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VACANCIES: PhD positions on FWO Senior Fundamental Research Projects “Cities as breeding grounds: legal change in financial law (ca. 1620-ca. 1750)” and “Collective negotiations in sovereign default and corporate insolvency (1890-1920)” (Prof. Dave DE RUYSSCHER, DEADLINE 15 OCT 2025)

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Prof. Dave De ruysscher advertises two vacancies for PhD candidates on FWO Senior Fundamental Research Projects.  1. Cities as breeding grounds: legal change in financial law (ca. 1620-ca. 1750) More information here . 2. Collective negotiations in sovereign default and corporate insolvency (1890-1920) More information here .
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INTERVIEW: Frederik DHONDT on the crisis in the Bayrou-government (De Morgen, 5 SEP 2025)

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Prof. Frederik Dhondt was interviewed by De Morgen  on the current political crisis in the Bayrou-government in France. Read the interview here .
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CALL: EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History 2025-2026: The End of War

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  Call: EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History 2025-2026: The End of War (image: St-Germain-en-Laye : signature du traité de paix avec l'Autriche : les abords du château : [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse by Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique - 1919 - National Library of France, France - No Copyright - Other Known Legal Restrictions; Source: Europeana ) De Terugkeer van Oorlog In 2022 keerde de oorlog terug naar het Europese continent, in Oekraïne – met tastbare gevolgen voor iedereen. Wie dacht dat we leefden in een wereld waar geweld tussen staten verboden is (art. 2(4) VN-Handvest), kreeg een harde waarschuwing. Dit benadrukt opnieuw de nood aan een juridische cultuur van vrede. Instellingen en normen stoppen het vechten niet, maar – zoals Anne Peters uitlegt – zelfs in een ‘ time of monsters ’ versterken de taal en de logica van het internationaal recht de internationale publieke opinie, het zogenaamde "tribunaal van de wereld...
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EUTOPIA: Virtual Exhibition Connected Learning Community Legal History 2024-2025 (Collective and Individual Rights in Legal History)

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(image source: EUTopia CoLeCo Legal History ) The 2024-2025 EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History: Collective and Individual Rights in Legal History contributions have been assembled in a virtual exhibition  by Lewis Twiby (PhD candidate, University of Warwick). Find out more on the EUTopia CoLeCo blog .
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INTERVIEW: Laurent DE SUTTER on "L'art de l'ivresse" (LeVif, 3 AUG 2025)

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  (image source: Le Vif ) Prof. Laurent De Sutter was interviewed by Le Vif  on his recent book L'art de l'ivresse  (Presses universitaires de France, cf. earlier on this blog ). More information here .
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BOOK REVIEW: Frederik DHONDT, "De laatste 242: Bespreking van Reszöhazy, E., Roden, D. Horvat, H. en Luyten, D. (2023). De laatste 242: de terechtstelling van collaborateurs na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Lannoo" (Panopticon XLVI (2025), nr. 3, 288-291)

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    (image source:  Maklu ) Prof. Frederik Dhondt reviewed the book Elise Reszöhazy, Dimitri Roden, Stanislas Horvat & Dirk Luyten De laatste 242: de terechtstelling van collaborateurs na de Tweede Wereldoorlog, which treats the execution of death sentences for those convicted of collaboration with the Nazi occupant.  More information  here .
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