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BOOK: Stefano CATTELAN & Frederik DHONDT (eds.), Small Power Neutrality and the Law of The Sea in the Long Eighteenth Century (ca. 1650-1800). Law as Argument in the Pelagic Arena [History of European Political and Constitutional Thought, eds. Erica BENNER, László Kontler & Mark SOMOS; 14] (Leiden/Boston: Brill, May 2025), ISBN 978-90-04-72897-4,

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  Abstract: This volume by both younger and more established specialists of legal, maritime, diplomatic, and political history covers the nuanced interplay of neutrality and the law of the sea within Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, emphasising the opening up of the world in the early modern period (i.e. Africa, North America, and the Caribbean). The various faces of neutrality, both in law and politics, appear through commercial, administrative, and geopolitical practical cases and in the writings of famous legal writers. By linking up different sets of knowledge, a kaleidoscope of power configurations and arguments guides the reader through the labyrinth of trade, sea power, and negotiations. Contributors are: Stefano Cattelan, Frederik Dhondt, John Freeman, Nora Naguib Leerberg, Christian Pfister-Langanay, Leos Müller, Stephen C. Neff, and Victor Wilson On the editors: Stefano Cattelan is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Br
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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM: The Worlds of Pre-Modern Neutrality (ca. 1400-1800): Norms, Institutions and Practices (Antwerp: Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library, 8-9 MAY 2025)

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    The Worlds of Pre-Modern Neutrality (ca. 1400-1800): Norms, Institutions and Practices   Antwerp, Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library - 8-9 May 2025   Convened by Stefano Cattelan & Frederik Dhondt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)   Supported by FWO Junior Fundamental Research Project G016122N, In the Shadow of the Great Powers: Freedom of the Sea and Neutrality in the Long Eighteenth Century (2024-2026)  _____________________________________________________ (image source: Conscience Heritage Library ) DAY 1 (May 8) Hendrik Conscienceplein 4, 2000 ANTWERP (Nottebohm Room) 9:30 – 9:45 - Welcoming               Stefano Cattelan & Frederik Dhondt   9:45 – 10:45 - Keynote n.1 :               Silvia Marzagalli (Université Côte d’Azur) 10:45 – 11:00: Coffee break   11:00 – 12:15 - Panel I  11:00  11:20 Ubaldo Morozzi (PhD, independent scholar):              ‘The Great Duke knows how to excuse ingaging himselfe and
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WORKSHOP: 40 years CHJ (Lille: Université de Lille, 14-15 NOV 2024)

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  (image source: CHJ ) The Centre d'Histoire Judiciaire  (Université de Lille/CNRS), established in 1984, celebrates its fortieth anniversary. PhD-candidates Louis Debersaques, Antoine Leclère and Rodrick Van der Smissen will participate in a workshop for doctoral researchers on 14 November . Prof. Frederik Dhondt will take part in a panel debate on 15 November .
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KEYNOTE LECTURE: Charles WALTON (University of Warwick), "‘Between Redistribution and Theories of Abundance: Toward a Deep History of Social Rights" (25 NOV 2024, 18:00 CET/17:00 GMT, Teams)

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(image source: Warwick ) The EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History announces this year's opening keynote lecture (26 November, 18:00 Brussels Time, Teams).  More information here .
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ARTICLE: Antoine LECLÈRE, "La Reichskammergericht face à la Révolution liégeoise : les enjeux du conflit de juridiction dans l’affaire des jeux de Spa (1785-1787)", Revue du Nord n° 449 (2024/2), 307-335

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  (image source: cairn ) Joint PhD-candidate Antoine Leclère (FNRS/ULiège) published an article in the Revue du Nord . Abstract: Between 1785 and 1787, the ecclesiastical and imperial Principality of Liège witnessed a series of legal proceedings that were fundamental to the Liège revolution that followed in 1789 : l’affaire des jeux de Spa. This was above all an accumulation of trials before the territorial and imperial courts. From a simple quarrel over the practice of gambling, the trials quickly questioned the form of government of the Principality and the powers of the prince-bishop. The case was brought before the Imperial Chamber of Wetzlar (Reichskammergericht) from the outset and was characterised by two simultaneous trials in Liege and Wetzlar. This double procedure was unanimously condemned by the Empire, whose mission was to safeguard the perpetual peace defined at the Diet of 1495. The situation in Liège was therefore a clear infringement of the rights of the Chamber and th
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RECORDING: dr. Piotr KULIGOWSKI on intertwined concepts of sovereignty and representation (Brussels: VUB, 15 OCT 2024)

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The recording of yesterday's lecture by our guest dr. Piotr Kuligowski is now online on our Youtube-channel .
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CONFERENCE: Louis XVIII (1755-1824) : Devenir et demeurer roi de France à l’ère des révolutions (Paris: Sorbonne Université, 17-19 OCT 2024)

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(Source: hypotheses.org ) Dr.  Raphael Cahen  (JLU Giessen/ Vrije Universiteit Brussel)  will present a paper on "Louis XVIII vu par les différents acteurs du congrès de Vienne" at the colloquium on Louis XVIII (1755-1824) : Devenir et demeurer roi de France à l’ère des révolutions in Paris. More information here .
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