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REMINDER: CORE WEEKLY GATHERING: dr. Nathaniel BOYD (York) on Hegel and German Public Law (VUB: Council Room 2.07a, 21 APR 2026, 12:30-14:00)

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    (image source:  Hart/Bloomsbury ) Dr. Nathaniel Boyd will discuss his recent  Hegel and German Public Law  with dr.  Raphaël Cahen . Abstract: Nathaniel Boyd's pathbreaking book argues that Hegel's political thought was shaped by German public law. This tradition of legal discourse, especially through its imperial tradition, was crucial to European modernity, influencing foundational philosophical concepts such as sovereignty, the state and the diverse legal systems that emerged from them. Hegel and German Public Law examines the impact of Johann Jacob Moser, Johann Stephan Pütter and Johann Christian von Majer on Hegel's intellectual development. It reveals how the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire informed his early speculative system and constitutional theory. In doing so, Boyd extends our understanding of Hegel's relation to European legal and political thought while offering an original interpretive framework for Hegel's absolute idealism and unfol...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: 59e Congrès de la Fédération des Cercles d’archéologie et d’histoire de Belgique (Brussels: Académie Royale de Belgique, 20-23 AUG 2026) [DEADLINE 30 APR 2026]

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  The website for the 59th Congress of the Federation of Archaeological and Historical Societies of Belgium/12th Congress of French-Speaking Societies of History and Archaeology of Belgium (ACfHAB) is now fully functional. Proposals for the section  Institutional and Legal History (incl. sigillography)  can be sent through the form on the website, or directly to the President (prof. em. Jean-Marie Cauchies/ARB), the Vice-Presidents (Marc Ronvaux - Prof.  Frederik Dhondt ) or  Secretary (dr. Nicolas Simon/ARB). More information  here .
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BOOK PRESENTATION: Stefano CATTELAN, Da Alberico Gentili al presente: il diritto del mare tra storia e geopolitica (San Ginesio: Centro internazionale di studi gentiliani, 23 APR 2026)

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  (click on poster to enlarge) Dr.  Stefano Cattelan  wil present his recent monograph Mare Clausum. The Formation of the Law of the Sea in Pre-Modern State Practice and Legal Doctrine (c. 1350-1650)  ( Brill, 2025 ) at the Centro internazionale di studi gentiliani  (CISG-ETS) in San Ginesio (Aula consiliare del Comune/Colle San Giovanni), introduced by prof. Luigi Lacchè (Macerata) on 23 April 2026 at 18:00. More information here .
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REMINDER: VACANCY: PhD scholarship: PhD Collective negotiations in sovereign default and corporate insolvency 1890-1920 [DEADLINE 15 APR 2026]

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PhD scholarship:   PhD   Collective   negotiations   in   sovereign   default   and   corporate   insolvency Description The  Faculty of Law and Criminology , Department  Interdisciplinary Study of Law (JURI) , is looking for a PhD-student with a doctoral grant. More concretely your work package, for the preparation of a doctorate, contains: Our   team   is   looking   for   a   doctoral   student   (bursary   position)   for   the   project   ‘Collective   negotiations   in   sovereign   default   and   corporate   insolvency   (1890- 1920)’. At   the   end   of   the   19th   and   beginning   of   the   20th   centuries,   crises   caused   by   defaulting   states   were   discussed   in   committees   of   bondholder...
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REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM: Journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons: dirigeants et dirigés (Versailles: Musée Lambinet, 15-16 MAY 2026) [DEADLINE 5 MAY 2026]

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(plan de la ville, du château et du parc... de Versailles; source: Wikimedia Commons )  Sixteen speakers (among whom drs. Antoine Leclère - dr. Stefano Cattelan - prof. Frederik Dhondt ) are announced for the Journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons: dirigeants et dirigés, to be held in Versailles on 15 and 16 May 2026. Journées internationales d’Histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons I nternationale rechtshistorische dagen van de Vereniging voor de Geschiedenis van het Recht en de Instituties van Vlaanderen, Picardië en Wallonië     Versailles, les 15 et 16 mai 2026   “Dirigeants et dirigés”   Programme provisoire   Vendredi 15 mai 2026   9 h 30 :  Accueil des participants au Musée Lambinet 9 h 45 : Ouverture du colloque par les organisateurs, Catherine Lecomte et Tanguy Le Marc’hadour 10 h : Séance 1 - Gouvernant...
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