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BOOK PRESENTATION: Laurent DE SUTTER, Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century (London: Polity, 2026), in conversation with Alfie BROWN (London: Housmans, 17 MAR 2026)

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  (image source: Housmans ) Prof. Laurent De Sutter will present the recent English translation of his book Superfaible  ( Superweak ) in London on 17 March 2026 .  Description: Using the stealth capacities of hermeneutic distrust as his weapon of choice, de Sutter’s writing breaks into unrecovered areas of subtle teachings, shedding light on philosophemes gleaned from Aristotle to punk-led attitude, biojewelry, and the historical buildup of authority billed to the triumph of reason in its many intrusive morphs. — Avital Ronell, New York University We welcome back the brilliant Alfie Bown to Housmans, this time in the company of Belgian philosopher Laurent de Sutter. The two will be focusing their conversation on the nature and necessity (or, rather, superfluity [as posited by Laurent]) of critique. As a jumping off point they will be using Laurent’s recent work of theory, Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century. The book is described below: ‘We have become superheroes. ...
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POSTDOC: MSCA Cofund Interdisciplinary Research In Societal challenges (ULB/VUB) [Launch 1 MAR 2026]

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VUB and ULB have obtained an MSCA postdoctoral programme  cofunded under Horizon Europe. 24 international postdocs will be hired at the ULB, 12 at the VUB. Description: The programme period will take place between 2025 and 2030 and will open two calls, each offering 18 positions open to all fields of research, according to a bottom-up approach. During the fellowship, IRIS postdocs will benefit from an environment that fosters academic growth and well-being. Fellows will engage in optional secondments and short visits, take part in the IRIS management committee, and have 30 months to fully carry out their interdisciplinary research projects. IRIS’s research programme hinges on two themes: interdisciplinarity and the six societal challenges of the Brussels-Capital Region (BCR) . IRIS fellows' research projects will exemplify solutions in the applied context of the BCR but are intrinsically linked to ubiquitous European needs, thereby preparing the participating researchers European-...
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PROJECT WEBSITE: Above and Beyond Construction (EOS; Dave DE RUYSSCHER - Louis DEBERSAQUES)

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(image source: above and beyond construction history ) The EOS-project, wherein Prof. Dave De ruysscher and drs. Louis Debersaques take part, has its own website. More information here .
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CHAPTER: Stefano CATTELAN, "'Coltivar el mar': Giustizia e sovranità nella politica maritima veneziana (XVII-XVIII secoli)", in: Elisabetta FUSAR POLI & Federica PALETTI (eds.), History & Law Encounters, Lezioni per pensare da giurista. Tomo. V [Collana del dipartimento di giurisprudenza; Università degli studi di Brescia; Quaderni] (Torino: G. Giappichelli Editore, 2026), pp. 61-83 ISBN 9781221118049

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  (image source: Giappichelli ) Dr. Stefano Cattelan contributed to the fifth volume of the series History & Law Encounters. Lezioni per pensare da giurista. Tomo V  (eds. Elisabetta Fusar Poli & Federica Paletti), published by Giappichelli. Read more here .
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ARTICLE: Frederik DHONDT, "Rechten en Vrijheden in de Weimargrondwet: Overdraagbare Onvervulde Beloftes?" (Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten XXIII (2025), nr. 4, 6-14 [OPEN ACCESS]

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(image source: UGent ) Prof. Frederik Dhondt contributed an article on rights and freedoms in the Weimar Constitution to the Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten . Read the article here in open access: DOI 10.21825/tvmr.96283 .
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YOUTUBE: Interview "Outsmarting Great Powers: Neutrals In Maritime Multipolarity" [Neutrality Studies, Pascal LOTTAZ]

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(source: Youtube ) Dr. Stefano Cattelan and Prof. Frederik Dhondt were interviewed by Prof. Pascal Lottaz (Kyoto) for his Neutrality Studies  channel on Youtube, at the occasion of the publication of their collective volume Small Power Neutrality and the Law of the Sea in the Long Eighteenth Century  ( Brill, 2025 ).
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Dirigeants et dirigés [Journées de la Société d’histoire du droit et institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons] (Versailles, 15-16 MAY 2026) [DEADLINE 15 APR 2026]

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Les journées de la Société d’histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons se tiendront cette année à Versailles les 15 et 16 mai 2026, à l’invitation de Madame Catherine Lecomte, professeur émérite à l’université de Versailles-Saint Quentin et présidente honoraire de la société, sur le thème « Dirigeants et dirigés ». Si la notion de gouvernance a été, ces dernières années, souvent questionnée dans ses structures, ses moyens et ses fins, celle de gouvernant et plus largement de dirigeant mérite à nouveau une particulière attention. L’actualité contemporaine montre en effet qu’en matière de gouvernance publique, les structures institutionnelles ne suffisent pas à déterminer à elles seules les politiques qui demeurent influencées par la personnalité des dirigeants. Renouant avec une problématique classique de l’Histoire des idées politiques, un tel sujet propose une réflexion sur les gouvernements à travers la personne de ses dirigeants, s...
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