VUB Contextual Research in Law

  (image generated with AI, click to enlarge) Prof. Laurent Desutter will present his book Superweak  (see earlier on our blog) in Lisbon on Friday 11 September. The work will be introduced by drs. João Tiago Freitas Mendes .

(image source: Firenze University Press) Prof. Dave De ruysscher contributed a chapter on the emergence of a municipal legal culture of insolvency in the Low Countries to the collective volume Gestione del rischio, insolvenza e bancarotta nel mondo premoderno (secc. XIII-XVIII) / Risk Management, Insolvency, and Bankruptcy in the Pre-Modern World (13th-18th Centuries) , edited by Angela Orlandi.  Read the chapter here in open access: DOI 10.36253/979-12-215-0963-2.09.

Jemmy Suwannaluck joins CORE as a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher and Prof. dr. Frederik Dhondt . His research focuses on the legal history of sovereign debt and default, with particular attention to the development of collective negotiations and the legal mechanisms through which sovereign debt has been addressed historically and in international economic law.  Jemmy presents himself as follows:  I approach law across disciplinary and geographical boundaries, with research interests ranging from international law to legal history. I am particularly interested in how legal norms and institutions evolve through encounters between different actors, jurisdictions and economic interests, and in the broader social and cultural contexts in which these interactions unfold. My doctoral research brings this approach to the legal history of sovereign debt and default, exploring the development of collective negotiations. Through historical analysis, I ...

(image source: ESIL )   dr. Stefano Cattelan will present at the European Society of International Law/Société européenne de droit international 's Annual Conference, namely at the pre-conference event " Conflict, Crisis, Continuity - Historical Perspectives " at the Universidad de Malaga on 3 September 2026, organised by the Interest Group History of International Law. More information on the ESIL IGHIL's website .

(image source:  TREATYLAB )  Three full-time PhD vacancies for the ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB ("The Labyrinth of Treaties, 1712-1763. International Law Behind the Scenes of Early Enlightenment Diplomacy") have been published.  More information on the project's  website .

  Prof. Laurent De Sutter intervenes in Valencia this week to present the Spanish translation of “Décevoir est un plaisir”.  More information on the QR-code.