MPIeR Room: Z02 [more] Gens Lucifuga. Como las ejecuciones de deudas en la Audiencia Eclesiástica de México permiten analizar la Historia del Clero Secular (Siglo XVII) Seminar on Legal History in the Iberian Worlds Date: Mar 2, 2020 Time: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marcelo da Rocha Wanderley Organisation: Pilar Mejía Location: MPIeR Room: Z01 [more] "Collaboration, Control and Conflict in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective: Buenos Aires and Minas Gerais during the Late Colonial Period" Research Colloquium on Global Legal History Date: Mar 2, 2020 Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Douglas Corrêa Santos (Universidade Federal Fluminense) Organisation: Thomas Duve, Manuel Bastias Saavedra (MPIeR) Location: MPIeR Room: Lecture hall of the MPI [more] 13th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court - cancelled! Moot Court Start: Mar 2, 2020 End: Mar 6, 2020 Organisation: Max Planck Institute for European Legal History & Morgan Lewis Location: Campus Goethe University, Morgan Lewis and MPIeR, Frankfurt am Main [more] Research Colloquium: Between Roças and Palhotas: Colonial exploitation in Portuguese Africa, 1850-1930 Colloquium Date: Feb 13, 2020 Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Maysa Espíndola (MPIeR) Organisation: Thomas Duve, Manuel Bastias Saavedra (MPIeR) Location: MPIeR Room: Lecture hall of the MPI [more] Guest Lecture: Missing Pieces in the Legal History of the 19th- and 20th-century East Asia Guest Lecture Date: Feb 13, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Tzung-Mou Wu (Taipei, Taiwan) Organisation: Zülâl Muslu Location: MPIeR Room: Lecture hall of the MPI [more] The British Empire’s Regulation of Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity: Developing Analysis through Global Historical Sociology Common Law Research Seminar Date: Feb 10, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow) Organisation: Stefan Vogenauer, Emily Whewell Location: MPIeR Room: Seminar room of the MPI [more] Juan Belda Plans: Presentación de la edición crítica y la traducción al español de la Relectio de Poenitentia de Melchor Cano Salamanca Colloquium Date: Feb 5, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Juan Belda Plans (Valencia) Organisation: Christiane Birr, José Luis Egío Location: MPIeR Room: B316 (Conference room of the library) [more] Deep Time - Law - Indo-European Culture. Towards a deep intellectual History Colloquium Methods of Legal History Date: Feb 4, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Martin Mulsow Universität Erfurt Location: Max Planck Institute for European Legal History Room: Lecture hall of the MPI [more] Regímenes de migración en Hispanoamérica, siglo XVIII Seminar on Legal History in the Iberian Worlds Date: Feb 3, 2020 Time: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Martin Biersack Organisation: Pilar Mejía Location: MPIeR Room: Z01 [more] American States of Nature The Origins of Independence, 1761-1775 Common Law Research Seminar Date: Jan 27, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Mark Somos (MPI Comparative Public Law and International Law) Organisation: Stefan Vogenauer, Emily Whewell Location: MPIeR Room: Seminar room of the MPI [more] Research Colloquium: Not Quite Brothers in Arms: Indigenous legal status during the Dutch expansion to the State of Maranhão, 1642 Colloquium Date: Jan 16, 2020 Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gilberto Guerra, (MPIeR) Organisation: Thomas Duve, Manuel Bastias Saavedra (MPIeR) Location: MPIeR Room: Lecture hall of the MPI [more] Heikki Pihlajamäki: Einige vergleichende Bemerkungen zum frühneuzeitlichen Kolonialrecht: England, Portugal, Spanien (Some comparative remarks on early modern colonial law: England, Portugal, Spain) Frankfurter Rechtshistorische Abendgespräche Date: Jan 15, 2020 Time: 06:00 PM c.t. (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Heikki Pihjalamäki, Helsinki Location: Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main Room: Renate von Metzler-Saal (Cas. 1.801) [more] Boris Hogenmüller: Melchor Cano, De locis theologicis – some remarks on concept and reception of the Loci Salamanca Colloquium Date: Jan 15, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Boris Hogenmüller (Würzburg) Organisation: Christiane Birr, José Luis Egío Location: MPIeR Room: Z01 [more] Colloquium: Decolonial Comparative Law Colloquium Methods for Legal History Date: Jan 14, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ralf Michaels / Lena Salaymeh (MPI for comparative and international Private Law, Hamburg) Location: Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte Room: Z01 [more] Empírica histórica y epistemología sociológica Seminar on Legal History in the Iberian Worlds Date: Jan 13, 2020 Time: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Organisation: Pilar Mejía Location: MPIeR Room: Z01 [more] Master and Servant Regulations and Labour Laws in the Post-Emancipation British West Indies Common Law Research Seminar Date: Jan 13, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Matilde Cazzola (University of Bologna) Organisation: Stefan Vogenauer, Emily Whewell Location: MPIeR Room: Seminar room of the MPI [more]